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K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 2002 / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Actors: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson ... more
K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 19 May, 2003 at Paramount Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / An intense dramatisation of a long-suppressed Cold War anecdote, K-19: The Widowmaker is the first big Hollywood film to view the conflict through a Soviet periscope, casting Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson (with slight accents) as patriotic Russians. In 1961, as NATO deploys long-range nuclear attack submarines, the Kremlin forces the Russian Navy to follow suit, whether they're ready or not. Ford takes over from popular skipper Neeson in command of the eponymous submarine, riding the men hard through a missile test, and then coping with an escalating series of crises as a jerry-built reactor threatens to melt down (and perhaps start World War III). Though the political specifics are fresh, this has all the expected elements of a sub movie, citing everything from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Das Boot to Crimson Tide and The Caine Mutiny as sailors bristle mutinously under a marine martinet. This, along with inept engineering and ideological interference, prompts disaster. Director Kathryn Bigelow, the most undervalued talent in Hollywood, is in her element with heroic men under pressure, and a terrific central stretch has comrades trying to fix the reactor even though they've been given the wrong protective gear and start coming down with radiation sickness as they work. Less successful is a superfluous epilogue that pulls the old Spielberg present-day-reunion-of-the-aged-survivors-at-a-gravesite gambit. --Kim Newman

Newest Review: ... on true events this is a harrowing account of events which occurred on the Soviet Unions first nuclear submarine. It is not ... more

 ... an easy film to watch, and there are times where it will make you feel genuinely uncomfortable. Neeson and Ford compliment each other perfectly, and both of their performances are very good. The rest of the cast also provide good efforts, but you'll only really find yourself remembering the two main characters. The dialogue is slow paced, but is well thought out, coherent, and has depth. The only let down on this part are the main characters attempts at putting on Russian accents! It is dialogue heavy and reli...more

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Crowned Review K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD): A Dramatic Film. (546 words)
by - written on 19/01/09 (Very useful, 138 readings)
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"K19 The Widowmaker," stars Harrison Ford, and Liam Neeson. An action-drama released in 2002, the film is set at the peak of the Cold War, and is based on a true story - one that was hidden for a number of years. The K-19 (Russia's flagship nuclear submarine) has just been launched, and already some of its crew believe the vessel is cursed. After a series of set backs, accidents, and a few who believe that the sub is not yet ready to take to the seas, the K-19 and her crew are sent on their mission. The bottle of champagne failing to smash was a very bad omen. However shortly into their mission, and heading towards American waters, it's discovered ...  Read the complete review

pmcds
Crowned Review So how close did they come to nuclear war? (882 words)
by - written on 17/09/08 (Very useful, 42 readings)
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Every now and then, a film comes along that gives disappointing results but is actually a marvellously made film, and no doubt leaves everyone involved with it bitter at the poor showing from the public to watch it and publicise it. In 2002, director Kathryn Bigelow teamed up with actors Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson to make a film based on one of the closest scrapes in Cold War history. A true story is always hard to convert into a cinematic success, as they found out. At the height of the Cold War, the Russians believed that the US were on the verge of striking against them with a nuclear attack. To counter this and possibly prevent it, they constructed a ...  Read the complete review

wampyrii
Crowned Review K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD): What's Long And Hard And Full Of Seamen? (1099 words)
by - written on 17/10/02 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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I wonder if movie execs sat around a table somewhere and made a conscious decision to revive the old cold war thriller kinda thing for this year. There's been three movies in recent months which I've personally seen (so probably more) which rake over the embers of a genre which until then no one had touched for quite some time. First came The Sum Of All Fears, a Tom Clancy adaptation where a group of neo-Nazi terrorists try to start world war three by playing off the US and Russians administrations against each other reviving their Cold War past, then The Bourne Identity reviving the espionage thriller and now K19: The Widowmaker which documents a true story of ...  Read the complete review

Gaven
Premium Review Widowmaker (299 words)
by - written on 14/11/09 (Very useful, 5 readings)
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Plot: K19 is Russias first nuclear submarine. It is launched early to its captains dismay. A second captain is brought aboard to drive the mission, but soon as a result of early launch, there is a reactor failure endangering the whole crew. The film focusses on the conflict between the two captains and their respective desires to deal with the situation Based on true events this is a harrowing account of events which occurred on the Soviet Unions first nuclear submarine. It is not an easy film to watch, and there are times where it will make you feel genuinely uncomfortable. Neeson and Ford compliment each other perfectly, and both of their ...  Read the complete review

sunmeilan
Premium Review K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD): Submarines and nuclear reactors (840 words)
by - written on 03/02/06 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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Introduction I usually stay well clear of anything that involves nuclear power or war when it comes to films. But sometimes I have to let my boyfriend choose what we watch and this time it was his turn. I got a book ready, not really expecting to want to watch the film; but surprisingly found it very addictive. The film is set in 1961 during the fight for world supremacy between the US and the Soviet Union over nuclear power. If you prefer comedy or light-hearted chick flicks, this is not for you. But it is a very good film with some powerful performances from all involved - definitely recommended. The director Kathryn Bigelow is one of the few ...  Read the complete review

 
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