Insubordination [warning: spoilers]

Rating: 5/10 (31 July 2002)

I generally love submarine movies, and went into this one with high hopes, and I guess overall it wasn't bad, but there were some things that annoyed me enough to ruin it for me.
Could Liam Neeson have been any whinier, wimpier, or more insubordinate? Harrison Ford should have locked him in his quarters the very first time he questioned his orders in front of the other sailors, and kept him there for the rest of the mission. Instead, he continues to let him undermine his authority for the rest of the movie, and we're supposed to believe that he has redeemed himself by releasing the Captain at the end and arresting the planners of the mutany. Wasn't it obvious that Neeson had encouraged mutiny in the first place by constantly second-guessing all of the captain's orders?
Hahaha, I was very happy about the casting of Ambassador Andrei from the Hunt for Red October as the Soviet Marshal. When his men report to him that the sub is out of radio contact at the end, I can just hear the National Security Advisor saying, "Andrei, you've lost another sub?"
-BT.