Since such a unit consists of 20 firefighters, we’re not about to get to know many of the men very well the well-wrought script by Ken Nolan ( Black Hawk Down and - ahem - Transformers: The Last Knight) and Eric Warren Singer ( American Hustle) decides to principally concentrate on the most capable, Supe, who has what seems like a great marriage to feisty, loving Amanda ( Jennifer Connelly), a horse whisperer for battered steeds, and the least likely to succeed, Brendan “Donut” McDonough ( Miles Teller). A table-setting scene of the men at work provides vivid evidence of the amazing rapidity with which wildfires can spread, and also serves as a springboard for Supe’s crew to win acceptance into the elite of firefighters. However variable and volatile they may have been off-duty, they were Medal of Honor material on the job.Īt first, the outfit overseen by “Supe” (as in superintendent) Eric Marsh ( Josh Brolin in absolute top form) aren’t yet in the major leagues of firefighting they’re a Prescott, Arizona, municipal team trying to crack through to cherished “hotshots” status. They were mostly gung ho, can-do types with a penchant for horsing around and downing a few brewskies, but all that would immediately be put aside when danger called. The members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots were all just regular guys, but they were also members of a true elite, the creme-de-la-creme of a fraternity of men who risked their lives containing fast-spreading wildfires.

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