Black Sea (2014)
7/10
Salvage or treasure is the question.
17 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
After a former submarine captain Robison (Jude Law) loses his job, he is recruited by a questionable backer to lead a deep-sea mission in the Black Sea in search of lost treasure. Robison gathers former out of work friends and old cronies to take on the task. But the hard-bitten crew argue over getting a rattle-trap submarine to make the dive in with little or no security of returning to the surface. Half of the crew will be Russians and the only thing temporarily holding them together is equal shares of the payday. But are they really diving for salvage or the rumored gold bricks? Things become perilous when the sub sinks to the bottom. Quarrels break out and the mission is in dire straits.

Moody and tense. Law is really good in this role. A lot of the characters are not worth caring for their survival. If you have a thing for submarine flicks, BLACK SEA (not really filmed there) is worthy of a watch.

Also in the cast: Karl Davies, Daniel Ryan, Konstantin Khabenskly, Tobias Menzles, Michael Smiley and Scoot McNairy.
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