Feel like the real-life story is fairly interesting, however this depiction just fails to do anything particularly spectacular during its runtime to warrant a full-length feature; even at an hour and half this plodded along at a snail's pace. Bland and generic script with clichés galore, all the characters are incredibly one-note. I did enjoy some of the visuals depicting the vast darkness of the ocean, really hammering home that feeling of isolation and coldness I imagine people who do this sort of job in reality would face constantly. I'll likely forget I've even seen this in a few years time.
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