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Black Sea (2014)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Rating: R
Length: 1h 54min
Synopsis (Spoiler Free): A greedy corporation that has just fired Robinson (Jude Law), finds out about millions of dollars worth of gold laying in a ship wreck, on the bottom of the Black Sea. They want to recover the gold but need to do this covertly so they get an old Russian submarine and need a man for the dangerous job...So they rehire Jude Law (who was just told that his services were no longer needed). Back on the job, he has an attitude and an itching for gold. To man the Russian sub, the evil corporation hires two teams, one English speaking and one Russian. To make things worse, the men don't trust each other and things get intense in the the confines of the old sub.
Review: I love submarine movies. I guess it's the encapsulated feeling of seclusion. There's a fatalistic beauty to being deep under the water. Submarines impart a feeling of isolation and finality. They're a world unto themselves. There has been a lot of fine films made about submarines and their crews, but Black Sea ain't one of them!
This was one of the most boring films I've seen. Every single shot is a close up, I could hardly tell what was going on. I mean, yes I know it's a sub and it has confined space...but the director/cinematographer who decided to use a plethora of extreme close ups in attempt to give a felling of confinement...should go back to film school.
The accents were so strong that I had to use sub titles, even for the English speaking roles. I mean come pro-nounce those words! The plot was paper thin and filled with cliche character trope types. I mean who would start a mission with a group of misfit psychos? Lazy writing, that tries to make excitement turns this into a B popcorn movie, only it's not entertaining. A pretty weak film all around.
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Rating: R
Length: 1h 54min
Synopsis (Spoiler Free): A greedy corporation that has just fired Robinson (Jude Law), finds out about millions of dollars worth of gold laying in a ship wreck, on the bottom of the Black Sea. They want to recover the gold but need to do this covertly so they get an old Russian submarine and need a man for the dangerous job...So they rehire Jude Law (who was just told that his services were no longer needed). Back on the job, he has an attitude and an itching for gold. To man the Russian sub, the evil corporation hires two teams, one English speaking and one Russian. To make things worse, the men don't trust each other and things get intense in the the confines of the old sub.
The Submarine used for filming is called the Black Widow. It's an old Soviet sub moored in the River Medway at Strood, Kent.
Review: I love submarine movies. I guess it's the encapsulated feeling of seclusion. There's a fatalistic beauty to being deep under the water. Submarines impart a feeling of isolation and finality. They're a world unto themselves. There has been a lot of fine films made about submarines and their crews, but Black Sea ain't one of them!
This was one of the most boring films I've seen. Every single shot is a close up, I could hardly tell what was going on. I mean, yes I know it's a sub and it has confined space...but the director/cinematographer who decided to use a plethora of extreme close ups in attempt to give a felling of confinement...should go back to film school.
The accents were so strong that I had to use sub titles, even for the English speaking roles. I mean come pro-nounce those words! The plot was paper thin and filled with cliche character trope types. I mean who would start a mission with a group of misfit psychos? Lazy writing, that tries to make excitement turns this into a B popcorn movie, only it's not entertaining. A pretty weak film all around.