Details down to the dishes have been included, providing audiences with a glimpse of what life below the surface may be like. When officials place Polenin under Vostrikov’s command, tensions between the two chiefs rise as fast as the reactor’s core temperature, diminishing crew morale.Īside from the small distraction of having American icons with fishy accents playing Russian sailors, K-19 is an incredible work of sub cinema. Harrison Ford plays fictional Captain Alexei Vostrikov, while Liam Neeson creates the role of Mikhail Polenin, a captain who opposed the time limits dictated by the Russian government that demanded the barely completed submarine put to sea.
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The impending disaster (the vessel was also carrying nuclear warheads) was alleviated only by eight crewmembers accepting the suicide assignment of entering the malfunctioning reactor and devising a makeshift solution.īased on these actual events, this movie does take some dramatic license. Shortly into its maiden mission designed to “inform” NATO of increasing Soviet technology, one of the reactors blew a high pressure cooling line. Hastily commissioned during the height of the cold war, the boat held two nuclear reactors that sacrificed safety for space.
The real K-19 was Russia’s answer to increasing threats from the expanding US nuclear sub fleet. But with National Geographic at the helm of their first feature motion picture, this sub was a tempting scenario that happily rises to the top. Put a submarine in nearly any movie and I’m likely to find some appeal in the story.
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