the audience applauded

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

There really should be a 0 out of 10 for films like this. I am presuming that this was a real life "The Producers" and made awful for tax reasons. The difference being that they really have made a flop.The worst, most hollow and wooden acting (if that is what one can call it) I have seen in years. A high school play has better acting. The special effects are risible and in all honesty, it would have been better to not even attempt any as clearly making a model submarine look realistic is far beyond the capabilities of whoever attempted it. Sometimes a film can be so bad that it has a certain attraction. But this film had no redeeming features and I couldn't endure all of it, and like others have said, those that have rated it highly must be associated in someway with the film.

...only because one can't rate less than that. I'm OK with one star though because some of the old radio equipment and sub set were neat to see - I'm guessing someone in the crew works at a museum ?I have absolutely NO idea how one could spend $3 mil to make this, especially since it certainly wasn't spent on the 'talent'. Sometimes it can be fun to pick out the continuity gaffes, especially after having a film a few times. It can also be forgiven in an otherwise-good movie. In this case though, it's flogging a dead horse. There are too many to list, but that's the least of the concerns. The sound is terrible, given the budget it's shameless how many effects they re-used, the cast are reading their lines rather than owning them, and what on earth is with that accent: Brit ? Oz ?.Not only has the director never seen a genre film, I don't think he's ever seen ANY dramatic film. With such an inexperienced cast, the director needs to be the metronome to keep the story moving, changing tempo for dramatic effect without leaving the audience bored and restless. I'll best there was a lot of coughing in the theatre when this pig was on the screen and, at the end of the day, he's the boss who's to blame. About the only thing that makes sense here is that it was made by a bunch of film school buddies burning up a grant. In a previous review, I think I cited Cole Younger and the Black Train as the worst movie I'd seen (despite Micheal Madsen). I now revise that opinion. Holy cow, this one's a stinker - it's not even worth the bandwidth it takes to steal it.

What do you get when you mix a beta cam recorder, a Sony "My First Editor", and a crew of inept and talentless hacks? A film that is far superior to this horrid attempt at a movie. The cameraman should be barred from handling anything that can capture an image. The first ratings were, without a doubt, posted by the same inferior morons who created this heap. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, SEE THIS FILM. Compared to this, Gigli deserves an Oscar. I would rather sit through a midnight showing of Batman in Colorado than watch this piece of shite again. I'm giving it two stars out of sympathy, and the lack of negative stars on IMDb.

Great American navy stuff. The film looks fantastic. The actors should be in a Hollywood film. I was very surprised at the quality of the films picture and sound work. The music sound track was way above any independent film sound track. The surface shots of the boat on the surface were of the highest quality, very believable . I hope this film gets to a theater near you, we need more of this type in the United States. A handshake to the writer, director his crew and cast, good work. I also noticed how confined the set was filming on an actual world war II submarine. It must have been very difficult to maneuver in these close quarters. Go US NAVY