FILM
THE LOST BUS
PAUL GREENGRASS TAKES ON A REAL-LIFE INFERN0
Old-school movie action.
★★★
OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / CERT TBC / 130 MINS
DIRECTOR Paul Greengrass
CAST Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson
PLOT School-bus driver Kevin McKay (McConaughey) must deliver a bus full of elementary school kids to safety during California’s deadly 2018 Camp Fire.
AFTER FIVE YEARS of stymied projects, Paul Greengrass has returned with something that should be right in his comfort zone: a fact-based drama set during a notorious disaster. It’s character-based and non-sensationalised, and politically tinged in its approach to the world. But this isn’t quite as sure-handed as usual, lingering on details that don’t add to the story and underselling some that do.