Review of Black Sea (2014) by Dawdlingpoet — 27 Nov 2021

This is quite an atmospheric thriller, although I found Jude Law's character quite distracting due to his (I assume Russian) accent, which I'm not sure how authentic it was. There is an Australian character and an Irish one too - why is it that made me think of a cheesy joke, along the lines of 'there's a Russian, an Aussie and an Irish who walk into a bar...' (!). I suppose if your someone very prone to claustrophobia then this isn't a good film to watch because it does quite well at making you imagine your also in this enclosed space of a submarine.

There are some creepy moments, when discoveries are made, with most scenes featuring a fair amount of black. As a thriller, it's not bad but I did find the, what seemed to be a little over the top, foreign accents a bit distracting at times. That aside, bare in mind the fact its really quite a dark film, both in terms of the lighting (or lack thereof) and the way the plot develops (there being an impending disaster element). Its a good watch, although I wouldn't specifically recommend it as such, no.