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Still, the real-life story is mesmerizing in its own way.
How he not only lived but emerged without any lasting physical or mental injury is a cold case.
Nonetheless, the films tension is almost immediately diffused by a slavish devotion to the facts.
(L-R) Finn Cole, Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu in ‘Last Breath’Mark Cassar / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Ultimately,Last Breathfails to justify its own existence apart from the documentary from which it spawned.
