Whilst a decade ago the roles may have been reversed, with co-star Gary Oldman taking charge of the ship whilst Butler deals lead on the ground, curiously - for a passion project from Butler - he elects the less action-driven role of playing the commander, getting more screen time for sure, but also hardly Connery in terms of either presence or acting.
Possibly disappointing for some, but equally allowing for a grander breadth of action, the events unfold as much on land as they do under water, as a spec ops unit find themselves caught up in Russia during a coup, with their mission crossing paths with that of the sub commander.
The story is essentially a contemporary The Hunt for Red October in its basic framework, positing a US sub commander tasked with investigating a missing sub, only to find a bigger conspiracy that threatens to boil over and see the Russians and Americans go toe to toe, finding unlikely alliances from the Russian side as he defies orders to try and prevent World War III. Based on the 2012 novel Firing Point, apparently this project has been on Butler's radar for quite some time, with the Olympus Has Fallen action star championing its production over a number of years.
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