The Command
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 118 min · ★ 6.6 · 64% critics
In the Barents Sea in 2000, a Russian submarine sinks after a serious accident during a naval exercise. With some survivors fighting to stay alive, families on shore press for answers while a British officer pushes for permission to attempt a rescue, but delay and bureaucratic hurdles repeatedly get in the way.
Also known as Kursk: The Last Mission
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Details
- Original title
- Kursk
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-11-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (704 votes)
- Box office
- $6,821,775
- Budget
- $40,000,000
About
You’ll likely like The Command if you enjoy tense disaster drama with human pressure and political friction; Not for you if you want a fully neutral account or fast pacing, similar to The Finest Hours or Greyhound.
Pros: tense survival drama; strong performances; compelling urgency | Cons: perceived bias; slow stretches; questioned accuracy
Themes
- submarine
- based on true story
- struggle for survival
- russian politics
- russian history
- sunken submarine
- naval disaster
- underwater rescue
Cast & crew
Matthias Schoenaerts
as Mikhail Averin
Léa Seydoux
as Tanya Averina
Peter Simonischek
as Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky
Max von Sydow
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
August Diehl
as Anton Markov
Colin Firth
as Commodore David Russell
Bjarne Henriksen
as Russian Rescue Ship Captain
Magnus Millang
as Oleg Lebedev
Artemiy Spiridonov
as Misha Averin
Joel Basman
as Leo
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg