Tuessday night cinema, time for Last Breath. I could have seen this a couple of weeks ago as an advanced preview, but football being that night stopped me seeing it, so this is a quick turn around from a busy day at work. A bit of suspense & Woody whats not to love.

My screening had about 30 people in it, id say there was no one under the age of 30 in there for sure. Clearly gen Z are like nah we aint down for this.

Trailers, Death of a Unicorn, Drop, The Accountant 2 & The weird one with Remi Malik where hes killing people. All interesting. The Drop intrigues me a lot.

& then the film started… really weird pacing choice for this film.

This film is essentially a race against time film, its based on a true story. If your reading this & you know a bit about it you know its about a diver who is stranded at the bottom of the ocean so you know where its going (if you didnt sorry for ruining it but all the press & promo for it included this). So i was thinking it would be much more stressful & id be a lot more of the edge of my seat, especially at certain points. Yes we had a clock at points, but at no point was i worried at all. Only once did i oh god, but that i was like nope they did the right thing. It just plodded along & it shouldnt have done. Ive seen real life ticking clock or survival films based on real events like Deep Water or Sully & all of those despite me knowing the out come & watching them on tv, i felt stressed watching & waiting for stuff to happen. This one… nothing. I wanted to be on the edge of my seat but it never got me to that stage.

The cast was good, but having such big names (& im including Joe in this because he is here in the UK thanks to Peaky Blinders) did make it feel more of a hollywood big action film more than a movie based on real life & that also includes some of the on ship crew. They were all faces i knew. All of the faces i didnt know were in the other tin cans waiting to go down into the ocean. Woody is always a delight. I get he was the veteran but you always knew what the outcome would be without prior knowledge.

I like how it showed good team work too, doing everything to keep everyone safe, even on the bridge. They really all did try to do what was best, yes some it took some talking to, to sort out but still it needed to happen & im glad it did. Proves that against all the struggles you can work well together to help out those in need.

I understand men dont often show emotions at all, but when there was movements of reflection or sorrow it was very short & passing. It didnt feel real enough for the situation. I get as a woman & someone who gets emotional i feel this on a different level, but there wasnt eyes welling up or lots of chest heaving. Ive seen men cry. It felt like they had to include that moment for the film & that was that. It wasnt okay for men to talk about there feelings, gents it is, trust me, especially in that situation. Maybe it was part of their training, i don’t know but it just didnt sit well with me.

I get that it was filmed at the bottom of the ocean in the north sea, & that bits were meant to be grainy but there were points where the screen was completely black or the shadows were in the wrong place. Must have taken them months in pools for some of those shots to be caught properly.

The danger was only really mentioned a couple of times. I mean i get if youve been on all these dives your used to it, but it felt like that was missing for a viewer, especially when we all a couple of years ago heard about the implosion that happened.

This could have been epic, but a few choices mean it just falls short of being a really good film. ITs got its moments, but it never really even builds for you to get a peak or a relief.