Review of Black Sea (2014) by Spangle — 16 Jun 2015
Featuring really good performances from Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, and Ben Mendelsohn, Black Sea is a well made thriller by Kevin Macdonald that manages to keep the tension high throughout. Though the little twist thrown in is questionable in its legitimacy, the film still manages to be intense and does a great job working in back story of its characters.
Too often, thrillers ignore this, but this one does a great job developing its characters and giving them reasons to be on the submarine. So much so, in fact, that the audience really feels a connection to these characters and really feels for their families when things start to go poorly.
In saying this, Black Sea is not a great movie and is not without its flaws, which again centers around plausibility and some of the characters' illogical decisions along the way that you would be hard pressed to explain the logic behind.
In saying that, it it is a well made film that manages to suck every bit of excitement it can out of being in a submarine looking for gold for two hours.
This review of Black Sea (2014) was written by Spangle on 16 Jun 2015.
Black Sea has generally received positive reviews.
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