The Rescue

About The Rescue

The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.

The Rescue (2021) is a documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The film is filed under rescue, trapped, thailand, and cave.

Jim Warny appears as Self, Thanet Natisri as Self, John Volanthen as Self, and Derek Anderson as Self. At 107 minutes long, it arrived in October 2021.

The screenplay is by Wes Tooke. It was produced by Little Monster Films, National Geographic, and National Geographic Documentary Films. The story is adapted from real events. It streams on Disney Plus in the United States.

Thirteen Lives, World Trade Center, and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari make useful companions to The Rescue, all filed under cave diving. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 285 votes and it carries a PG rating.