Black Sea
Claustrophobic submarine thriller, from the director of The Last King of Scotland, starring Jude Law as an unemployed captain who takes a job with a shadowy backer to find a sunken Nazi U-boat rumoured to be stacked with gold. Co-stars Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn.
2014Rating: M, Coarse language, themes and violence115 minsUK
AdventureThriller
- Director:
- Kevin Macdonald ('The Last King of Scotland', 'State of Play', 'Touching the Void')
- Writer:
- Dennis Kelly
- Cast:
- Jude LawScoot McNairyJodie WhittakerBen MendelsohnGrigoriy DobryginMichael SmileyJune SmithKarl Davies
Black Sea / Reviews
Time Out
Its blend of old-fashioned storytelling values and zeitgeisty relevance make it a worthy addition to sub-aquatic cinema’s nerve-juddering legacy.
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It’s hard to decide if Black Sea is a good idea put over with sub-par execution, or an iffy idea handled as well as possible in the circumstances.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Not much of it is credible... but it has action and adventure to burn, leavened with bits of humour.
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Rolling Stone
Uses the "Das Boot"-like claustrophobia for maximum tension, then deadens the thrills with flashbacks to Robinson and his estranged wife.
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Empire Magazine
A superbly shot men-on-a-mission thriller with chest-tightening tension and a striking contemporary resonance.
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