Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Jude Law, Karl Davies, Llewella Gideon, Jodie Whittaker, Gus Barry, Konstantin Khabenskiy |
| Director |
Kevin Macdonald |
| Screenplay | Dennis Kelly |
| Music | Ilan Eshkeri |
| Cinematography | Christopher Ross |
| Editing | Justine Wright |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2014 |
| Produced by | Focus Features, Film4, Cowboy Films, Etalon Films |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Moderate impact, frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Moderate impact, infrequent |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild impact, fairly frequent |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
| Violence |
Sex |
Language |
| Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Michael O'Sullivan  Finding buried treasure in Jude Law. | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Afmaaiery in duikboot. | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Neil Young Gritty submarine thriller torpedoed by script. | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 16 |  |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Entertaining but imperfect sub movie has strong language. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 37 users | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 14624 users | 13 | |
| Internet 14570 Netizens Some holes, but still a good sub story | 13 | |
Average .. 58% | 12 | |