Kursk: The Last Mission (2018)
(Kursk/The Command)
Country: FR/BEL/LUX/ROM/CAN/US
Technical: col/2.39:1/1.85:1 117m
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
The crew of a Russian nuclear submarine is left stricken on the sea bed after an unstable warhead explodes during a routine test run. Despite being at the scene from the outset, the Russian navy's equipment is not up to the job and prevaricates about allowing Royal Navy divers in.
Review:
Pace its preemptive UK release title, only those with the shortest memories will have forgotten the grim outcome of this true-life tale, and we are left with a waiting game of inevitables: waiting for the accident to happen, waiting for the wives to despair, waiting for the men to either drown or suffocate. However, quality acting and top-notch film making, curious aspect ratio changes aside, go some way to producing an emotive nailbiter.
(Kursk/The Command)
Country: FR/BEL/LUX/ROM/CAN/US
Technical: col/2.39:1/1.85:1 117m
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
The crew of a Russian nuclear submarine is left stricken on the sea bed after an unstable warhead explodes during a routine test run. Despite being at the scene from the outset, the Russian navy's equipment is not up to the job and prevaricates about allowing Royal Navy divers in.
Review:
Pace its preemptive UK release title, only those with the shortest memories will have forgotten the grim outcome of this true-life tale, and we are left with a waiting game of inevitables: waiting for the accident to happen, waiting for the wives to despair, waiting for the men to either drown or suffocate. However, quality acting and top-notch film making, curious aspect ratio changes aside, go some way to producing an emotive nailbiter.
(Kursk/The Command)
Country: FR/BEL/LUX/ROM/CAN/US
Technical: col/2.39:1/1.85:1 117m
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Colin Firth
Synopsis:
The crew of a Russian nuclear submarine is left stricken on the sea bed after an unstable warhead explodes during a routine test run. Despite being at the scene from the outset, the Russian navy's equipment is not up to the job and prevaricates about allowing Royal Navy divers in.
Review:
Pace its preemptive UK release title, only those with the shortest memories will have forgotten the grim outcome of this true-life tale, and we are left with a waiting game of inevitables: waiting for the accident to happen, waiting for the wives to despair, waiting for the men to either drown or suffocate. However, quality acting and top-notch film making, curious aspect ratio changes aside, go some way to producing an emotive nailbiter.