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- 2019
- PG-13
- 1 h 57 m
- 2019
- PG-13
- 1 h 57 m
Summary The K-1412 KURSK, a Russian flagship nuclear powered submarine, sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000. As 23 sailors fought for survival aboard the disabled sub, their families desperately battled bureaucratic obstacles and impossible odds to find answer and save them.
Directed By: Thomas Vinterberg
Written By: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore
- 2019
- PG-13
- 1 h 57 m
- 2019
- PG-13
- 1 h 57 m
The Command
55
5.0
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Summary The K-1412 KURSK, a Russian flagship nuclear powered submarine, sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000. As 23 sailors fought for survival aboard the disabled sub, their families desperately battled bureaucratic obstacles and impossible odds to find answer and save them.
Directed By: Thomas Vinterberg
Written By: Robert Rodat, Robert Moore
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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25% Positive
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75% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
55
25% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
75% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
Even when it occasionally falters, it is polished, heartbreaking, and worthy of attention.
At its least, this film is a moderately engaging submarine thriller. At its most, this film serves as a pertinent reminder of the dangers of a government embroiled in bullshit, misguidedly confident in its own presumed greatness.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
5.0
14% Positive
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64% Mixed
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21% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 User Ratings
5.0
14% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
64% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
21% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Production design doesn’t get much better than is seen here, right from the first screen visual you feel you’re in for something special. Writing, direction, cinematography, editing, performances, music score, effects, all add up to superior filmmaking. Beginning with Robert Moore’s book, which seeks out the human elements of a highly dramatic world marine tragedy, to its fine screen adaptation by Award winner Robert Rodat - Kursk takes the viewer to breath-taking places most would never experience (or want to)
When all is examined from the Russian military/political angle, it could have been taken as certain, that rescue attempts would be on their own terms: – Humanity second, military secrets first. This important production sternly points out the importance of never cutting funds to vital military (or any life-saving equipment) The huge toll on the families left to ask questions, and survive following major loss, is sensitively examined with no details left short. Some have been unfairly critical of it being made in English language but I was grateful, negotiating subtitles in a sub would have been unbearable (where are some movie viewer’s imaginations?)
It could be said that at 115mins it’s a little long for a story set mostly in a submergible, with mostly supposition to fill in the details, but it’s so imaginatively and lovingly done it continually flows with human effectiveness. Alexandre Desplat’s wonderfully rich music score adds marvelously to the emotionally charged proceedings. So much more could be said about this film but seeing it is the best way to draw your own conclusions - about the multifaceted outcomes and complex international involvements.
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I watched it by name Kursk. Didn't even know this name is the one used here. I have heard a bit about story of it and this shines light more on it and how crazy was the thinkin on Russia's part about not accepting foreign help etc and prolonging everything even though they knew their technic is not good enough at that time. Nice movie, important story, it certainly wasn't bad and had good actors but as a movie itself something was lacking in the story to make it one of the greats.
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The fine cast keeps us engaged, even if the film sometimes loses the narrative thread.
It's a competent, by-the-numbers action melodrama.
It doesn’t help that The Command looks phony right from the outset, being an English-language film involving virtually no actual Russians.
Vinterberg’s Kursk occasionally lands an emotive blow but only in its more fictionalized stretches, while it pulls its punches with the thorniest and most provocative elements of the real story, an instinct that unduly submerges much of the real horror and lasting consequence of this tragically, enragingly, heartbreakingly bungled incident.
Meant to appear as some kind of tribute to the victims and families of the Kursk, Vinterberg’s poorly strategized film barely justifies its existence.
(Mauro Lanari)
Produced by Besson? Unrecognizable. Directed by Vinterberg? Unrecognizable. Final caption that recalls the number of fatherless children (71) and not the dead sailors (118)? Shameful. Of all the possible explanations for the disaster, proposed the one most similar to "Chernobyl"? Propaganda. Script? Melodramatic. Saveable choices? The cast, "Enter Sandman" live, the scene of the drowned refugees at the stern.
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Production Company
EuropaCorp,
VIA EST,
Belga Productions,
Orange Cinéma Séries,
Belga Films Fund,
Wallimage,
Screen Flanders,
Screen Brussels,
DirecTV,
Transfilm
Release Date Jun 21, 2019
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A true story.
