Other than a few cuss words, an occasional bit of rap music, and the special effects, this movie about Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers could have been made in the Forties, probably starring John Wayne or Gary Cooper as the grizzled veteran who’s haunted by a failed marriage and a past tragedy during a mission at sea. Kevin Costner is just fine in the part here. I’m not sure who would have played the cocky new recruit, who also has tragedy in his past. But again, Ashton Kutcher does a good job in this movie, making me forget, for the most part, his goofy persona from TV and most of his other movies. There’s not a thing in the script that a savvy movie-watcher won’t see coming a mile off, but that’s all right. This is a well-made, well-acted, and pretty doggoned entertaining film.
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