For all
of his obvious skills and
uncommon talent as a visual storyteller, Kosinski's first two films were short on character
depth and emotional engagement, but whether a function
of Kosinski's innate preferences for spectacle over substance or simply script - related issues, Kosinski's feature - film output made him an odd, left -
of - field choice to direct a film about American firefighters and the Yarnell Hill Fire
of 2013 that resulted in the greatest loss
of firefighters since 9 - 11 more than a decade earlier.