- Fire LanskyJune 15, 2026Commies gonna commie. Kathryn Bigelow tried to paint it in a noble light, but the beautiful film she delivered is still a story about inept communists doing what they do best: epically failing while killing all of the people. Now that I think about it, why did she give these marxists such soft treatment? Lord knows if this movie was about ze German national socialists the tone of the whole picture would be different. Alas, I’ve ranted enough… So, I suppose it’s worth a view if you’re in the mood for another historical war drama that isn’t about World War 2 or Vietnam.
- ZokkiieApril 15, 2026It’s tense in a quiet, uncomfortable way, and that works in its favor. Nothing feels overly flashy — just a steady build of pressure that keeps you hooked. The performances are solid and give it a grounded, serious tone that makes it feel more real than most films like this. Some of the inaccuricies brings it down, like the drama between the captains which was uncessasary, and not keeping the right names of the dying crew was disrepsectful, they deserved to be named. Still worth watching, just feels like it didn’t fully trust how powerful the real story already was.
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K-19: The Widowmaker was released on July 19, 2002.
K-19: The Widowmaker was directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
K-19: The Widowmaker has a runtime of 2h 18m.
K-19: The Widowmaker was produced by Matthias Deyle, Edward S. Feldman, Winship Cook, Kathryn Bigelow, Christine Whitaker, Sigurjón Sighvatsson.
The story of USSR's first nuclear ballistic submarine, which suffered a malfunction in its nuclear reactor on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic in 1961. The submarine's crew, led by the unyielding Captain Alexi Vostrikov, races against time to prevent a Chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which threatens not only the lives of his crew, but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers.
The key characters in K-19: The Widowmaker are Alexei Vostrikov (Harrison Ford), Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson), Vadim Radtchinko (Peter Sarsgaard).
K-19: The Widowmaker is rated PG-13.
K-19: The Widowmaker is a War, Drama, History film.
K-19: The Widowmaker has an audience rating of 5.3 out of 10.
K-19: The Widowmaker had a budget of $100M.
K-19: The Widowmaker has made $65.7M at the box office.