Remember that devastating ten-minutes tsunami sequence from The Impossible? That feel translates to the whole second half of this true-2010-story-based movie which, having set up the base and the characters well, pulls no punches in the destruction and human damage that erupts spectacularly through a remarkably powerful mix of CG and practical effects. Although characters are largely drawn very broadly, the movie is held together by Mark Wahlberg doing his likeable everyman routine very well here, and Kurt Russell battling through as the gruff stoic veteran. The film brings together docu-drama and disaster movie very effectively overall, and the spectacular and harrowing second half leads to an appropriately sombre and reflective ending that pays strong tribute to the (surprisingly few) actual lives lost.
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