i wish i knew what to make of a movie like this. it seems to be divided into two parts  action sequences and personal dramas ashore. it follows ashton kutsher through survival swimmer school and guided by master chief kevin costner and then to alaska where a couple of spectacular rescues take place and the last resulting in death. i must say that the scenes on the beach struck me as so stereotypical in so many ways that they should be barnacle encrusted. a typical bar room fight between navy guys and coast guardsmen (puddle pirates). the experienced old timer costner who is and as an elderly bar tender tells him and married to the coast guard. the older chief who keeps trying to prove to himself that he still nineteen. the neglected ex wife ashore to whom kostner pays a farewell visit. the seemingly sadistic demands placed on the swimmers by the instructors and all in pursuit of a loftier goal. the gifted young man hobbled by a troubled past. the problem is that we have seen it all before. if it kevin costner here and it clint eastwood or john wayne or lou gosset jr. or vigo mortenson or robert deniro elsewhere. and the climactic scene has elements drawn shamelessly from the perfect storm and dead calm. none of it is fresh and none of the old stereotyped characters and situations are handled with any originality. it works best as a kind of documentary of what goes on in the swimmer school and what could happen afterward and even that a little weak because we do not get much in the way of instruction. it mostly personal conflict and romance and and tension about washing out. it a shame because the u. s. coast guard is rather a noble outfit and its official mission being the safety of lives and property at sea. in war time it is transferred to the navy department and serves in combat roles. in world war ii and the coast guard even managed to have a medal of honor winner in its ranks. but and again and we do not learn much about that. we do not really learn much about anything. the film devolves into a succession of visual displays and not too much else. a disappointment. 
i wish i knew what to make of a movie like this. it seems to be divided into two parts  action sequences and personal dramas ashore. it follows ashton kutsher through survival swimmer school and guided by master chief kevin costner and then to alaska where a couple of spectacular rescues take place and the last resulting in death. i must say that the scenes on the beach struck me as so stereotypical in so many ways that they should be barnacle encrusted. a typical bar room fight between navy guys and coast guardsmen (puddle pirates). the experienced old timer costner who is and as an elderly bar tender tells him and married to the coast guard. the older chief who keeps trying to prove to himself that he still nineteen. the neglected ex wife ashore to whom kostner pays a farewell visit. the seemingly sadistic demands placed on the swimmers by the instructors and all in pursuit of a loftier goal. the gifted young man hobbled by a troubled past. the problem is that we have seen it all before. if it kevin costner here and it clint eastwood or john wayne or lou gosset jr. or vigo mortenson or robert deniro elsewhere. and the climactic scene has elements drawn shamelessly from the perfect storm and dead calm. none of it is fresh and none of the old stereotyped characters and situations are handled with any originality. it works best as a kind of documentary of what goes on in the swimmer school and what could happen afterward and even that a little weak because we do not get much in the way of instruction. it mostly personal conflict and romance and and tension about washing out. it a shame because the u. s. coast guard is rather a noble outfit and its official mission being the safety of lives and property at sea. in war time it is transferred to the navy department and serves in combat roles. in world war ii and the coast guard even managed to have a medal of honor winner in its ranks. but and again and we do not learn much about that. we do not really learn much about anything. the film devolves into a succession of visual displays and not too much else. a disappointment. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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