Last Resort

When the captain of a US Military Nuclear Submarine, The US. Colorado refused an indirect order to drop a nuclear bomb on Pakistan, he becomes an enemy of the state with a nuclear arsenal at his disposal.

This wins him the admiration of the wider global community who see this act of defiance against a corrupt administration in the USA as honourable.

Taking control of a NATO Early Warning System facility on a Pacific Island after another US Sub tries to sink the US. Colorado the Captain is forced into a game of cat and mouse with a newly placed and corrupt Secretary of Defence.

Forced to defend himself, his crew and his team Captain Chaplain observes a strike team of US bombers heading in their direction to blow up the sub and the Island, but Captain Chaplain calls their bluff when he launches a nuclear bomb targeting Washington DC.

Once the corrupt Secretary of Defence realises the destruction that's headed for Washington, he calls of the Bombers and demand the Captain disengages the rocket.

During all the commotion at see before reaching the Island Captain Chaplain picked up a group of US Special forces and discovers that some shady stuff had gone down in Pakistan.

He leverages this information with the Secretary of Defence to arrange discussions on the Island, which has been blockaded after Captain Chaplain ordered a no fly zone of 200 meters around the Island.

This is when we get to see the dirty tactics come out to play as numerous attempts are made to destroy the Sub, Island and it's people at all costs and the retrieval of something the corrupt administration fears more than anything else.

Betrayed by their nation and cut of from a world gone to War the captain and crew of the US. Colorada are forced to build their defences and prepare for what lays ahead.

THE SOUNDTRACK

There wasn't very much I could find on the soundtrack and it is unfamiliar to me, however I did find the names of the tracks and a link to the tracks, but nothing else, you can find more details about the song titles and playlist on tunefind.com

SYNOPSIS

A US sub picks up Navy SEALs and receives an order for a nuke launch. Due to the circumstances of the order, the Captain refuses to fire. After escaping an attack from another US sub, the crew and SEALs take refuge on a small island.

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MY CONCLUSION

An interesting look at what lengths a corrupt government administration will go to in order to silence the truth and how they are willing to treat their own war heroes in order to do that, astonishingly I find certain similarities with what has been going on these past few months, I really enjoyed the series, with plenty of action, a seriously engaging storyline and plot and a real feel that this kind of stuff does really go on behind closed doors.

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The British refugee detention camp depicted in "Last Resort" is referred to as "the armpit of the universe." The argument would certainly be lost on unsympathetic viewers as grim as the holding camp may look on video. And therein is the true tragedy of this film: a plot setting barely discussed in the movie but worthy of national attention would be squandered as crowd groans drown out their occasional cries of sympathy. Maybe if the protagonists weren't too black-and-white, the messages weren't so achingly liberal, and the dramatic scenes weren't so wholly cliché, the film might be worth anything.

Tanya (Dina Korzun) and her son Artiom (Artiom Strelnikov) arrived in the United Kingdom hoping to be welcomed by her fiancé and whisked away to a better life. They aren't leaving their lives in Russia; they see greener pastures on the other side of the English Channel. Tanya is left with little income, a 12-year-old boy, and a political asylum application that won't be accepted for another 12-16 months when her fiancé fails to show up. She is now being held in a detention centre.

The film's characters have the sophistication of stick figures. Tanya is a young adult who has never been exposed to a good society. Her son comes off as timid and naive, but he is the most intelligent character. When two quick-talking men and promising jobs confront her, there is no more precise representation of these two characters. Artiom asks, "You do know they're pimps?" after they've walked away, and it's clear that his comments are a bit of a shock to his mother.

Alfie (Paddy Considine) is also the kind shopkeeper who can't seem to do anything wrong. Despite Tanya's unwittingly maltreating him, he extends a helping hand and then some. And, as you would expect, Alfie swoops in until the unfaithful fiancé has vanished from the frame. It's a shame there aren't any white horses in the refugee camps.

There's also the administration of the United Kingdom. They are the antagonists because they have our heroes imprisoned and prove to be completely inhumane. Finally, there's one of the men mentioned above who, it turns out, runs an online peep show rather than a brothel. But, because the film's only villain is the good old nation, the bearer of a nurse's outfit and a live online hookup can't go wrong. It's a tired trick to portray a strong government "restraining" a vulnerable person, and it's lost on this screen. The humanization of an unusual character like the porn king here is already old, but it may still be plausible in a three-dimensional setting. Unfortunately, writer/director Pawel Pawlikowski seems to be terrified of seeing all of his characters' third dimensions.

But, if you're looking for anything to do this weekend, mark this unfortunate title as your "last resort" operation.

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