Set during the height of the cold war in the 60's, K-19: The Widowmaker is loosely based on the real story of the Russian nuclear sub of the same name. Harrison Ford plays the sub's Captain, Alexei Vostrikov, and Liam Neeson is the boat's executive officer Mikail Polenin. Both Vostrikov and Neeson are strongly loyal to Mother Russia, however the XO doesn't quite agree with the way that the Captain pushes the boat and its …showed first 75 words of 230 total…

…showed last 75 words of 230 total…the boat. However, the story here is just gripping enough to keep one interested until the end. Once the boat is launched, just about the entire movie takes place inside the sub so one can be drawn right into the crisis. It's not until later in the film that we see daylight, but even then the focus is kept on the sub and its crew, which amplifies some of the events later in the film.