It is a film of sailors trying to embark on a new adventure in order to win the heart of the former employer, who was a captain with the support of a group of people. The sailors took a group of submarines under the Black Sea to find gold, where they face more difficulties that put them in a real dilemma.
By no means a masterpiece, but a solid genre offering, a portrait of desperate men crammed together and surrounded on all sides by what one describes as "dark, cold death." What better way to escape the midwinter doldrums?
Black Sea is a perfectly dutiful, professional piece of work, with several creditable performances, but it's the sort of movie that doesn't have quite enough of any one thing going for it that might eclipse its influences.
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.