

"That doesn't mean you can see everything coming," comes another's wise response. sharing your man with the fire" And "I went in with my eyes wide open," bravely asserts one long-suffering wife. The dialogue is similarly uneven, reeling from the guys' amusing banter to heavy-handed clichés that can tip toward the laughable: "It's not easy. But the domestic drama either doesn't fly - as with Marsh and his wife - or does, as with McDonough's fumblings toward fatherhood.


The relationships built within the crew, particularly between McDonough and initial nemesis Chris "Mac" MacKenzie (a likeable Kitsch), provide some human ballast. On-screen, his greatest sin is that (predictably) he cares too damn much. More punches are obviously pulled with team supervisor Marsh (played by the at-home-in-his-own-skin Brolin), whom, we're told, has made enemies with his attitude. Luckily, Teller is a skilled actor who more or less sells it. McDonough has a pretty easy time of it, going from unbelievably stupid crackhead to dedicated family man and reliable wildlands firefighter with surprisingly little on-screen struggle. But the film clearly treats its real-life subjects with kid gloves. Only the Brave is at its strongest in the easy camaraderie of the elite firefighters, with their goofing around and male bonding. The film’s trailer has already been released, with Sony slated to debut “Only the Brave” in theaters on October 20.There's a lot to like here: the dialogue, the relationships, the technical expertise but there's also a lot to not like here: the dialogue, the relationships, the technical expertise. Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connelly and Taylor Kitsch are some of the actors starring in the dramatic film coming out in the fall. Woyjeck was one of the youngest of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots crewmembers killed while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire near Prescott, Arizona in June 2013. He started as a fire explorer with Los Angeles County and then went onto various fire academies and training programs before joining an elite crew of wildland firefighters. Woyjeck was also following in his family’s firefighting footsteps. Woyjeck loved fishing and worked as a deckhand on Long Beach’s fishing charter boats while growing up in Seal Beach. Moviegoers, conversely, will head to the theaters in October to watch “Only the Brave,” a film honoring the Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost their lives fighting a massive Arizona fire. Anglers will board Enterprise and City of Long Beach, two boats in Long Beach, in September to fish in honor of local, fallen firefighter Kevin Woyjeck.
