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Based on a real-life incident, Kathryn Bigelow's tense film stars Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson as the commander of Russia's first nuclear submarine and his executive officer whose first test voyage ends in disaster when the reactor fails. The only hope is for the crew to repair it at the risk of fatal irradiation. But the two men also have very different political agendas, one of which could trigger global conflict rather than maintain the uneasy truce of the Cold War.

Keywords:

Drama, Thriller, History, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(2002) (UK / Germany / USA / Canada) (3 Star)

Cast:

Harrison Ford	.... Alexei Vostrikov
Liam Neeson	.... Mikhail Polenin
Joss Ackland	.... Marshal Zelentsov
Sam Spruell	.... Dmitri
Peter Stebbings	.... Kuryshev
Christian Camargo	.... Pavel

Supporting Cast:

Roman Podhora	.... Lapinsh
Sam Redford	.... Vasily
Steve Nicolson	.... Demichev
Ravil Issyanov	.... Suslov
Tim Woodward	.... Partonov
Lex Shrapnel	.... Kornilov
Shaun Benson	.... Leonid
Kristen Holden-Reid	.... Anton
Dmitry Chepovetsky	.... Sergei
Christopher Redman	.... Kiklidze
Tygh Runyan	.... Maxim
John Shrapnel	.... Admiral Bratyeev
George Anton	.... Konstantin
James Ginty	.... Anatoly

Directors:

Kathryn Bigelow

Writers:

Louis Nowra
Christopher Kyle