Directed by Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald, the movie "Black Sea" spins a yarn about men, bullion and submarines.
Playing a Scottish submarine captain, Jude Law takes a job with a bunch of fellow undesirables to search the depths of the Black Sea for a WWII submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.
"Your loyalty with the characters I think switches and changes but in the end putting yourself in that environment, anyone - whether you like them or don't like them - it's so inhumane and so terrifying. It's a lot of people's worst nightmare being on submarine and losing control or not knowing how to get back up and then of course, where the writer and director are very clever in this, is they add the suspense of not knowing who to trust so the attack could come, not just from the vessel or the plight of the vessel, but also from inside."
Law says they actually filmed part of the movie in an old submarine, which definitely helped create the proper mood.
"it meant that the practical decisions we had to make as a group of actors or sub-mariners in the film were realistic and we couldn't sort of expand spaces or if it was six people in this one area we had to make that work and heightens the suspense that you talked about because you also understand that the proximity could only intensify the drama of these big, very gruff, very bold characters, who have to work together to survive."
Director Kevin Macdonald says this film allows an audience to see a different side of Law.
"I think that people will be sort of amazed in a way. 'That's Jude Law?' But what's incredible about it to me is that he's turned himself into a character. He's turned himself into a character actor. He's not being the movie star. It's a very un-vain performance and a very complex character that he's playing."
"Black Sea" expands to wide release in theaters on January 30th.