zigzagtom

Not much to recommend this film. Although based on a true event, the film goes off the deep end in an attempt to convert viewers to a particular brand of religion. I don't object to that, but I wish I had been told in advance so I could have spent my time more productively. My rating reflects the irretrievable loss of the time.

In any incident it is critical that there be a clearly established chain of command and that that chain be respected and followed. This movie glorifies the opposite - a bunch on individual first responders who act like cowboys, free-lancing and disregarding orders and protocols. As an occasional first responder myself, the more I watched it the angrier I got. The type of individual actions glorified in this film would, in any well-run emergency unit, result in immediate suspension if not termination - or at least I hope they would.

The incessant background of unnecessary, tawdry sex scenes really diminished the enjoyment of this series and prevented any attempt at serious immersion into the plot and its twists. The series would have been improved if there had been more focus on character development.