Black Sea

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Black Sea

R

2015

1h 55m

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi U-boat, rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around.

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Critics Consensus

Black Sea may not be particularly deep, but thanks to Kevin Macdonald's judicious direction and a magnetic performance from Jude Law, it remains an efficiently well-crafted thriller.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

Apr 9, 2015

3/5

Not much of it is credible, starting with the hiring of a rusty submarine out of Sevastopol, but it has action and adventure to burn, leavened with bits of humour.

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Kristin Tillotson

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jan 31, 2015

3/4

Too often, moviegoers must choose between character-driven drama and edge-of-your-seat action. "Black Sea" has both, with a gripping performance by Jude Law as their nexus.

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Jan 31, 2015

3/4

Black Sea is a submarine thriller set in the murky depths of exactly where the title says.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Jul 12, 2022

3/4

Law’s intensity carries the audience every step of the way.

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Travis Johnson

sbs.com.au

Oct 27, 2021

Black Sea isn't so much a film as a yarn or a ripping tale; one of those classical adventure movies seemingly designed to be viewed on a lazy Sunday afternoon after a big lunch.

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Leo Brady

AMovieGuy.com

Feb 7, 2021

3.5/4

Black Sea is a superbly crafted piece of film.

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Banke D

@Bnice May 26, 2026

Wow! Quite the tense thriller! Jude Law delivered. Highly recommend.

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Matthew W

@RT05325192 Sep 23, 2025

This movie rules, in a world of snooze fests this thing came out of left field and it was awesome.

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Oscar A

@otorresm83 Jun 2, 2025

Emocionante, avaricia, pecado... fabulosa.

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Samuel L

@RT19967960 May 22, 2025

A masterpiece, I want the last scene in the submarine as a poster, the lighting just amazing. And the acting is perfect, I'll give a kidney to watch it for the first time again

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kevenquinlan T

@RT75276071 May 1, 2025

Ok, I'm a decent fan of Law and he should be doing WAY more movies. This is a GOOD watch, not great and some of the plot points are absurd, especially the murder scene and the laughable nature of everyone on the sub doing everything possible to ensure they all die on it, hahaha. I'm not gonna keep it in my collection but it's worth a spin just to say you've seen it.

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Marc W

@NotMarc Mar 17, 2025

The plot has even more holes than the rusty submarine they're acquiring. Like, why the old boat if they have a rich sponsor? How do they get the drive shaft weighing several tons out of the old submarine? (And the gold?) Why are only skeletons left of the dead sailors? Why can their submarine only get to the surface by running the engine and not, like, venting the ballast tanks? How does the gold float at the end?

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Synopsis

Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a sunken Nazi U-boat, rumored to contain a fortune in gold. Promising each man an equal share, Robinson leads the mixed British and Russian crew to comb the depths of the Black Sea. Before long, greed takes hold of a crew already divided along language and cultural lines -- and the fewer men that make it back alive, the more gold to go around.

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Producer: Kevin Macdonald, Charles Steel
Screenwriter: Dennis Kelly
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Focus Features, Cowboy Films
Rating: R (Some Graphic Images|Language Throughout|Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 23, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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