Black Sea (2015)

The plot had all the ingredients of a modern-day Treasure Island and a good cast but just like the fate of the characters, the story line faltered, tried too much on 'making it look genuine' with little research and left the viewer in the dark.

The plot etc is covered well everywhere else so this is limited to my opinion:I liked it a lot. Law's accent is dodgy, technically there are a few issues and several things are implausible (e.g. taking a noob kid on a sub when apparently he knows loads of experienced guys, fiding the swastika on the 200 m long sunken U Boat etc). However, it felt realistic and gripping and the best thing about it was I had no idea where it was going.Nice job, delighted I watched it.

I am a Technical Deep Diving Instructor. This movie is a dismal attempt to recreate a deep sea diving instance with horrible script and a screen play. People involved did not consult experts who could have saved their asses in this plot.Very bad acting and major holes in the plot.Come on guys, at least get your act to gather.Very bad story line. Not well thought of!You need to do better than this.You guys are challenging the intelligence of your audience.Come up with a decent story and people would watch it.There is a reason why your movie only made Worldwide:$1,171,559 (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blacksea.htm).How much did you guys spend making this piece of garbage?

Robinson has worked as a submarine captain for a salvage firm for many years then he is suddenly made redundant with only a pitiful pay-off, then an old friend who used to work for the firm tells him how they discovered a U-boat in Georgian waters in the Black Sea which they believe contains a fortune in Nazi gold. He goes onto say that the company couldn't salvage the gold as the border has moved leaving the gold in Russian waters. He has a backer who will finance the salvage operation for a forty percent cut. Robinson is keen to get one over on his former employers so agrees to lead the mission. He takes on a mixed crew; half British salvage experts and half Russian submariners; they need the Russians as they will be using an old Russian submarine. Once they have left Sebastopol tensions soon start to rise; the Russians think a young British crewman is bad luck and the British half of the crew aren't pleased when they hear that the Russians will be getting an equal share. It isn't long before things get even worse; violence flares, accidents happen and after they recover the gold they learn that they have been played… if they are to keep any of it they will have to take a lot more risks.The combination of the claustrophobic setting and the allure of Nazi gold make for a thrilling story. From the moment they set sail to the end of the film tension is high. The characters aren't the most likable; one of them is clearly psychotic and the rest of them are driven by greed but that doesn't stop them being interesting. Inevitably as various events occur some of the crew are lost which just serves to raise the tension further as the number dips towards the absolute minimum required to operate the submarine. The cast, led by Jude Law does a good job. It helped that the Russian characters were played by Russian actors speaking in subtitled Russian rather than Western actors talking English with a dodgy accent. Talking of accents Jude Law's character speaks with a Scottish accent; it sounded pretty good to me but actual Scottish viewers may not be as easily pleased! Overall I recommend this to anybody looking for a good tense thriller.