What is K-19 by Kathryn Bigelow worth? [critique]

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Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson return this weekend on Arte.

Sunday evening, Channel 7 will be focusing on an action film: K-19, the trap of the depths, of Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, Zero Dark Thirty…) released in 2002 in the cinema. The channel then programs a new documentary dedicated to the American filmmaker, entitled Kathryn Bigelow, Hollywood on adrenaline. It is already visible for free on the channel's website:

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The story of K-19 ? In June 1961, in the midst of the Cold War, in the waters of the North Atlantic, Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford), the captain of the first nuclear submarine in the Soviet arsenal, the K-19, discovered that the cooling system of the main reactor is faulty. On board, warheads and an atomic propulsion engine threaten to explode if the temperature in the reactor core does not drop quickly. Cut off from the outside world and the rest of the Russian fleet due to an antenna failure, Captain Vostrikov and his second in command Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson) must overcome their differences to deal with the crisis and avoid a nuclear accident. Furthermore, if such an explosion occurred, the United States could believe in a first Soviet attack and trigger all-out war.

Here is the review from Première: “On paper, K-19 has it all: Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson pilot a Russian nuclear submarine full of holes at the end of the Cold War with their sense of honor. In original version, the film has a nice title: The Widowmaker, “the widowmaker”. In French, it's much more bis (“The Trap of the Deep”SO). And the result is more Trap of the Deep than Widowmaker: honestly entertaining but incapable of transcending its simple B-movie status (Harrison Ford's random Russian accent…), and of rising to the height of the titans In pursuit of Red October Or USS Alabama.”

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