Black Sea

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Black Sea

R,

2015,

1h 55m,

Adventure/

Mystery & Thriller

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81%

138 Reviews

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59%

10,000+ Ratings

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59%

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Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi U-boat, rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around.

Critics Consensus

Black Sea may not be particularly deep, but thanks to Kevin Macdonald's judicious direction and a magnetic performance from Jude Law, it remains an efficiently well-crafted thriller.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Apr 9, 2015

3/5

Not much of it is credible, starting with the hiring of a rusty submarine out of Sevastopol, but it has action and adventure to burn, leavened with bits of humour.

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Kristin Tillotson

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jan 31, 2015

3/4

Too often, moviegoers must choose between character-driven drama and edge-of-your-seat action. "Black Sea" has both, with a gripping performance by Jude Law as their nexus.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jan 31, 2015

3/4

Black Sea is a submarine thriller set in the murky depths of exactly where the title says.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jul 12, 2022

3/4

Law’s intensity carries the audience every step of the way.

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Travis Johnson

sbs.com.au

Oct 27, 2021

Black Sea isn't so much a film as a yarn or a ripping tale; one of those classical adventure movies seemingly designed to be viewed on a lazy Sunday afternoon after a big lunch.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Feb 7, 2021

3.5/4

Black Sea is a superbly crafted piece of film.

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Albus P

Apr 20, 2019

Poorly executed and unrealistic. Someone was out of work and needed to make a movie fast.

Hagrid S

Feb 28, 2019

Cool thing about this movie is that the Russians are actually real Russians not pretentious idiots butchering Russian accents. The person who reviewed this and said that the accents are fake... perhaps next time you can read the actor's names before you start typing nonsense... You have real authentic burly Russian men here, just as you would find walking the streets of Moscow. Jude Law's performance pulls the whole thing along, and also the two lead Russian actors - KONSTANTIN KHABENSKIY and GRIGORY DOBRUGIN make this worthwhile. . Their acting is the only reason I was able to finish this movie. Other than that: PLOT IS STUPID BEYOND BELIEF *** SPOILERS AHEAD *** Basically one psychopath murders several of his fellow crew members in cold blood, and for no substantial reason, he brings down the entire mission, and kills nearly everyone AND dies himself. Very sad to see such an idiotic plot, and yet despite this this movie can STILL be worth just to see

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Feb 18, 2019

A great thriller... Worth the 2 hrs for sure.

Han S

Jan 27, 2019

Taut thriller. Jude Law is very good. Sure there are a couple of holes that could sink...well, a submarine. But all the actors are in the perfect roles and rise above schlock. Not the best. Not the worst. I'm surprised. I'm siding with the critics and boo'ing the public. This is damn well worth a watch.

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Han S

Dec 24, 2018

Amazing. Great plot thats executed extremely well. I kept thinking this was an ordinary movie and hence I knew the outcome, but it kept taking left turns on me. The ending totally surprised me. I love sad endings vs the usual Disney happy ending that most films adhere to. Great performances and they all gelled together nicely. Very suspenseful and tense.

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Hermione M

Jun 26, 2018

Plot holes ahoy! Very patchy action movie - some of it is pretty good, but it's totally inconsistent and the bad bits are really weak and klunky. Is Jude Law some sort of critics hero? How can they rate such a dumb action movie so high?

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Synopsis

Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi U-boat, rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around.

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Producer: Kevin Macdonald, Charles Steel
Screenwriter: Dennis Kelly
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Focus Features, Cowboy Films
Rating: R (Some Graphic Images|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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