One of the best war films

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2019)

I very rarely write movie reviews. IMO a movie should make you feel something - something about the said environment, the characters and their feelings. This movie did total justice to the Russian sailors who often had to improvise beyond their capabilities. As a former submariner myself, I truly appreciate the way this movie tried to show the tensions that can arise hundreds of metres below sea level. This wasnt an isolated incident with Russian submarines (Kursk, 2000) the 10/10 from me is for the depiction of submariners, their struggles and their sacrifices which are not known to the public due to scarce media atrention on this subject. Most people will never get to enter a submarine in their lives. For me the most powerful line in this movie is when a sailor says "Serving the Soviet Union, Comrade Captain" in the face of almost certain death. Its the purest expression of patriotism and self sacrifice I have ever seen in a movie. My thanks to Kathryn Bigelow for putting this together and showing the average person what a submariner goes through during combat. My salute to all the Russian Navy men who laid down their lives for their motherland. I'm sorry I don't know much about cinematography, script and those sort of things, but unlike so many highly rated movies this movie made me feel something. I feel Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford did a fine job here.