From the first scene, which steals the beginning from Apollo 13, I couldn't stop comparing both films. Both based on true stories so unbelievable that you wouldn't be wrong in thinking they were from a movie script and both with Tom Hanks playing the commander of a ship.
But while Apollo 13 is a masterfully piece in how to maintain tension and drama when there's no Bad Guy and we all know the happy ending, Sully relies on the crutches of every other Hollywood trope and makes up villains out of ordinary people who did their job well and tries to insinuate a reveal that never really pans out.

There are some effective moments in seeing capable people passionate of their jobs helping others working like clockwork to save lives. But those few moments aren't enough to save this train wreck of a movie.