I love this movie so much

best movie i've ever seen.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is my first reviw ever so .. :) All i wanna say basicly that when a movie is based on real event, it cannot be bad ,cannot go wrong. Pretty good acting ,a great story , and a realistic feal. Love it.

It's 1961 at the height of the Cold War. The Soviets launches one of its first ballistic missile nuclear-powered submarine K-19 to test launch a missile from under the Arctic ice cap. Executive officer Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson) is concerned about the many problems with the new boat. Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford) is the hard-charging new Commander. After finding the Reactor Officer drunk, Vostrikov replaces him with new graduate Vadim Radtchenko (Peter Sarsgaard). It's a series of mishaps and dangerous malfunctions that threatens the safety of the crew.With a Soviet crew, it's a little harder to find the rooting interest. I never quite get to a point where I care about the outcome. It seems Neeson's character is too whiny. The accents get a bit annoying after awhile. Nevertheless, the story is quite fascinating. It's just not completely compelling to me.

Kathryn Bigelow known for action films at the time goes for more drama in K-19, based on true events.During the Cold War era of the early 1960s, the Russian unveil their flagship nuclear submarine but it seems the launch is premature with not enough testing and even safety equipment.Harrison Ford is Captain Alexei Vostrikov, brought in as a troubleshooter, a man who gets things done to replace the more popular Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson) now demoted as Executive Officer. This leads to tension between the two as Ford seems to care more getting the sub more ship shape at the expense of the safety of the crew.Things take a turn for the worse as the nuclear reactor leaks and without adequate medication and safety suits, the crew members risk life and limb to save the sub.Submarine films such as this tend to be heavy going. The Hunt for Red October which came out in the early 1990s had a lot of tension and drama to alleviate this. Here things begin slowly as we see the politicians and the military chiefs wanting a show of strength from their new submarine and Ford getting to grips with a crew not quite ready and cursed with bad luck.The sub is well realised. Since the end of the cold war, a few Russian subs can be visited in museums such as San Diego for example and they really are claustrophobic and narrow.Once the sub starts to leak, the action cranks up, as some sailors risk their own lives to enter the leaking chamber, while Ford and Neeson clash as to whether to get help from the Americans. However the film is long and plodding in places.

Everything about this movie could have been great. The plot arc is well done, with the hints of Soviet incompetence and inefficiency hinted at the beginning and coming back to hurt them later.It's a gripping story with the outcome uncertain until the end. The interplay between the main characters is well done, with fine supporting performances. Even Harrison Ford's limited facial expressions (how many does he have? 3?) is not an impediment as the rigid captain.Unfortunately, Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson just do a terrible (and inconsistent) job of their Russian accents and once you notice it (30 seconds in) it's impossible to shake. With better actors and with better voices I would have given this a 9.