# Thai Cave Rescue (2022)

> A Thai youth soccer team and their coach are trapped in a flooded cave, and a worldwide rescue effort races to reach them.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/129256

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 63 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Dana Ledoux Miller, Michael Russell Gunn
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, Pratya Patong, Songpol Kantawong, Rattaphoom Nakeesathid, Thanawut Chetuku, Thanaphong Kanthawong, Thapanot Huttapasu, Thanapat Phungpumkeaw
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8726102/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: tense, hopeful, sober, harrowing

## Synopsis

Thai Cave Rescue (2022) is a limited series created by Dana Ledoux Miller and Michael Russell Gunn for Netflix, a grounded true-story survival drama. Its central figures are a youth soccer team and their assistant coach, who become trapped deep inside Tham Luang Cave in northern Thailand. The engine of the story is the race against rising water and dwindling time, as rescuers, divers, and families struggle to find a path that can bring everyone out alive. Each of the six episodes moves through the practical obstacles of the operation, the logistics of an international effort, and the anxious waiting of those above ground, rather than leaning on melodrama. The tone is tense yet hopeful, with a steady, sober register that respects the real people involved. Fans of The Impossible, Chernobyl, and Society of the Snow will find similar resonance in its focus on endurance, cooperation, and the human cost of an extraordinary rescue. Its contained, single-season run gives the story a clear shape from first alarm to resolution, making it a focused, emotionally weighty watch.

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