Drama often reflects people's plight through contradictions, people often expose true human nature in difficulties, and extreme dilemmas are even worse.
Horror guru John Carpenter portrays an extremely ferocious and evil creature in Strange Shape, but what is even more terrifying than Strange Shape is the mutual suspicion and distrust between everyone in the team. The weaknesses and inferiority of human nature exposed in this extreme environment are also reflected in "Black Sea Gold".
Good genre films can always produce similar themes in different stories, with revelatory, prophetic and critical themes, and the focus of good works is often on the people themselves, whether the story takes place in space or the deep sea.
The story of "Black Sea Gold Grab" starring Jude Lowe is simply direct, the explanation of the role and background is not dragged, telling the story of the dismissed old captain leading a group of laid-off workers with different skills to the Black Sea to explore the huge amount of gold left by the Nazis, the film is in a tense state most of the time, the quiet and closed environment inside the submarine and the undercurrent of human nature in the team have a contrasting stimulus, there is no visual fatigue of indiscriminate bombardment, some are fears from the deep sea and gradually highlighted human weaknesses.
And this unique temperament of the film is gradual, the change of mentality of people in this environment is delicately captured by the director, Jude Lowe's role is wild and uninhibited but not losing stability, the latter comes from his many years of work experience, this valuable experience allows him to be in a state of danger in the follow-up emergencies, in a dangerous situation can also control the overall situation, this personality contrast is interpreted by Jude Lowe quite accurately, also driven by money, he has more team spirit, although the 18-year-old child "brought into the pit", But he always protected the child.
Tough but also warm, flashbacks about his wife and children in the warm memories often linger in his mind, tough guy tenderness, this role can let the audience see an "unfamiliar" Jude Lowe, compared to the elegant charm in "Artificial Intelligence" and the quirky in "Sherlock Holmes", Jude Low's role and his interpretation method this time are more deep and serious, but the character's heart is plump and struggling, presumably can once again "capture" the hearts of female audiences.
The film begins with the use of real historical footage, which plays a crucial role in both the atmosphere and the background of the story, and also throws out a puzzle: Where did the huge amount of gold transported by the Nazis go? How is this inextricably linked to russia's war with Nazi Germany? While peeking into human nature in a confined space, the director does not forget to ridicule current politics and international relations at the right time, including some self-deprecating and black humor points, which can play a role in dissolving the serious atmosphere.
Since it is the sea "touch gold", the treasure hunt has become one of the important keywords of the film, compared to the playfulness of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the thrill of "Mummy", the treasure story of "Black Sea Gold Hunt" is more convincing because it is based on the real historical background, and the extremely realistic mirroring, art and character shaping have created a sense of immersion, a large number of submarine scenes, involving various submarine structures and machinery, navigation knowledge makes people deeply immersed in it, especially the setting control and science audience, This is a key point for adventure or treasure hunting films.
The director of this film has directed the word-of-mouth masterpieces "The Last Dictatorship" and "Floating Life One Day", in the story of this "Black Sea Gold Grab", from diving into the deep sea to gradually letting the whole group fall apart or even meet the blade, and then let external forces hinder strong insertion, such as submarine failure, the fleet above the Black Sea, etc., exacerbating the dramatic conflict of the story, amplifying the heart-wrenching and tension to the extreme, as a commercial production, the atmosphere rendering and realism, relaxed and gripping are several important keywords of "Black Sea Gold Grab". More importantly, the human mutations and the brilliance that still exist in the film after being squeezed by adversity and contradictions are incomparably profound and eye-catching.