Film Review: Thirteen Lives celebrates human nature at its very best

Thirteen Lives is based on the events at the Tham Luang cave system in 2018, and brilliantly conveys the impossible nature of the task facing the amateur divers, the Thai Navy Seals, and the small army of local volunteers that rallied to help. 

(L to R) Thira ‘Aum’ Chutikul as Commander Kiet, Popetorn ‘Two’ Soonthornyanaku as Dr Karn, Joel Edgerton as Harry Harris, Colin Farrell as John Volanthen and Viggo Mortenson as Rick Stanton in THIRTEEN LIVES, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film. for caroline delaney declan burke Credit: Vince Valitutti / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures © 2022 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.

★★★★☆

Thirteen Lives (12) stars Colin Farrell as John Volanthen, an amateur cave-diver who volunteers to help locate a young football team and their coach after they get trapped by monsoon rains in a cave system in Thailand.