Last Breath: Diving Rescue Drama

Last Breath

Last Breath 2025: This diving rescue drama is based on a true story by Afdah. It delivers precisely the kind of movie you’ll likely expect from a contemporary adventure of men. There’s some tense situational peril in this movie. It is all about a saturation diver who collapses near an oil pipeline at the deep bottom of the Northern Sea.

In the first scene of "Last Breath," Chris (Cole), a novice diver with skill, compares himself to an astronaut in an attempt to reassure his nervous fiancée Morag (Bobby Rainsbury) before he departs for a month. Chris's analogy immediately establishes the formulaic style of this film, but Morag feels only so relieved. "Last Breath" is an underwater extension of the hard science fiction subgenre, which has returned to popularity because of films like "Arrival," "Interstellar," and "The Martian." Director Alex Parkinson and his two co-writers mostly concentrate on pseudo-naturalistic, process-oriented action. Unfortunately, there isn't as much exciting incidental detail or strong forward impetus in "Last Breath Afdah info."

At the beginning of the film, realistic underwater drone imagery shows a body lying on its side. The next on-screen text reads, "Based on a true story." Then, we join Chris and two other divers, schmaltzy Duncan (Harrelson) and a stern Dave (Liu), as they embark on what ought to have been a straightforward journey to the sea floor. The ship that supports Chris's squad and two other diving teams is also in danger when Chris's umbilical cable becomes tangled. Chris is cautioned by Dave that the outside world disappears once their plunge starts. Unfortunately, that is untrue because nearly all of the ancillary flashbacks to Morag merely serve to slow down the plot's already sluggishly developing momentum.

As is the case with each scene involving Duncan, a soon-to-be-retired diving veteran with a folksy line for everything, a significant portion of this film's appeal stems from its unashamed corniness. Since Duncan is the type of character who gets by with reassuring parental reassurances and loads of friendly but forgettable banter, Harrelson does a great job in his undemanding role. Although he is less endearing than the reticent Dave, who pumps iron while listening to metal music while taking off his shirt, Liu's character is likewise pure stock. He also seems a little lost throughout, but it's not much of a role.