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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404912106
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 140491210X
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 17, 2006
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 75736
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: April 01, 2005
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Product Description:
In the cold dark waters of north korea a u.S.S navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - its attacked & nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the executive officer & the engingeering officer. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Adrian Paul Matthew St Patrick Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Brian Trenchard-smith
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Rating:  - Not for naval buffs
So, I made the assumption that this was a submarine centered movie that would appeal to people with an interest in naval combat... and my god was I wrong. There is plenty of underwater 'action', sure, but it is the kind of random, unrealistic stuff you'd expect from a Sci-Fi channel TV movie. I'm not going to complain about the special effects and cgi, because I understand that it's a very low budget film, but I WILL complain about the complete lack of research done by the filmakers concerning the way a submarine operates.
It starts with a US fast-attack sub positioning for an attack on land targets in North Korea (not the normal role of a fast-attack sub). Then the action proceeds into several scenes of the sub being chased through steep, narrow underwater trenches, navigating with... magic?... certainly not active sonar... by an enemy stealth submarine (Hunt for Red October, anyone?? Except believe me, you'd rather just re-watch that movie than watch this one for the first time). There is no spatial sense of where each sub is... the crew keep calling out bearings which I realized near the end of the movie were literally random numbers between 0 and 359, not any meaningful directions (for instance, a sonarman says 'It's off to our starboard at bearing 190'. Think about that for a second. 190 is to the stern, port side. In other situations, a sub that was just shown to be 2000 yards behind the protagonists in a poorly rendered cgi cutscene, bumping on their towed array, is stated ... Read More
Rating:  - Great submarine flick starring Adrian Paul and Kent McCord!!!
Some people did not like this film but I did,It's a pretty good submarine film,sure it's no Das Boot or U-571 but it's still a good submarine movie starring Highlander's Adrian Paul. Adam 12's Kent McCord also appears. The depth charges sound pretty awesome in 5.1 surround and give your sound system quite a workout!!! A+
Rating: - Adrian Paul Delivers
I bought the movie beacuse Adrian Paul was in it. Adrian Paul fans will love it. He looked very good in the uniform and he played the role of the Captain very well. I read the other reviews for USS Poseidon-Phantom Below, and I did not know that there was supposed to be any gay element in the movie. That the commander had just lost his best friend in a tragic accident that he felt responsibility for as the captain was the only message that I got. It seems that the movie was edited from the origional,Tides of War. At any rate, the story could have focused more on the phantom submarine that hunted them but overall it was an enjoyable movie and well worth what I paid for it used.
Rating: - Not a Don't Ask Don't Tell Movie
Commander of a submarine, whose lover happens to be his XO are tracking a new type of submarine in the waters off of North Korea. One touching scene between the Commander and XO/lover. Adrian Paul does a good job as usual. Realistic setting. Gay was not an issue is this, don't ask/don't tell didn't come up.
Rating: - THIS IS AN EDITED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL
Be warned ! This is the edited version of the movie that originally appeared on "here-tv"(the gay television station). This version does not contain at least two scenes where Adrian Paul and Mike Doyle are kissing (they are lovers). The movie was originally titled, "Tides of War." Another scene edited out is when Catherine Dent's character tells Adrian Paul's character that she has found the letters that he sent to Mike Doyle's character.
I rate this version of the movie 1 star for editing those scenes. The original version shown on here tv was a 5 star.
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