Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar
I really,
really dislike that title. Just sounds like a 70s exploitation film or
something. But it is a chronicle of the 33 Chilean miners trapped for 69
days. Who they were individually, what brought
them there, how they survived down below, government bull keeping rescue
efforts from being more productive, how their families coped, the whole
lot. Did go into a few things that the media got wrong - like how the
group's self proclaimed doctor didn't really
have both a wife and mistress that only met due to being drawn to the
families' tent city - but it also glossed over a few things pretty
quickly. Met the creator of the drill that saved them, and one of the
operators, at a geology club meeting and a lot of
their process (what it took to convince people to use them, how it
worked, etc.) seems like it was downplayed a little, which is unfair.
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