With "Last Breath," Alex Parkinson — already an acclaimed documentarian behind such features as the Emmy-nominated "Lucy, the Human Chimp" (2021), "Living With Leopards" (2024) and, yes, "Last Breath" (2018) — makes his narrative feature film debut working with stars Woody Harrelson,

Get to know the "absolutely astonishing" true story behind the new movie "Last Breath," which chronicles a 2012 deep-sea diving accident.

Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu race to save a deep-sea diving colleague in this dramatization of a true-story search and rescue.

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

The captivating story, inspired by a real accident, leaves the audience holding their breath along with the actors on screen. Standout performances included Simu Liu (David Yuasa), Woody Harrelson (Duncan Allock) and Finn Cole (Chris Lemons). Their portrayals of the members on the team are heartbreaking and raw.

“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.

The new thriller "Last Breath" generates gripping suspense in its depiction of a terrifying underwater rescue.

In September 2012, while attempting to repair an oil pipeline off the coast of Scotland, the diving support ship Bibby Topaz lost control of the automated system of thrusters that held it in place above the repair crew. Buffeted by winds and swells, the ship began to drift away from the divers, 300 feet below on the ocean floor.

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).

As an individual with thalassophobia (fear of deep bodies of water), it doesn’t take a lot to scare me away from a deep pool, let alone the sea. It takes

Based on a true story, Alex Parkinson’s film recounting a diving job gone awry and the attempts to save stranded workers before time runs out doesn’t give its cast—including Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu—enough room to breathe.

With no new big titles on the marque and most of the top nominated pictures now available in the home, Marvel's superhero pic easily stayed atop the chart in its third outing with $15 million.