New Apple TV+ thriller The Lost Bus has debuted with a 100% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Based on 2018's devastating California wildfires, the film follows a bus driver and a school teacher as the blaze starts to rage across the wilderness.
Between the two of them, they must find a way to save the 22 children in their care.
Directed by the Jason Bourne franchise's Paul Greengrass, the film stars Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrerra, while McConaughey's kids also have small roles.
Following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and ahead of its release (briefly in select cinemas, then on streaming), The Lost Bus currently has 13 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, with all of them being positive.
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The Guardian called the film "ruthlessly efficient", writing: "Greengrass [employs] every technical skill in his well-used toolbox, returning to the subgenre of uncomfortably immersive history he's previously explored in United 93, Captain Phillips and 22 July."
"The best moments of The Lost Bus are for the most part the ones that take advantage of his skill at staging large-scale action," wrote TheWrap.
Deadline called it an "intense" experience that "is arguably [Greengrass'] first horror film".
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"The Lost Bus keeps you breathless and on the edge of your seat early on," reads Punch Drunk Critics' review.
Meanwhile, Apple's streaming subscription service has just added Denzel Washington thriller Highest 2 Lowest, which is directed by Spike Lee.
The Lost Bus will have a limited cinema release on 19 September, and releases on Apple TV+ on 3 October.
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