"Last Breath," based on a thrilling true story of a diver stranded on the seabed, is powered by its strong ensemble cast, writes our reviewer.

I don’t consider myself a stickler when it comes to defining the parameters of genre, but I also think that each one comes pre-packaged with expectations if not outright promise

A true-story adventure to make you gasp, Last Breath recounts a tale of survival set in one of the most dangerous environments known to humankind, one that is every bit as inhospitable and perilous as those more obviously cinematic realms of outer space or the peaks of the Himalayas — 300 feet below the surface of the North Sea.

Our heroes are professional saturation divers who spend so many hours at depths so great that they must live in pressurized underwater cabins during the work week. It’s a fascinating milieu, or at least it would be if director and co-writer Alex Parkinson (working from his 2019 documentary of the same name) had answered one important question: Why would people do this dangerous,