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A captain commandeers a nuclear submarine that's on the brink of a catastrophic disaster. Captain Vostrikov is assigned to
captain K-19, the first nuclear missile submarine deployed at the height of the Cold War. Vostrikov has replaced Captain Polenin,
the crew's revered leader. Vostrikov's arrival leaves a bad taste in everyone's mouth, since his appointment is considered a
result of bureaucratic favors. Add to that Vostrikov's strict and drill-sergeant demeanor, Polenin, assigned as second-in-command,
has no choice but to let him lead. The sub is plagued with test-run problems, which led to Polenin's demotion. On its maiden voyage,
Vostrikov takes the helm and commandeers the vessel with an iron fist. He assigns a guy Radtchenko, who came straight out of navy
school to become the reactor engineer. Vostrikov runs various drills, testing the limits of both the ship and its crew. He is
dissatisfied with their performance and continues to berate them. He plunges the sub to its maximum depth and lets it surface at
top speed. Things look up when they successfully execute a crucial missile test near the eastern seaboard of America. But the
nuclear reactor leaks, forcing temperatures to go up since there aren't any back-up cooling systems that work. The ship is in
danger of exploding and causing a nuclear disaster, the task at hand is to cool the reactors down. They come up with the solution
of rigging the water pipes. Vostrikov must sacrifice some men in order to connect the pipes together. Six men must work a few
minutes at a time to limit their exposure to the radiation. As they do their jobs without any protective gear, they leave the
exposed area in a sick and horrible state. The rigging works, cooling the system down.
They now have the option to seek help from a close NATO outfit, but Vostrikov refuses. Shortly, an American group contacts them, but
they also turn down their offer. Tensions mount since Vostrikov's decisions do not sit well with the other officers. Soon, two officers
mount a mutiny to overthrow Vostrikov. Later, the makeshift solution breaks, and the new guy Radtchenko, who earlier chickened out of
the repair mission, goes in alone to fix the problem. Vostrikov refuses to surface and look for help and orders that the sub go further
down, which prompts the two officers to apprehend Vostrikov and subdue him by handcuffing him to a rail to install Polenin back to
captain. However, when Polenin sees this, he releases Vostrikov and reprimands the two officers for their direct disobedience. A fire
that broke out in the torpedo room is contained and Radtchenko fixes the problem, he endures extreme radiation poisoning and it is
Vostrikov who pulls him out to safety. Vostrikov's decision to dive down was really a move to avoid injuring other factions on the
surface, in the event that there is a nuclear blast. With everything stabilized, he now plans to sink the ship, but they are retrieved
by a Soviet sub just in time.
Back home in Russia, Vostrikov is tried and investigated for his actions during the crisis, but an emboldened and sympathetic Polenin
defends him to the higher-ups, expressing his utmost respect towards the captain who saved their lives.
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Harrison Ford, Shaun Benson, Liam Neeson
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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Ed Feldman, Joni Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker
Released - July 19, 2002
Length - 138 minutes
Music Composer: Klaus Badelt
Movie Distributed by Paramount Pictures
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