Kursk

2018
PG
1h 57m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Colin Firth and Matthias Schoenaerts in Kursk (2018)

Follows the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.

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Disaster Docudrama Psychological Drama Sea Adventure Tragedy Action Adventure Drama History Thriller

Le film fait suite à la catastrophe du sous-marin K-141 Koursk en 2000 et la négligence gouvernementale qui a suivi. Pendant que les marins luttent pour leur survie, leurs familles se batten... Tout lireLe film fait suite à la catastrophe du sous-marin K-141 Koursk en 2000 et la négligence gouvernementale qui a suivi. Pendant que les marins luttent pour leur survie, leurs familles se battent désespérément contre les obstacles politiques et les impondérables pour les sauver.Le film fait suite à la catastrophe du sous-marin K-141 Koursk en 2000 et la négligence gouvernementale qui a suivi. Pendant que les marins luttent pour leur survie, leurs familles se battent désespérément contre les obstacles politiques et les impondérables pour les sauver.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,6/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
Vladimir Putin's character was cut from the film before an actor was cast for the role. Putin, who was just three months into the job as Russian president when the tragedy occurred in 2000, was slated to appear as a supporting character in at least five scenes in the film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, EuropaCorp's president, Luc Besson, wanted to shift the story's focus to the rescue mission rather than the politics behind the disaster. One theory is that nobody at EuropaCorp wanted to be hacked. "Remember L'interview qui tue! (2014)?" a source said, referring to the Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen-directed comedy that angered Kim Jong-un and is believed to have sparked the infamous Sony hack in 2014. Ironically, the Russian leader is sympathetically portrayed in the original Kursk script, which highlighted why he took the tragedy personally (Putin's father was a submariner).

Gaffes
When the rescue ship "Rudnitsky" leaves port, its name is clearly visible on the hull. But the name is in the Latin alphabet. A Russian ship would have its name in Cyrillic letters. Also, the full name of the ship "Mikhail Rudnitsky" would have been used.

Citations
Oleg Lebedev: So... this little polar bear goes to his mother and says, "I'm a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "Okay, thanks."
Oleg Lebedev: The next day the little polar bear goes to his mother again and says, "Let me see if I got this right. You're a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "And Dad's a polar bear too, right?" And she says, "Yes, of course." And the little polar bear says, "Okay. Fine, just checking."
Oleg Lebedev: So the next day, the little polar bear goes to his mother again and says, "I just gotta be clear here. You're a polar bear, right?" And the mother says, "Yes." "And Dad's a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes." "That makes me a polar bear, right?" And she says, "Yes."
Oleg Lebedev: Then the little polar bear says, "Then why am I so..."
Anton Markov: [interrupting] "... so fucking cold?"
[laughter all around]

Connexions
Features Metallica: Live Tushino Airfield, Moscow 28 Sept 1991 - Monsters of Rock Festival (1991)

Bandes originales
Choir Song - Kursk Wedding / Kursk Burial
Lyrics by Natalia Aigui and Alexei Aigui
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Executive Producer: Alexei Aigui obo Façonneurs de Mémoire
(c) Maltazard Publishing
(p) 2018 VIA EST

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6/10

Claustrophobic true story

Well you know this ain't going to be sunshine and rainbows going in. It's basically 'Chernobyl' but with a submarine. It's also not nearly as well-written or executed as the likes of 'Chernobyl'.

I hated the director's choice of film ratios. Both the opening scenes and final scenes are presented in what resembles a tiny box. At first I got the vibe of an old home video. I even began adjusting the settings of my TV thinking something had gone wrong. It hadn't.

Matthias Schoenaerts is the standout performance here. There's not much else memorable about anything else. Colin Firth's presence is somewhat puzzling. In fact the whole film suffers at times from the weird mix of accents on display. I would've much preferred the whole thing in Russian.

I remembered reading about the Kursk in the newspaper as a kid. The true story of this is equal parts terrifying and heartbreaking. While 'Kursk' did its best humanizing the victims, it still somehow didn't feel urgent or intense enough as it perhaps should.

This film would have more impact if you didn't already know much about the true story. It succeeds in making me want to read some of the books about it and find out more - but beyond that, I can't help feeling the brave men of the Kursk deserved a better film about them.