‘Last Breath’ is a Riveting Disaster Drama

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Last Breath, a spare but riveting disaster drama about the frantic effort to rescue a diver stranded at the bottom of the North Sea.Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, and Peaky Blinders breakout Finn Cole are saturation divers Duncan, Dave, and Chris, tasked with repairing trans-ocean oil pipelines on the sea floor.

Along with several other three-man crews, they work off of the dive support vessel Tharos, which, on this mission, has to sail into a storm.The ship’s captain Jenson, portrayed with steely resolve and just a hint of nerves by Cliff Curtis, is fairly new to this operation, where just about everyone else on board has history.

Self-described relic Duncan, a 20-year vet on his last dive, has been a mentor to bright-eyed Chris, who’s being called into this dangerous deep-sea operation for the first time.Coolly filling out this trio of adventure movie archetypes, Liu’s Dave is no one’s mentor.

He’s the consummate pro, adept at every aspect of the job — one of the most hazardous on Earth, we’re told by an opening title card — and he’s known for keeping to himself.So, of course, we’ll see him gradually warm up to young greenhorn Chris with brotherly love and hard-earned respect as they tackle this pipeline, right?