Review of K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) by Yita Y — 29 Mar 2007

This was a pretty solid supposed true story of a Russian submarine and its captains during the early 1960s. It's memorable, story-wise, for the radiation victims among the crew members. There are some really dramatic scenes involving that horrific event.

Otherwise, it's a story of the sub's problems and the conflict between two captains. The story starts slowly so you have to stick with it as it gets better and better as it goes on and rewarding enough to make you glad you hung in there for the whole 137 minutes.

Profanity is minor and the Russian accents are handled well by the lead actors, led by Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson and Peter Sarsgaard. This is a good summer movie with plenty of intensity and action and political intrigue, but it could have been so much better.