Underrated, compelling film.

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2005)

"K-19" was widely dismissed at the time of it's release - it's too slow moving to be a summer blockbuster, it was the latest in a stream of submarine pictures, and audiences could not swallow the slumping Harrison Ford as a Russian.
Yet "K-19" is actually a very compelling film. While Liam Neeson gives what is in many way the dominating performance, Ford is good in his role. While his Russian accent is not entirely convincing, that has as much to do with the oddity of seeing Indiana Jones as a Russian sub commander as it does with Ford's abilities with accents (he's not Daniel Day-Lewis, but he's not quite Kevin Costner, either).
There are some extremely harrowing sequences here, and while "K-19" is not a classic, it's a good film.