Black Sea (2014)

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

Director:

Kevin Macdonald

Writer:

Dennis Kelly (screenplay by)

Stars:

Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jude Law	...	Robinson
Karl Davies	...	Liam
Llewella Gideon	...	Job Centre Worker
Jodie Whittaker	...	Chrissy
Gus Barry	...	Martin (aged 12)
Konstantin Khabenskiy	...	Blackie
Daniel Ryan	...	Kurston
Scoot McNairy	...	Daniels
Tobias Menzies	...	Lewis
Michael Smiley	...	Reynolds
David Threlfall	...	Peters
Sergey Kolesnikov	...	Levchenko
Sergey Puskepalis	...	Zaytsev
Sergey Veksler	...	Baba
Grigoriy Dobrygin	...	Morozov

Storyline

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

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Plot Keywords:

submarine | sea | gold | black sea | drive shaft | 

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Taglines:

Brave the deep. Find the gold. Trust no one.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language throughout, some graphic images and violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official Site [Turkey]

Country:

UK USA Russia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

23 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mar Negro

Filming Locations:

Copse Manor, Virginia Water, Surrey, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$37,675, 25 January 2015, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,171,559, 19 March 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Features,Film4,Cowboy Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Datasat Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn previously starred together in Killing Them Softly (2012).

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Goofs

One and half of Cable Length is equal 277 meters, not 208 as Blackie said.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Liam: And we want you to know that this has nothing - nothing at all - to do with your performance, which is exemplary by the way.
Captain Robinson: [sighs looking out the window]
Liam: Look, the business has changed. Marine salvage has changed. We don't need a submarine pilot anymore. We don't even need a sub. Now, you've never been on contract, so redundancy, well, it's out of the question. But I spoke to Bob Toris personally and he has insisted that Agora make sure that there's something for you. And I'm ...
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Connections

References Enemy at the Gates (2001)

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Soundtracks

Legendary Sevastopol Hymn
Written by Vano Muradeli and Pyotr Gradov

User Reviews

Lacks punch and overall credibility

It's a guy movie, but most guys will laugh at the technical problems, I think. This film puts a short pile of lesser-known actors on the submarine equivalent of the storied Star Wars ship Millennium Falcon and tries to make us believe that adults who've ever seen a submarine movie would be willing to get on such a vessel. The plot is simple, but tediously executed - essentially fulfilling fears voiced in warnings from early scenes. Also, the Russians have more subs than any other country. This film assumes that surface ships are the only ones sharing the water with this crew. Military types will just be irritated by this film - actual submariners, I suspect, will find it eye-rollingly silly.