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Overall 5.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

A disaster film that focuses on SAR and nothing more.

‘Flash Over’ is a film that showcases the virtues of duty, courage, teamwork, and sacrifice of the firefighters and other emergency personnel involved in the search and rescue after the explosion of a chemical plant. In a way, it can pay tribute to the real-life heroes who put their lives on the line to save others in times of crisis. However, the spotlight is on the intense search and rescue operations, and nothing more. Even with the flashy set pieces with all the explosions, massive fires and such, it fails to ignite deeper emotion like most disaster films would.

Although this movie has an intriguing story arc, the flow begins to lose its appeal in the middle. Every single plot is driven solely by suspense and action. The minimum character development makes it difficult for the viewer to get emotionally invested. Without proper backstory, all characters are simply firefighters on a mission.

One common pitfall of disaster films is that they often rely heavily on CGI to realistically depict large-scale disasters and dramatic rescue operations, and this film unfortunately falls into that pitfall. Even with good camera work, the bad CGI really detracts from the overall viewing experience.

If you're up for the action and muscular men in uniforms, this movie will give you that. But if you look for story and emotional impact, you better not expect too much from it. Overall, this film has so much potential to be great but somehow failed to deliver well. It ended up being a mediocre rescue film.

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