Last Breath
A gripping deep-sea survival documentary turns a diver’s oxygen-starved isolation into an intimate test of courage, technology, and collective rescue.
Overview
A diver's fight for survival becomes a gripping tale of human endurance against the odds.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- claustrophobic
- foreboding
- propulsive
- intense documentary night
- survival film marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary as a powerful, gripping account of an extraordinary survival crisis, while some found it less distinctive than comparable survival films.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Archive footage and interviews reconstruct the saturation-diving accident and rescue operation.
The diver is stranded on the seabed with only minutes of oxygen remaining.
Deep-sea footage and operational diving imagery convey the isolation and danger of the seabed.
Bellmen, engineers, life-support staff, and dynamic-positioning officers coordinate the rescue attempt.
Films like Last Breath, and why
Touching the Void
shared true-life survival documentary focus, extreme environmental danger, and escalating rescue tension
The Rescue
shared immersive documentary realism, life-threatening isolation, and human endurance under pressure
The Deepest Breath
shared ocean setting, survival-documentary intensity, and emotionally direct human testimony
Movie Details
- Directors
- Alex Parkinson, Richard Da Costa
- Release Date
- 2019-04-05
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (124)
Cast
- Duncan Allcock
- Kjetil Ove Alvestad
- Stuart Anderson
- Glenn Brunskill
- Michal Cichorski
- Filippo De Filippi
- Craig Frederick
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Last Breath about?
- A gripping deep-sea survival documentary turns a diver’s oxygen-starved isolation into an intimate test of courage, technology, and collective rescue.
- What is Last Breath like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Last Breath as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Last Breath violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Last Breath as mild.
- What did critics think of Last Breath?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary as a powerful, gripping account of an extraordinary survival crisis, while some found it less distinctive than comparable survival films.
- Which films are like Last Breath?
- Films with a similar feel include Touching the Void, The Rescue, and The Deepest Breath.
- How long is Last Breath?
- Last Breath runs 85 minutes.
- Where can I watch Last Breath?
- In United States, Last Breath is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
