9/19/2023 0 Comments Submarine movie![]() ![]() Surviving a slasher film is comparatively way easier-don’t check on suspicious noises have sex, or do anything that might be an affront to a killer’s oddly puritanical values. Only a slab of submarine metal (submetal?) separates sailors from the icy depths of the ocean floor, and there are many ways for things to go wrong: basic, structural malfunctions enemy submarines, and even interpersonal conflicts that erupt within the sub itself. ![]() But the film does understand that surviving in a submarine movie is an intensely difficult matter. ![]() It’s a boilerplate action-thriller you’ve seen many times that will definitely be airing on TNT in a couple of years. Rather, Hunter Killer just leaves you with some parting images of its submarine-because the movie knows that submarines are awesome. There isn’t anything new to infer from these shots it’s not some kind of mid-credits sequence implying the inception of a Submarine Cinematic Universe. And for his first time behind the camera, Baudry manages to successfully steer this massive ship to dock by the last act.The end credits for the new Gerard Butler–starring submarine thriller Hunter Killer-and don’t worry, this doesn’t constitute a spoiler, if you were worried about Hunter Killer spoilers-splits the screen between the production credits and shots of the film’s primary submarine. For such a big French budget, it’s money well spent. Sound designer Randy Thom ( The Revenant), who works at Skywalker, does an excellent job creating the various underwater noises that plague Chanteraide day and night, while a score from tomandandy ( 47 Meters Down) keeps the stakes high throughout. Working with DP Pierre Cottereau ( Conviction) and production designer Benoit Barouh ( Cold War), Baudry goes big when he needs to for certain major set pieces, yet mostly keeps things confined to the tight quarters of the main setting. ![]() Again, it’s too much to be true, but also well paced and well played enough that you don’t really care, with the cast - especially Kassovitz and Civil ( Back to Burgundy), who shows he has the chops of an action star here - making it all fairly riveting to watch. The plot escalates to an insane level after the one-hour mark, pitting sub against sub and seamen against seamen, with the fate of the planet hanging in the balance. Meanwhile, Grandchamp has been promoted to captain of L’Effroyable (literally: The Frightening), a stare-of-the-art nuclear sub being sent to sea in order to dissuade a growing conflict between Russia and Finland, which really means Russia and the European Union. In the process he meets Diane (Paula Beer), a sudden love interest who seems to have been tossed into the narrative as an afterthought, if not to move the plot ahead a few more degrees. But when an unknown noise is heard just as the mission gets underway, Chanteraide and the crew are thrown into disarray, making it out alive only thanks to a heroic - and rather implausible - act that involves Grandchamp taking down a helicopter all on his own.īack at the base in France, Chanteraide is reprimanded for his failure to recognize the sound and grows obsessed with finding its source. Like some kind of sonic encyclopedia, Chanteraide can tell you exactly what make and model of ship is nearby simply by hearing its rudder in action. (A submarine cannot really see underwater, which is why it relies on sound to both navigate and analyze various threats.) Their success is entirely dependent on Chanteraide (Civil), the gifted “golden ear” whose job it is to interpret every single noise picked up by sonar, determining its origin and weighing its potential risk. ![]()
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