In Last Breath, the ocean is terrifying. It’s claustrophobic despite its expanse, threatening to kill the people most familiar with it. The movie is based on the true story of deep-sea divers who fought to rescue a crewmate trapped hundreds of feet beneath the North Sea,

Both the 2019 documentary Last Breath and this new feature recount the true story of a 2012 saturation diving accident, when diver Chris Lemons (played in the movie by Finn Cole) gets trapped 330 feet under the sea, with no heat, no light, and a very small amount of oxygen. Spoiler alert: By a miracle, Lemons lived to tell the tale.

As Last Breath heads into its second weekend, the film has officially reached a major milestone at the global box office.

In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine operation in the North Sea when one of them became trapped underwater. Liu had to dive in deep, dark water in order to recreate the harrowing rescue.

I’m going to do what I usually do and review the biggest as-yet-unreviewed movie at the weekend box office with “Last Breath.” However, I’m also going to take

Last Breath wasn’t initially a movie I really wanted to see, but a friend told me I should check it out, and I’m glad they did because this movie was a hell of a ride. From the moment the movie started,

Imagine being trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean surface. 'Last Breath' is a nail-biting film based on the true story of the rescue of a diver.

IndieWire’s David Ehrlich says there’s not much depth to the Last Breath, and it’s creatively redundant, with its 2019 documentary. However, as a “simple but suspenseful” genre exercise, it works because some situations are so unbelievable they belong in a Hollywood script. He grades it a B- and says:

Separating fact from fiction in the new movie about deep sea divers starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole.

“Last Breath” continues an ongoing trend of fictionalized remakes of the events covered in a prior documentary. This movie uses the 2019 documentary of the same name as its basis. Both films were directed by Alex Parkinson, who uses real-life footage of the people involved during the closing credits of this fictionalized version.

iSpot shows that Focus spent roughly half on TV linear ads for Last Breath ($5.1M) than they did for their second-highest grossing hit of all-time stateside, Nosferatu ($10.9M), but that not far from their Oscar nominated Best Picture, Conclave ($6.1M).

Last Breath is not streaming on Netflix or Prime Video, and likely will not be on Netflix any time soon, due to the fact that, in the U.S., the film is a Focus Features release. Focus Features is a subsidiary of Universal Studios, and almost all Universal movies go to the Universal-owned streaming platform, Peacock.