The Command

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The Command

PG-13,

2019,

1h 57m,

Drama

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On Aug. 12, 2000, explosions aboard the Russian submarine Kursk cause it to sink during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, leaving 23 survivors trapped below on the ocean floor. For the next seven days, members of a rescue team frantically work to reach the men before their dwindling oxygen supply runs out.

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Critics Consensus

The Command plumbs the depths of real-life disaster to tell an uneven yet reasonably diverting story of lives caught between bureaucracy and certain doom.

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Amy Nicholson

FilmWeek (LAist)

Oct 1, 2019

I was much less compelled by this film. I really was.

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Ed Potton

The Times (UK)

Jul 13, 2019

4/5

[T]his is a punchy and poignant piece of film-making from Vinterberg.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jul 12, 2019

3/5

As a film, Kursk could have wound up much worse, though it has uneven visual effects and goes in for some frankly puzzling decisions, such as a bizarre switch-up in aspect ratios when the sub gets underway.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Jul 6, 2021

The Command is a dark movie, despairing, but righteously so. You feel its frustration

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

Aug 6, 2020

The Command is a taut, tension-filled movie, with all actors giving committed performances.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Jul 25, 2020

6/10

A conventional survival drama. [Full review in Spanish]

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Thomas Vinterberg

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Matthias Schoenaerts

Mikhail Averin

Léa Seydoux

Tanya Averina

Colin Firth

Commodore David Russell

Peter Simonischek

Amiral Gruzinskiy

August Diehl

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Synopsis

On Aug. 12, 2000, explosions aboard the Russian submarine Kursk cause it to sink during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, leaving 23 survivors trapped below on the ocean floor. For the next seven days, members of a rescue team frantically work to reach the men before their dwindling oxygen supply runs out.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Producer: Ariel Zeitoun
Screenwriter: Robert Rodat
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: EuropaCorp, Belga Productions, Saban Films
Rating: PG-13 (Disturbing Images|Brief Strong Language|Intense Disaster-Related Peril)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 57m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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