Movie Review: ‘The 33’

What will stay with you most powerfully are the words, “God was with us,” etched by the miners on the wall as they get ready to board, one by one, the ascending capsule-on-a-pulley; a kind of moon-landing capsule-recovery, in reverse. It was certainly a moonscape, 2,300 feet down under, that these men inhabited for an unthinkable 69 days.
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
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How’s this for a male-bonding experience: You’re trapped 2,300 feet down under the Chilean Atacama Desert with 33 sweaty men, no food … 100 degree heat—for 69 days.

Not only that, consider there’s a megalithic rock, twice the size of the Empire State Building, sitting directly over the little cave you’re hunkering in … and it’s unstable. It can start sinking at any moment and crush you like a gnat.

(Far R) Antonio Banderas as Mario Sepulveda and (top L, standing) Jacob Vargas as Edison Peña in Alcon Entertainment's true-life drama "The 33." (Beatrice Aguirre/ALCON ENTERTAINMENT, LLC/Warner Bros. Pictures)
(Far R) Antonio Banderas as Mario Sepulveda and (top L, standing) Jacob Vargas as Edison Peña in Alcon Entertainment's true-life drama "The 33." Beatrice Aguirre/ALCON ENTERTAINMENT, LLC/Warner Bros. Pictures
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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