Below Movie Review 2002

Nothing is certain in director David Twohy's creepy submarine thriller. The captain of World War II sub U.S.S. Manta has died under dubious circumstances, and the crew is already on edge when they rescue three survivors of a torpedoed British hospital ship. When one of these survivors is a woman (Williams), allegedly unlucky on a sub, tensions run even higher. With the Germans tracking the sub, strange events begin to occur, which could be vengeful actions of the captain's ghost, a saboteur, hallucinations caused by lack of oxygen or some combination of the three. As the disasters pile up, the crew becomes divided between acting captain Brice (Greenwood) and rebellious ensign O'Dell (Davis), who has the strangely outspoken Claire on his side. Characters are a bit one-dimensional, but the effects and acting are above average for a B movie.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Submarines, World War II, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins

Screenplay

David N. Twohy, Darren Aronofsky, Lucas Sussman

Cast

Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Davis, Olivia Williams, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nicholas Chinlund, Andrew Howard, Christopher Fairbank

Cinematography

Ian Wilson

Director

David N. Twohy

Music

Graeme Revell

Other

Peter Lindsay, Martin Hunter, Fred Hole, Elizabeth Waller, Charles Lee

Producer

Sue Baden-Powell, Darren Aronofsky, Eric Watson, Protozoa Pictures, Dimension Films