Review of K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) by Isuru B — 09 Jul 2011

This movie has several upsides. It has Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson and they're both great in their roles. In addition, the setting feels real enough and the eventual drama concerning radiation and the meltdown actually feels dramatic, even horrifying, to tell the truth - we, as a human race, actually invented and willingly used that stuff!? On the downside, the beginning of the film feels a bit boring, mainly floating on the performances of the two main actors.

Plus the second half of the film suffers from fatigue. It's based on true events, so I can understand the reason, but the fact remains that while I was wincing at the radiated soldiers, I was also wondering for how long this was still going to continue, which is always a bad sign.

Plus I had already seen this movie once, but I had completely forgotten it, which is another bad sign. So while this is a well-made movie, it's not a particularly impressing or memorable one, which, considering that it's about a catastrophe in a nuclear submarine, is saying something.