USS Poseidon - Phantom Below
by Brian Trenchard-Smith
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Actor: Adrian Paul, Catherine Dent, Kent McCord, Matt Battaglia, Mike DoyleDirector: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brand: Sony
Producer: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Producer: Genie Joseph
Producer: Jeffrey Schenck
Producer: Paul Colichman
Producer: Stephen P. Jarchow
Writer: Stephen P. Jarchow
Writer: Mark Sanderson
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of USS Poseidon - Phantom Below
Movie Review: Not for naval buffs
Summary: 1 Stars
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 as being '5000 yards bearing 60 degrees'...) There is also never an attempt to face the target when firing torpedoes... apparently these are magic torpedoes that turn all the way around 180 and don't lock onto your own sub, I don't know. Oh, and they use GPS while 500 feet underwater.
Anyway, it's just a preposterous movie, and I really can't figure out who the target audience is anyway... maybe it was originally a decent 'drama', but the 'gay scenes' and any gay undertones have been edited out completely, and the majority of the time is spent on embarrasingly unrealistic combat which really will seem preposterous to anyone mildly acquainted with sub warfare.
Summary of USS Poseidon - Phantom Below
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-smithAction & Adventure DVD Video
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