K-19: The Widowmaker (DVD)

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...