An elite crew of men battle a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013. Nineteen of them died in the blaze.

MOVIE REVIEW

As wildfires ravage northern California and Sony Pictures marketing executives pull their hair out in large clumps, a movie about wildfires and the men tasked with stopping them drifts into theaters like embers on a wind. Only the Brave, at first glance, appears to be your typical B-grade feel-good (and then feel-not-good) story where the heroes are perfect and you’re not supposed to think too hard about anything--but then as the flames lap at you and you stare into the abyss of your own soul, a revelation hits you: Only the Brave is pretty damn good.
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