In black sea, why couldnt robinson escape the sub with the. The book is not really about the black sea in its entirety great tracts of its coastline are ignored and the historical gems are chosen to meet the interests and sometimes political prejudices of its author. Starring jude law, scoot mcnairy, ben mendelsohn, david threlfall, grigoriy dobrygin, jodie whittaker, sergey veksler, karl davies and michael smiley. The black sea is a well written if, at times, a rather self indulgent book. Everything you need to know about black sea movie 2015. Black sea 2015 cast and crew soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer robinson jude law assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a. A crew of misfits undertakes a mission to find a cache of gold bullion, mired at the bottom of the black sea in a.
And director kevin macdonald the last king of scotland uses dennis kellys script to shoehorn the treasure. Jan 17, 2015 but the black widow, as its known, is about to get a little respect. The movie is nothing amazing and is not a classic but this is one of the biggest surprises i have seen in a while. Sergey nikolov who comes from eastern europe because of his origins and different background. Black sea looks so gorgeous and moves with such muscular grace that you might forget, or never imagine, that its a relatively small action movie. Twotime academy award nominee jude law captains the cast of black sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller directed by academy award winner kevin.
Black swan is a 2010 american psychological horror film directed by darren aronofsky. How to find a movie title if you only remember details of. At the outset robinson declares that everyone aboard will get an equal portion of the. Black sea is essentially a submarine movie meets a bank heist movie directed by kevin macdonald, so i thought this sounds absolutely great, im completely up for it, but by the end i was just.
The story concerns a new york city detective trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a newspaper. Black sea stars jude law as a seething adventurer the. Jan 30, 2015 black sea was directed by scottish filmmaker kevin macdonald known best for the last king of scotland from a script by tv writer dennis kelly utopia and, despite some bland character arcs as well as a few moments that require significant suspension of disbelief, the film ultimately succeeds as an engaging dramatic thriller with a noteworthy premise. Black sea jeff saporito july 16, 2015 before analyzing the ending of black sea 2015, its worth noting that there are a few details of the films ending and beginning, and middle that simply dont work. It moves ceaselessly, and someone gets eaten from time to time. Sea of love is a 1989 american neonoir thriller film directed by harold becker, written by richard price and starring al pacino, ellen barkin and john goodman. Black sea is a brutal watch, almost a horror film as the deaths mount, with fear itself a virus. In black sea, why couldnt robinson escape the sub with the others. The selection of the sea for the booker prize was a satisfying victory for banville, as his novel the book of evidence was shortlisted in 1989 but lost to the remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro. These things go together so perfectly that its a wonder they were ever apart. Allison seems troubled but the other four dont say a word or intervene, presuming relationship trouble as the cause. Released january 23rd, 2015, black sea stars jude law, scoot mcnairy, ben mendelsohn, david threlfall the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a.
Shortly before the start of the crimean offensive, the ships of the soviet black sea fleet and the azov naval flotilla are in serious danger. Black sea is a tense and thrilling addition to the submarine movie subgenre, led by a charismatically gruff jude law and the taut direction of kevin macdonald as many a heist film has already proven, men will go to extreme lengths to attain riches. His fellow kurston talks of a wreck of a lifetime, a downed nazi sub in the black sea which was carrying blackmailed soviet gold. The story concerns a new york city detective trying to catch a serial killer who finds victims through the singles column in a. Black sea is a perfectly dutiful, professional piece of work, with several creditable performances, but its the sort of movie that doesnt have quite enough of any one thing going for it that.
There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including the boy next door. Im something of a sucker for submarinemovie clichs. Did the character of fraser in black sea suffer from motivational conflicts. He may be hopelessly in debt, has been left by his wife, cant take care of his daughter and has problems with gambling and controlling his temper, but he still persists. Black sea may not be particularly deep, but thanks to kevin macdonalds judicious direction and a magnetic performance from jude law, it remains an efficiently wellcrafted thriller. Tensions run high in kevin macdonalds dark submarine thriller. The plot of this film very much depends on the negative public sentiment and mistrust of banks and big business in general which is strangely not in vogue as much in 2018, but in 2014 when black sea was released, memories were more fresh of the 0709 financial crisis and public resentment was much stronger than it is today. Charles steel at an event for black sea 2014 black sea 2014 kevin macdonald in black sea 2014. Jan 23, 2015 a rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the black sea. Black sea the 2015 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. New thriller black sea shot aboard a rickety old sovietera sub. Tensions run high in kevin macdonalds dark submarine thriller, writes mark kermode. Suspending disbelief on those subjects as in, who pulled the inflation cord on the suit full of gold.
Ishiguro was again on the shortlist in 2005 with his novel never let me go. Shot in august 2014 during pitt and jolies honeymoon in gozo, malta, the film was released by universal pictures on november, 2015. Black sea combines its two genres with such enthusiasm that although the gears dont mesh perfectly and some of the story beats are predictable, the result is so altogether pleasurable that i cant imagine fans of. But the black widow, as its known, is about to get a little respect. Black sea is a solid, mostly thrilling submarine movie. They get a private backer and robinson asks for a crew of twelve men, half brits and half russians. 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 sub thats rumored to be loaded with gold. Black sea was released in 2015 on friday, january 23, 2015 in nationwide movie theaters. And as in some of the great films about gold, especially greed and the treasure of.
With jude law, scoot mcnairy, ben mendelsohn, david threlfall. Black sea 2015 jude law, movie trailer, release date, cast. By the sea is a hard watch in a lot of ways, not because the subject matter is difficult to watch unfold, but because the slowgoing plot and sparselyused dialogue will make you impatiently. A suspenseful adventure thriller centering on a rogue submarine captain jude law who pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the black sea. Blackfish tells the story of tilikum, a performing killer whale that killed several people while in captivity. Released january 23rd, 2015, black sea stars jude law, scoot mcnairy, ben mendelsohn, david threlfall the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Jan 23, 2015 disguised as an oldfashioned adventure film, black sea is a really a jeremiad for the new gilded age. This was used primarily to convey intended tone and feel for fundraising purposes. Black sea may not be particularly deep, but thanks to kevin macdonalds.
Located between the borders of north korea and russia in northeastern china, yanji city. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including the boy next door, strange magic and mortdecai. In black sea, why couldnt robinson escape the sub with. A suspenseful adventure thriller directed by academy award winner kevin macdonald, centering on a rogue submarine captain twotime academy award nominee jude law who pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the black sea. German underwater commandos are preparing a largescale operation to destroy the main combat units of the soviet fleet in ports and roads. The plot revolves around a production of tchaikovskys swan lake. Emmett brown, and must make sure his highschoolage parents unite in order to save his own existence. Dec 10, 2017 black is a detective possessed by the grim reaper. The yellow sea 2011 hongjin na, na hongjin synopsis. How did the filmmakers tonally contrast the first half of how i live now with the second half.
Ive tried looking this movie up a thousand times and i cant figure it out. Half submarine picture, half heist movie, black sea is an excruciatingly grim yet thoroughly pleasurable thriller. I swear i remember the title is something easy and possibly the girls name. The film stars natalie portman, vincent cassel, mila kunis, barbara hershey, and winona ryder.
Dec 02, 2014 black sea is essentially a submarine movie meets a bank heist movie directed by kevin macdonald, so i thought this sounds absolutely great, im completely up for it, but by the end i was just. Black sea stars jude law as a seething adventurer the new. Back to the future, written by robert zemeckis and bob gale. Romania, bulgaria and half the turkish coastline are ignored. Director kevin macdonald of the similarly tense touching the void uses clarity of space on board the sub, establishing physical relationships between characters and using them for suspense. Black sea centers on a rogue submarine captain jude law who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the black sea. At the outset robinson declares that everyone aboard will. A suspenseful adventure thriller directed by academy award winner kevin macdonald, centering on a rogue submarine captain twotime academy award nominee jude law who pulls together a misfit crew. As greed and desperation take control, the uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other. Hwanghae is a 2010 south korean action thriller film directed by na hongjin and starring ha jungwoo and kim yoonseok in the lead roles. Before analyzing the ending of black sea 2015, its worth noting that there are a few details of the films ending and beginning, and middle that simply dont work. About the film black sea movie synopsis focus features. This film marks the reunion of the director and the lead actors who also first collaborated for the 2008 film the chaser, in which ha jungwoo played the antagonist and. The screenplay was written by mark heyman, john mclaughlin, and andres heinz, based on an original story by heinz.
Black sea is a 2014 submarine disaster thriller film directed by kevin macdonald, written by dennis kelly, and starring jude law, scoot mcnairy, ben mendelsohn, and david threlfall. The chaser director na hongjin returns to deliver this actionpacked suspense thriller about a desperate cab driver who stumbles into a treacherous conspiracy after agreeing to perform an assassination in south korea. New thriller black sea shot aboard a rickety old soviet. Five friends arrive at a beach house on the oregon coast for a holiday weekend. Black sea combines its two genres with such enthusiasm that although the gears dont mesh perfectly and some of the story beats are predictable, the result is so altogether pleasurable that i cant imagine fans of either genre. Somewhere in the black sea, a world war iiera submarine rests on a shallow. A young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a timetraveling delorean invented by his friend, dr. Disguised as an oldfashioned adventure film, black sea is a really a jeremiad for the new gilded age. By the sea is a 2015 american romantic drama film written and directed by angelina jolie pitt, and produced by and starring jolie pitt and brad pitt. The film was released in the united kingdom on 5 december 2014, and in the united states on 23 january 2015. It was shot with digital cameras the size of napkin dispensers, mainly inside a 1967vintage soviet hunterkiller sub owned by a private collector in the medway river in the town of rochester, in. 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. The legend of the black sea written and illustrated by sergey nikolov after princess rose and the golden birda is second book i read from this author and once again he managed to surprise me with equally good text and imaginative illustrations.
Black sea was directed by scottish filmmaker kevin macdonald known best for the last king of scotland from a script by tv writer dennis kelly utopia and, despite some bland character arcs as well as a few moments that require significant suspension of disbelief, the film ultimately succeeds as an engaging dramatic thriller with a noteworthy premise. These two struggle to save the lives of people, breaking the rules of heaven. Twotime academy award nominee jude law captains the cast of black sea, the suspenseful adventure thriller directed by academy award winner kevin macdonald one day in september, the last king of scotland black sea centers on a rogue submarine captain jude law who, after being laid off from a salvage company, pulls together a. Black sea 2015 jude law, movie trailer, release date.
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