“The Command” (** out of four) was a less-than-commanding submarine action drama based on the true story of the K-141 Kursky disaster in 2001 in which multiple sailors (Matthias Schoenarts, Peter Simonischeck, and others) had to fight for survival while their concerned families and commodore (Colin Firth) were stonewalled by government bucreaucracy (led by Max Von Sydow) and negligence. Interesting and gripping at first but it gradually sputters and stalls and never fully regains its dramatic interest although it remains watchable. Yet another submarine movie that falters in comparison to “Das Boot” or even “Crimson Tide.”