Rent Kursk: The Last Mission (2018)

3.2 of 5 from 410 ratings
1h 53min
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Synopsis:
Based on the gripping true story of the Kursk submarine tragedy of 2000 in which 188 men lost their lives, 'Kursk: The Last Mission' is a tense submarine thriller from critically-acclaimed director Thomas Vinterberg. When a Russian naval exercise goes horribly wrong, the Kursk submarine erupts in flames killing most of the men on-board and sending the trapped survivors to the bottom of the sea. Time is running out for Russian Captain Mikhail Averin (Matthias Schoenaerts) and his crew, as fire engulfs the vessel, starving them of oxygen. Ignoring the advice of their own people, the Russian government refuses the help of the UK Navy operation headed by Commodore David Russell (Colin Firth).
When they finally give way to mounting domestic pressure, it's too little too late...
Actors:
, , , , , , , , Artemiy Spiridonov, , , , , Chris Pascal, , , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Jérôme de Béthune, Fabrice Delville, Christophe Toulemonde, Patrick Vandenbosch, Ariel Zeitoun
Writers:
Robert Rodat, Robert Moore
Aka:
The Command
Studio:
Signature Entertainment
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
Collections:
Getting to Know..., Remembering: Max von Sydow
BBFC:
Release Date:
16/09/2019
Run Time:
113 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • The Making of
  • In the Depths of the Kursk
BBFC:
Release Date:
16/09/2019
Run Time:
118 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • The Making of
  • In the Depths of the Kursk

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Reviews (8) of Kursk: The Last Mission

So-so true take of submarine disaster - Kursk: The Last Mission review by PV

Spoiler Alert
28/10/2019

This movie is unusual as it shows Brits as heroes and not villains, the usual trope. Maybe because it's not really a Hollywood movie and is full of German actors and the aged Max von Sydow as a Soviet era Navy boss.

As per usual, when what happened on the sub is unknown and as we all know what happened in the end, there has to be a lot of stuff invented and events to create narrative structure. These are sometimes successful but at other times seem forced.

I suppose an inevitable comparison is to be made with superior drama such as Chernobyl, and this film looks a bit B-movie by comparison.

But it's worth a look. 2.5 stars rounded up.

6 out of 7 members found this review helpful.

average film of a tragic event - Kursk: The Last Mission review by JD

Spoiler Alert
15/11/2019

Worth a watch just for the subject and the fact its a true story.

It has the appearance and feeling its on the cheap and doesnt stand out as anything special. But it gets the key points across well enough to be a story worth watching.

Center piece is the impact on family, and there is the bond between service men, the lack of funding causing poor training and equipment so lacking and poorly maintained its both useless and incredibly dangerous. All wrapped around the Soviet politics that ultimately make this such a tragedy.

Of course, thats bad enough but when the Royal Navy was going out of its way to help with what would be the best divers and rescue equipment in the world it just makes it much worse.

There is much dramatisation going on to keep the story rolling along, but the key points, the disaster, the family, the politics and a genuine offer of help from great sea-fairing enemy are all covered.

And a term ive not heard before has stuck in my head. Sailors help Sailors. For the crew of kursk it was there comrades and for those watching it was the royal navy. All every mariner wanted was to see them safe.

But Politics.

4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.

Tragic true story - Kursk: The Last Mission review by AC

Spoiler Alert
07/04/2022

I though this was told very well in a un-glossy way, perhaps because it wasn't a Hollywood re-telling. This was obviously a tragic event and the film fills that out with not just focusing on the event itself but, adding a bit off background to the characters, the crewmen of the sub. It was a good cast, with a couple German actors who I recognized, although I didn't know their names. Altogether good.

0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.

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