The film about the Soviet submarine K-19 has already caused controversy in Russia, with real-life veterans of the sub saying the interpretation of their history is an insult.

Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson star as the captains of the vessel, whose nuclear reactor sprung a leak just off the American coast in 1961.

"K-19 manages to avoid the watery grave of U-571 and Crimson Tide without ever threatening Das Boot's claim to being the submarine genre's masterpiece," wrote BBC News Online's Matthew Slater.

But what do you think?

Is it a truthful interpretation? Does it maintain the suspense?

What a load of rubbish. Bad acting, bad casting. I saw the film the other day thinking it was an old film re-released.
Adrian Hillman, UK

Saw the film last night. Overall, it was very good, the right mix of plausibility, tension and realism. Except for the accents, that is. Why some of the actors have dodgy Russian inflections and some not? Surely as there were no other nationalities represented, we could have dispensed with the sort of mimicry that was better suited to 'Allo 'Allo? The score was very good as well, set the mood nicely. Overall, a good film to watch.
RayB, England

This is the most dull and pointless film I've seen in ages. Harrison Ford is so boring these days, it's incredible to think he was once in Star Wars. Liam Neeson is a bit better but not helped by the absurd 'Allo 'Allo accents everyone has to adopt. The plot is astoundingly uninteresting, completely incoherent half the time, and there couldn't be less tension if they'd tried. By the end you'll be praying for the sub to sink as soon as possible. And the music! It's so loud and intrusive every second. If Ford so much as blinks, there is a huge orchestral fanfare. There ain't a lot of subtlety here, and there are lines like "Wow! he has turned himself into hero!". And the ending! The 30-years-later epilogue would be hilarious if it weren't so diabolically bad. I'd sooner eat my own hair than sit through any film as dire as this again.
Kevin, London

I really liked this film. It is so rare these days to see a movie that relies on character and plot to move the story forward rather than special effects. It wasn't a big box office hit here, probably for the same reasons, but Neeson and Ford were terrific, as was the young man who played the reactor officer. My kid brother is a nuke on an aircraft carrier so the whole thing really gripped my attention.
Sandra, USA

Mr. Slater's succinct summary is right on target. Several documentary specials have already pointed out various factual errors, but the movie as a whole is a compelling and historically honest work. Possibly the best Cold War drama since The Bedford Incident, in fact. Director Bigelow deserves very high marks.
Robert del Valle, USA

A good film which is a refreshing change to most films these days but inevitably there still remains an element of "Hollywoodisation" which renders a cheesy sheen over the whole affair.
Scott, UK

K-19 surely has to be the worst film yet from serial bad movie-star Harrison Ford. His dreadful attempt at a Russian accent, combined with his one-note performance (dour, humourless) makes this a turkey which is indigestible.

Harrison Ford should have been pensioned off years ago - he has no talent for acting whatsoever, and has been living off the success of Star Wars ever since 1977.

Ford seems to have an enormously high opinion of his own talents, judging by his self-reverential comments on every chat-show from here to Timbuktoo.

And that's the real pointer to why K-19 is such a dog. That's the only reason notoriously publicity-shy Harrison Ford has been hawking his wares around every TV and radio station, in an attempt to drum up an audience for this appalling film.

It's already flopped disastrously in the USA, so do yourself a favour and avoid this film at all costs!
Rick Yates, Scotland

I personally found the film dull and absolutely nothing new. It seemed like Hunt For Red October with a different ending. I thought the acting of Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson was very good but was not enough to stop you feeling as though you had seen the film somewhere before.
Marcus, UK

Whilst providing a vague insight into the drama unfolding upon K-19 the film does very little else. You don't seem to develop any feeling for the characters as we get to find out very little about them apart from their job role. I felt somewhat lost leaving the cinema, as if this was intended to be a factual recreation of the event, or attempted to explain what was going through the sailors minds, it fails on both parts. Just more disposable viewing from the folk in Hollywood determined to rewrite history!
Paul, Scotland

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