Valiant One (#645)

I realized as I sat down to write this, that the three films I saw in the last week had at least two things in common—they were relatively and thankfully short at one  hour and a half long, and they were not very good, In my youth, they would have been called B pictures, the second and less desirable of a double feature. Initially, I thought I would include all in one review, but they were so different that it wouldn't have been practical. Companion was the first and already reviewed.  The second, VALIANT ONE, was in the era of the Korean War in which a non-combat team crash-lands a helicopter in the demilitarized zone and must find its way through North Korean units across the border to safety. It was supposedly inspired by a true story, they claim.  The surviving group are basically technicians and have no idea what to do. And prove this over and over. But they prevail and finally make it to freedom. Despite its claim that it is an action thriller, I fell asleep countless times and was bored by their efforts. 23% of critics and 84% of audiences gave Valiant One a thumbs up. I declined to follow suit.