IMDb plot summary: The film follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, and August Diehl.
Kursk, or The Command, as Netflix titles it, tells the real-life story of a Russian submarine that sank in an accident in 2000, stranding several crew members on board for days. Those aware of the incident will already know whether or not the crew was ultimately able to be evacuated, but I wasn't familiar with it, so I'm not going to spoil that for anyone else also unfamiliar. The film does a stellar job of demonstrating the camaraderie between the main characters. The opening scene, where they celebrate one sailor's wedding, gives us such a strong sense of teamwork and friendship for all the men, and that sense carries all the way through the film, making it easy to care for this team as a unit even if you don't remember individuals all that well. The scenes with the women desperately fighting for their government to accept foreign aid and rescue their husbands are also very powerful, and it becomes increasingly more upsetting every time their pleas are dismissed. All the emotional moments in this film ring true, which can't be said of all disaster films. This one is well-structured and well-written, which drew me into it and kept me engaged from beginning to end.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Kursk > Deceiver
Kursk < The Road Warrior
Kursk > Spanglish
Kursk > Evita
Kursk > Henry V
Kursk < Reservoir Dogs
Kursk < The Awful Truth
Kursk < The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Kursk > RoboCop
Kursk < Gandhi
Kursk > Dangerous Liaisons
Final spot: #891 out of 3202, or 72%.
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