That’s the fate that real-life diver Chris Lemons nearly faced in 2012. And now, his harrowing story is a major Hollywood movie, aka Last Breath, which opened in theaters last week.

The most obvious change Last Breath makes to the true story of Chris Lemons’ survival isn’t to do with the drama itself, however. It’s in the casting of its lead actors.

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Chris Lemons at Focus Features' "Last Breath" premiere on February 25, 2025 in New York City. Chris Lemons is a former saturation diver from Scotland.

Last Breath is the latest true story thriller to premiere in theaters, offering a shocking look into a real deep-sea rescue mission.

Directed by Alex Parkinson from a script co-written with Mitchell LaFortune and David Brooks, Last Breath follows the true story of Chris Lemons, a saturation diver who survived an incident ...

Director Alex Parkinson’s survival thriller “Last Breath” is an adaptation of his 2019 documentary of the same name, based on the real life story of saturation diver Chris Lemons (Finn Cole, “Locked ...

All that subjectivity aside though, “Last Breath” really is an enjoyable thriller. We are treated to learn about the real-life story of Chris Lemons (Finn Cole) being stranded hundreds of feet down at ...

The subject, in this case, is a 2012 mishap in the North Sea, where the real Chris Lemons got stranded doing what some ominous opening text describes as “one of the most dangerous jobs in the ...

Last Breath (2025)—Directed by Alex Parkinson Review: With a movie screen as black as night, audiences sit in darkness hearing the faint bubbles of a deep-sea diver breathing underwater. The ...

It’s 40ish minutes of pure suspense and anxiety as the story shuffles between the man at the bottom of the ocean, Chris Lemons (Finn Cole), his fellow saturation divers (Woody Harrelson as ...