Super

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2002)

I just got home from the theater and I loved it.
If you liked Hunt for Red October or Crimson Tide or U-571, you'll like this one.
This gives a more true to life picture of what life was really like aboard nuclear subs and shows how primitive soviet subs were compared to the 16 missile Polaris boats the US Navy had in the beginning.
And its shows the dangers of what can go wrong on a nuclear sub, that has never before been portrayed by Hollywood.
And it shows, pretty accurately I believe, how stubborn the Soviet leadership was in that they often denied problems existed rather than fixing them. As a WW 2 history buff, this is very similar to the way Hitler operated.
The reason the US military has prevailed and is so much better than the military is in totalitarian states is that when something goes wrong, American sailors and soldiers are able to complain about it and get it fixed.
This is the best movie I've seen this summer since the new Star Wars movie and I plan to see it again.