Only the Brave

The blending of practical effects and CGI is impressive...

Josh Brolin has rarely been better than in this role as the team’s leader, Eric Marsh.

The firefighting sequences evoke classic war films, as do the moments when the team returns “home from the line”.

Despite its early unevenness, “Only the Brave” tells its story in a sincere and relatively non-exploitative manner that isn’t overly dominated by visual effects, and the cast does some very good work as well.

This movie-length salute to firefighters who died in the line of duty is a working class tribute you rarely see from Hollywood these days.

Kosinski and his returning cinematographer Claudio Miranda (who also shot Life Of Pi) are experienced in the art of digital imagery, and they capture beauty in images both relatively mundane... ...and genuinely strange...