K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Genre: Drama / History
Duration: 138 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / Germany / United States / Canada
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Stars: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Joss Ackland
IMDb score:
6,7 (71.797)
Releasedate: 19 July 2002
K-19: The Widowmaker plot
"Fate has found its hero."
The film tells the true story of the first Soviet nuclear submarine, which broke down on its maiden voyage to the North Atlantic in 1961. The crew, led by the dour Captain Zateyev, gets involved in a race against time. to prevent an explosion that would not only kill the crew, but could also start a world war.
Actors and actresses
Alexei Vostrikov
Mikhail Polenin
Vadim Radtchinko
Marshal Zelentsov
Admiral Bratyeev
Dr. Savran
Partonov
Demichev
Konstantin
Anatoly
Reviews & comments
blurp194
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Undervalued and unfairly unknown.
Because this is actually just a very good movie in the genre. Maybe the timing was a bit off - Russians weren't that exciting in 2002. And relatively shortly before that, the two absolute toppers in the genre - Das Boot and Red October - had passed. You will soon find yourself in the shadows.
But wrongly so. Because a very solid film with all the obligatory ingredients, but also realistic and even more or less true. With a wonderfully cliché Ford who would rather drown with man and mouse than be caught, and on the other hand an almost human Neeson. And all wonderfully Russian - although of course it is somewhat the Hollywood version of Russian. Nothing wrong with this kind of movie.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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A cross between The Hunt for Red October and Chernobyl with a Russian submarine in full Cold War. It lacks the charm of The Hunt for Red October and the thrill of Das Boot. The film continues at a leisurely pace, with little enthusiasm. After a while there is some tension, but by then we are already counting down to the end of the film. An American film with American actors, some of whom already try harder than others to bring a Russian accent. Not a disaster in itself, Sean Connery in Red October was quite convincing with his Scottish accent. 
K-19 has become a run-of-the-mill disaster film that emphasizes the true events several times. No wonder that the film stands out too little among the other submarine films. It's not bad, but it never gets good either.
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