Can Americans really tell the story about a Russian disaster!

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2004)

The true story about the Russian nuclear submarine that ran into lots of troubles on it's maiden voyage. The most serious problem was when the cooling system to the reactor broke and since the vessel was not properly equipped with emergency supply and spare parts it was impossible to fix the problem without harming the crew.
K-19 shows how brave men try to solve problems and work together in tough and dangerous situations. With their own lives at stake they worked to repair the cooling system for the reactor core.
I actually thought that an American movie showing a Russian tragedy would be a very bad idea. In K-19 the director, Kathryn Bigelow, actually managed to show the chain of events without making the Russians look like fools and morons and vodka-drinking idiots. Good work, Kathryn! I think a good reason for the accuracy is probably the the National Geographics society was involved in the making of the film. Another reason was that Kathryn didn't add lots of stupid Michael Bay crap in the movie...like a love story or something even more submoronic. Thank God it wasn't Michael Bay who directed this movie!