Are you one of those people who has seen Only The Brave but haven’t been able to interpret the ending of the same? Well, don’t worry; we are here to help you seep the entire plot with proper understanding. Talking of the movie, Only the Brave is an American biographical drama film 2017. The movie’s story revolves around the Granite Mountains hotshots with an elite crew of firefighters from Prescott, Arizona. The team lost 19 of 20 members during the Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013.
The main motive of the movie was to appreciate the members and devote them to their memory. The movie is quite known for its plot and cast. Moreover, fans have also liked the filming location of location. Unfortunately, most of them haven’t been able to interpret the meaning of the last part.
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Plot
The beginning of the story revolves around Eric Marsh, superintendent of Fire and Rescue Crew 7 in Arizona, getting a call about wildfire. Eric once predicted that a nearby neighborhood would be destroyed due to fire, and so did happen. Eric wanted Crew & to be a registered hotshot. But, Eric’s wife isn’t in much favor of the decision as she believes Eric doesn’t give much time to his family due to his job. The first person to join Eric’s team was a drug addict and unemployed Brendan McDonough, who joined the team to be a provider for his newly born daughter. Eric’s Crew trains hard and becomes the Granite Mountain Hotshots.
The Crew was seen fighting many fires, and at times they even risked their lives to save the country from fire. These were the local heroes. Eric whereas returns home to start a family with his wife. Eric, later on, appoints Jesse as the superintendent and leaves the post. Unfortunately, the fire suddenly increases; wind, whereas, adds more speed to the fire, and it starts to spread toward the Crew. Unfortunately, Eric’s call for a tanker gets missed, fire sweeps over the Crew, and radio calls become unanswered. This was the end of all the members, except Brendan, as he leaves the Crew a few moments back to spend time with his family and gets saved by another hotshot.
Only The Brave Ending Explained
The next part of the movie takes us to the Prescott Middle School, where Brendan appears out of nowhere, and the families of the casualties realize that their loved ones are gone. At this point, Amanda consoles Brendan during his psychological breakdown. A few years later, Brendan played with his daughter near the juniper tree that the Crew saved. In fact, saving this tree was one of the first missions of the Crew. In fact, Brendan has a memory of a rattlesnake that bit him while saving the tree. The movie’s end was having the pictures of actual Granite Mountain Hotshots and their actor replicas.
Production
The major cast members of the film were Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, and Taylor Kitsch. The filming of this movie took place in and around Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Moreover, a track of the film, “Hold The Light,” was made into a music video and released on October 6, 2017.
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