K-19: The Widowmaker

As a National Geographic film release I was expecting a lot out of this Movie. With Great Actors such as Neeson and Ford it held promise. Neeson is no Russian I tell you what and Ford appears to be uninterested in the film. The Accents were atrocious. What is weak here is the Screenplay and the Directing and the Acting. The ending was especially putrid. This film sort of resembles the latest issues of Geographic; Shiny paper and Shiny photos dolloped with a healthy dose of melancholy malarkey. The Russians must be outraged with this Hollywood treatment of their Cold War incident. I think U-571 is on par with this dreck. And that's not a good thing. If you want to see a great sub movie, rent the original cut of "Das Boot" in German with English subtitles. You'll really feel that stinky closed in sensation of sharing a bunk with other men that haven't bathed in months. Unless you are in one of those cheap theatres with your feet gummed to the floor eating a Taco chip and Hot Dog Combo.