Release Date: July 19, 2002 D: Kathryn Bigelow Cast: Harrison Ford; Liam Neeson; Peter Sarsgaard; Joss Ackland; George Anton Plot: The captain of the Russian submarine, K-19, must lead his crew's efforts to prevent their vessel from having a nuclear meltdown. When the cooling unit of the reactor breaks down, Vostrikov and his second-in-command must figure out how to save their ship, because if it blows, it could cause a nuclear explosion that would be interpreted as the first strike of a nuclear war.