SYNOPSIS:
A disparate group of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers are
thrown together to spend 50 days of the hardest days of their
lives training to become elite rescue divers. Until then,
the trainees are "Umizaru", as they are called by
the local community for their wild drinking and carousing
in town. The bonds of trust and friendship forged under the
intense demands and circumstances of the profession form the
foundation of a highly compelling and realistically portrayed
human drama.
MOVIE
REVIEW
Umizaru
plays along liked a typical "uniform" theme movie
which you may have seen many times in HK television serials
(portraying firemen or cops) or Hollywood movies liked "SWAT".
The plot is simple enough. 14 young coast guard officers are
recruited into the Japan Coast Guard for 50 days of hellish
training before they can graduate as full-pledge rescue divers.
The movie
traces their journey of how they learnt the true meaning of
having a "buddy" and their gruelling training routines.
Singapore guys who have went through NS training will appreciate
the preaching of this. Though 50 days might seem kind of short,
the lead character played by the handsome Hideaki Ito still
manages to find romance on one of their nights out.
Based
on a popular manga series in Japan, Umizaru in short is an
inspiring tale of realistic human drama. Although there is
virtually none of the non-stop action sequences you see in
Hollywood movies, the colorful array of characters in the
movie is enough to charm you for the 2 whole hours.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The disc comes equipped with Japanese Dolby Surround 2.0.
Since the movie itself doesn't boast any fancy, bombastic
sound effects, dialogues which are aplenty throughout are
pretty much sharp and clear to the ears even without the Dolby
Surround turned on. The azure oceans are nicely captured and
transferred on the disc.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Just the original movie trailer is attached which is quite
pathetic. But please do not switch off your player once the
credits roll consider there are some outtakes and a short
epilogue to be seen later.
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by Linus Tee
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