Overview

• Matthew McConaughey plays real-life bus driver Kevin McKay, who races to save 22 children during California’s 2018 Camp Fire.
• Paul Greengrass directs in a tense, quasi‑documentary style that stages much of the action inside the school bus.
• America Ferrera co‑stars as the elementary school teacher who fights to keep the students safe.
• McConaughey describes “wonderful close calls” with controlled flames during practical stunt work, noting strict measures kept child actors out of harm’s way.
• The film draws on Lizzie Johnson’s reporting and is presented as a loose dramatization, with McConaughey’s son Levi and mother Kay appearing in supporting roles.