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Metro
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
UK viewers can now watch 'gripping' movie about jaw-dropping true story for free
A movie re-telling the incredible rescue of the Wild Boars junior football team from the Tham Luang cave in Thailand is now streaming for free. Released in 2022, Thirteen Lives was directed by Ron Howard and followed the efforts to save 12 teenage boys and their assistant coach after they ventured into a cave and were trapped by floodwaters in 2018. The group were stuck for two weeks, with an international rescue effort involving as many as 10,000 people including 100 divers, undertaken to save them. Some of those credited with helping to save the boys included British civilian divers – Rick Stanton and John Volanthen. In the movie they were played by Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell, with Joel Edgerton also playing Australian cave diver Richard Harris. The film – which holds an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes – was praised for its portrayal of 'courage and survival'. After initially being released on Amazon Prime, this week it was also added to BBC iPlayer. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'Thirteen Lives is an affecting look at one of the most incredible events of the past decade,' ScreenRant wrote in its review. 'A masterful piece of humanistic cinema that also doubles as a heart-stopping adventure,' FilmInk shared. 'Even now, years later, that level of teamwork is breathtaking, and Howard's choice to chronicle those efforts gives Thirteen Lives its own kind of staying power,' The Hollywood Reporter added. Another review said it was a 'riveting depiction of a daring, foolhardy, inspired rescue'. Meanwhile viewers said it was 'inspiring', 'deeply moving' and a 'powerful examination of true heroism'. Discussing the film at the time of its release, Mortensen and Farrell praised the 'selfless' and 'multifaceted' effort to rescue the boys, with the former also speaking about the 'crucial' need to have the divers on set to supervise. 'Whenever you're underwater [in] caves, it's dangerous,' he shared. 'So, I think all the actors, we listened very carefully to what they were showing and telling us and watched what they did very carefully and everybody worked hard. 'Everybody pulled together… and that reflected the real rescue and that it was a very selfless, team-oriented effort.' Meanwhile Farrell spoke about the movie being a 'great gift' for him to be a part of. 'I've done various things in my career but to be part of something that… in a time where the world seems to be living under greater and greater division, was really about these different people from different nationalities, different cultural backgrounds coming together for a common purpose, and one that was so terrifying, it was just a great gift,' he said. Over three days – between July 8 and 10, 2018 – all 12 boys and their coach Ekkaphon Kanthawong were rescued from the cave. However, despite the incredible result – two men had died while the rescue had been underway. Royal Thai Navy SEAL Saman Kunan, 37, died of asphyxiation during an attempted rescue on July 6 while returning to a staging base in the cave after delivering diving cylinders to the trapped group. More Trending The following year, in December 2019, rescue diver and Thai Navy SEAL Beirut Pakbara died of a blood infection contracted during the operation. The movie was dedicated to them both. Tragically the captain of the team, Duangphet Phromthep, died by suicide aged 17 in 2023 after moving to England on a football scholarship. Thirteen Lives is streaming on BBC iPlayer. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: The horrifying moment baby spiders swarm to eat their mother will make you scream MORE: MasterChef star 'edited out of BBC series' after asking for it to be axed MORE: BBC gameshow already has fans obsessed and declaring it 'the new Traitors'
Digital Trends
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
3 great free movies to stream this weekend (May 9-11)
Table of Contents Table of Contents Thirteen Lives (2022) Air (2023) Tomb Raider (2018) The first weekend in May signals the start of summer movie season. Marvel started things off with Thunderbolts*, a team-up adventure featuring a ragtag group of antiheroes. Thunderbolts* got off to a respectable start with an opening weekend of $76 million domestic. Thunderbolts* should continue to rule the box office until Memorial Day weekend. This weekend marks the arrival of several smaller movies, including Shadow Force, Friendship, and Fight or Flight. Stream a free movie on a FAST service like Tubi and Pluto TV if you prefer to stay home. Our recommendations for this weekend include a riveting survival thriller, a sports drama, and an action reboot. Recommended Videos We also have guides to the best new movies to stream, the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+. Thirteen Lives (2022) Ron Howard has a gift for adapting incredible true stories, i.e., Apollo 13. In 2022, Howard tackled the death-defying 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thirteen Lives. Twelve young boys and their assistant coach get stuck in the Tham Luang cave after severe flooding knocks them off course. With most of the cave underwater, diving is the only way to search and find the boys. The Thai government seeks guidance from experienced cave divers Rick Stanton (Viggo Mortensen) and John Volanthen (Colin Farrell). Finding the boys is one thing, but getting them out of the cave becomes the real challenge. If you're low on hope and inspiration, Thirteen Lives will reaffirm your belief in the human spirit. Stream Thirteen Lives on Pluto TV. Air (2023) Michael Jeffrey Jordan is arguably the greatest player ever to pick up a basketball. Before winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls and becoming a Hall of Famer, Jordan was the third pick in the 1984 NBA Draft. Air is not a movie about Jordan's talent on the court. Instead, it dramatizes Nike's courtship of the budding superstar to wear their signature sneakers. In the 1980s, Nike was predominantly known for making running shoes. Nike's basketball scout Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) wants to change that and convinces CEO Phil Knight (Ben Affleck) to exhaust all resources to sign Jordan. The key to signing Jordan is winning over his mother, Deloris (Viola Davis). Air is essentially a series of conversations in rooms, but its overqualified cast and excellent screenplay shine in this new take on a sports movie. Stream Air for free on Tubi. Tomb Raider (2018) Alicia Vikander grabbed the torch from Angelina Jolie to play Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. As a young woman, Lara has never been the same since the disappearance of her father, Richard (Dominic West). While attempting to settle her family's estate, Lara receives a set of instructions from Richard to destroy his research into a mythical queen. Believing her father remains alive, Lara travels to Hong Kong to find Richard's last known destination. With the help of a ship captain (Daniel Wu), Lara travels into a deadly storm to reach a secret island and find Richard. Tomb Raider is a viable swashbuckling action movie with a committed Vikander, who should continue to star in action movies going forward. Stream Tomb Raider for free on Tubi.
