The crew of a U.S. Navy submarine in World War II rescues survivors from a sunken ship, only to face a series of mysterious deaths and supernatural occurrences.The crew of a U.S. Navy submarine in World War II rescues survivors from a sunken ship, only to face a series of mysterious deaths and supernatural occurrences.The crew of a U.S. Navy submarine in World War II rescues survivors from a sunken ship, only to face a series of mysterious deaths and supernatural occurrences.
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- 2 nominations total
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- (as Matt Davis)
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The relatively low 6-ish average rating might lead you believe this is a poor movie that's not worth your time, and that would be both doing the movie a disservice, and potentially cause you to miss out on something you would enjoy.
There is something of a limit to possible plots with submarine movies to be honest. The elements of anxiety and tension and some of the more obvious risks of being in a submarine at combat are well defined to anyone who has worked as, or with, a submariner or is well versed on those aspects of naval warfare pertaining to submarines. There ARE going to be some aspects of things you've seen in other submarine movies , it's unavoidable.
Nevertheless I feel that this movie, with it's undercurrent of something weird and disturbing going on introduces something to a submarine movie I've not seen before.
If you like movies that put you in tense, creepy situations with no obvious way to escape then this might be your movie.
Overall the acting and script were fine. I watched this again for the second time so I perhaps was left feeling that the tension would have benefitted from being ramped up even more, but I do remember being suitably chilled the first time I watched it.
This is a tense chiller, not really a horror, imo so it's important to set ones' expectations accordingly.
Definitely worth a watch if you like this style of movie. I would rate 7.5/10.
There is something of a limit to possible plots with submarine movies to be honest. The elements of anxiety and tension and some of the more obvious risks of being in a submarine at combat are well defined to anyone who has worked as, or with, a submariner or is well versed on those aspects of naval warfare pertaining to submarines. There ARE going to be some aspects of things you've seen in other submarine movies , it's unavoidable.
Nevertheless I feel that this movie, with it's undercurrent of something weird and disturbing going on introduces something to a submarine movie I've not seen before.
If you like movies that put you in tense, creepy situations with no obvious way to escape then this might be your movie.
Overall the acting and script were fine. I watched this again for the second time so I perhaps was left feeling that the tension would have benefitted from being ramped up even more, but I do remember being suitably chilled the first time I watched it.
This is a tense chiller, not really a horror, imo so it's important to set ones' expectations accordingly.
Definitely worth a watch if you like this style of movie. I would rate 7.5/10.
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- TriviaSome filming for this movie took place on an actual WWII submarine. The USS Silversides (which is available for tours) located in Muskegon, Michigan, was towed out into the middle of Lake Michigan where scenes with Bruce Greenwood were filmed. The Silversides had some minor re-painting done (rust coloration) but is now back to her original gray color. The rest of the sets and models used in this movie were all based on the look and layout of the Silversides.
- Goofs(at around 1h 22 mins) When the crew comes out of the sub from the forward torpedo room, they walk up stairs. In submarines during the war, there were no stairs out of a ship; sailors climbed up ladders through hatches. They walked through the forward torpedo loading hatch that was opened, and stairs were added to the sub after turning it into a museum ship to make it convenient for tourists to enter and exit the sub.
- Quotes
Lt. Loomis: Sorry about what?
Brice: Uh... she was... asking about Winters.
Lt. Loomis: What'd you tell her?
Brice: The story.
- Crazy creditsThe only thing in the opening credits is the movie's title. Everything else is only shown after the movie is over.
- ConnectionsFeatured in An Unfinished Life (2005)
- SoundtracksSing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)
Written by Louis Prima
Performed by Benny Goodman
Published by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG Music
Under license from BMG Special Products
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $605,562
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $201,431
- Oct 13, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $2,622,015
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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