Spoiler Warning: The next article comprises main spoilers for Final Breath. When you’ve but to observe the rescue thriller, please return to the floor and test it out with a Peacock subscription earlier than going any deeper.
There are fairly a couple of 2025 motion pictures I’ve been in a position to absorb on the massive display this yr, however I haven’t been in a position to see every part I initially deliberate to catch in theaters. That’s the case for Final Breath, the “worrying” survival thriller a few saturation diver being separated from his crew throughout a large storm on the North Sea. I did get to observe it at dwelling when the movie made its streaming debut, and whereas I did take pleasure in it, I nonetheless can’t assist however really feel like I missed out on one thing grand.
Don’t get me mistaken, this white-knuckle thriller based mostly on a real story starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, and Finn Cole checked all of the packing containers, left me on the sting of my seat, and had me pacing round my bed room a couple of occasions. Nevertheless, there have been a handful of intense scenes that may have been even higher had I made time to catch this on the most important display potential.
Chris And David’s Try To Attain The Diving Bell Was Most likely So Intense On The Large Display
Earlier than the ship malfunctions and Chris Lemons (Finn Cole) is shipped to the underside of the North Sea with solely minutes of oxygen in his swimsuit, the saturation diver and his accomplice, David Yuasa (Simu Liu) are despatched to conduct scheduled upkeep on a number of gasoline traces 300 ft beneath the floor. However, a routine job quickly turns into something however when the ship’s positioning system goes haywire in the course of a storm, which means they solely have seconds to get again to their diving bell or threat being left on the backside of the ocean.
This sequence, which comes about half-hour into Final Breath, is a terrifying race to security as the 2 skilled divers try to achieve the bell and return to the floor. I used to be on pins and needles watching from the consolation of my own residence, I can solely think about how excessive this needed to have been in a darkish theater with a large display.
However the film was simply getting began…
The Second Chris’ Line Snapped, Pulling Him To The Seabed, Had To Have Been Terrifying
Although the Final Breath trailer (and all of the TV spots) closely teased the second Chris’ line breaks simply earlier than he can attain security and is flung to the underside of the ocean, the sequence didn’t lose any of its depth once I was watching the new film streaming on Peacock. In actual fact, understanding that it was coming, however not precisely when, made the entire sequence all of the extra nerve-wracking and thrilling, to say the least.
I used to be watching this all go down in my bed room as I folded laundry on a Sunday afternoon (it is a excellent Sunday afternoon film, by the way in which), so I can solely think about how nightmarish it was seeing it whereas surrounded by strangers on my native AMC Theaters’ Dolby Cinema display. I might have been leaping, biting my nails, and stress-eating a field of Milk Duds by that time.
I Would Have Liked To Have Skilled The Deafening Silence Of Chris’ Try To Attain The Manifold
One other second I feel would have been nice on the massive display was the sequence by which Chris is on the backside of the ocean, making an attempt to make his approach again to the manifold so he can await rescue. Although not as action-packed as the remainder of the movie, this brief phase has a deafening silence and sense of dread that’s actually breathtaking (no pun meant). Caught in a state of worry, contemplation, and doom, this brief sequence of occasions was one in all my favourite elements of the whole film.
There are these moments in theaters the place everyone seems to be caught in a state of silence because the music and background noise of the film fades away which might be simply so enchanting, and I’m positive this is able to have been no completely different.
The Entire Race By The Bridge To Get The Ship Operational Had Me On The Edge Of My Seat
Like different catastrophe movies from the previous, Final Breath isn’t solely targeted on what’s happening beneath the water. All through the film, we’re thrown onto the bridge of the ship with Captain Andre Jenson (Cliff Curtis) as he and his crew try to avoid wasting Chris from ending up useless on the underside of the ocean whereas additionally stopping an environmental catastrophe by by accident disrupting an underwater gasoline line.
This entire part of the film, which is minimize with footage of the underwater operation and Chris making an attempt to outlive with out oxygen or a tether to the diving bell, is exhilarating, to say the least. A number of characters get time to shine and try to avoid wasting lives (each beneath and above the water), which provides a dizzying but satisfying ingredient to the story. My TV’s audio system aren’t what they was, so I’m positive the entire sequence of occasions was much more chaotic whereas watching the film the way in which it was meant to be seen.
I Can Solely Think about How I Would Have Reacted To These Terrifying Pictures Of The North Sea
I do know I preserve speaking in regards to the North Sea, however have you ever all watched any real-life movies from the huge and harmful physique of water related to the Atlantic Ocean by the English Channel? Simply go onto TikTok, X, or another social media platform and also you’ll see what I imply. All through the film, the ocean is handled like a monster, one that’s making an attempt to assert the lives of anybody who enters its turbulent and frigid waters (two levels above freezing, in line with one character).
Sunny or stormy, day or night time, it doesn’t matter; the North Sea is formidable all through the movie, and I can’t think about how ferocious these swells seemed and felt in a theater with state-of-the-art image and sound and never a 42-inch Samsung from 2013. Breathtaking doesn’t even start to explain it.
I Would Have Liked To See How Audiences Would Have Reacted To David Rescuing Chris At The Finish
One in all my favourite elements about going to a film is listening to the viewers speak about it as they stroll out. Good or dangerous, these feedback assist me determine how folks typically obtain the film. I might have liked to listen to what of us needed to say about this thriller, particularly when it got here to David rescuing Chris on the finish of the film.
I don’t assume it might be on the extent of Cap saying “Avengers… assemble” in Avengers: Endgame’s epic battle sequence, however I wager it was superior and obtained a minimum of one cheer and a few clapping scattered all through the theater. As an alternative, it was simply me leaping up and knocking over laundry whereas my cat stared at me earlier than going again to sleep.
All in all, I’m glad I lastly watched Final Breath, even when I didn’t get to take pleasure in it in its unique format. Although it’s not my favourite film of the yr to date, it was a good way to spend a few hours on a Sunday afternoon.