The film follows Ben Randall (played by Kevin), a legendary maritime search and rescue team member, who loses his important partner in an accident. This accident caused him to leave his original front-line position and instead devote himself to the behind-the-scenes training of lifeguards. With the pain of losing his partner, he devoted himself to the training course, and successfully transformed the original training process into his unique unorthodox training method, which was cruel but closer to the reality of the work, which inspired the enthusiasm of the young trainees.
At training school, he meets Jack Fisher (played by Ashton Kutcher), a young and energetic swimming champion bent on victory. In the process of training, Randall recreated Jack's characteristics, transforming Jack into a fully talented and professional maritime search and rescue team member. After training, Jack and Randall went to Alaska to challenge the dangerous Bering Strait. In Jack's first solo rescue operation, he learned what a true hero is, what is the spirit of sacrifice, and deeply realized the lifeguard motto that Randall passed on to him: "Only in this way can save others" .
And when Ben Randall realized that he was getting old, that he was sorry for his lover, and that Jack could also take on heavy responsibilities, he wanted to go back to an ordinary life, and when he returned to the base to pack his bags and was about to leave, he heard Jack Trapped in the rescue, and that scene was like the most shocking rescue he had ever experienced, Jack was also sticking to that belief just like him, staying with the victims until the last moment and not giving up. Randall definitely rushed to the scene with the search and rescue team. He went through all the hardships to rescue Jack. Just when they were about to be rescued and were being pulled up by the helicopter's cable together, the cable was broken and was slowly breaking. , Randall resolutely buckled the lock of the cable on Jack's body, Jack was saved, and he fell into the rough sea, forever with the sea. In the hearts of the people at sea, Randall, who never gives up and can always create miracles with them, will always live and be with the people at sea!
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