Tides of War (TV 2005)

In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the ... See full summary »

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writers:

Stephen P. Jarchow (story), Mark Sanderson (screenplay)

Stars:

Adrian Paul, Catherine Dent, Kent McCord

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrian Paul	...	Commander Frank Habley
Catherine Dent	...	Lieutenant Claire Trifoli
Kent McCord	...	Vice Admiral Sommerville
Mike Doyle	...	Lieutenant Commander Tom E. Palatonio
Matt Battaglia	...	Chief of the Boat Dizzy Malone
Mark Deklin	...	Captain Galasso
Eitan Kramer	...	Petty Officer Buckley
Eyal Podell	...	Petty Officer Murray
Todd Babcock	...	NSA Agent Winters
Larry Wegger	...	Rear Admiral Merritt (as Larry Weggerzz)
Gene DeFrancis	...	Petty Officer Savage
Eileen Grubba	...	Rebecca Malone
Mathew St. Patrick	...	Lieutenant Commander Steven Barker
Steve Boatright	...	Weapons Officer
Mark Sanderson	...	Lieutenant Corey Roperto

Storyline

In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering Officer. The sub's captain, Commander Burt Habley, faces a court-martial by a Naval Board of Inquiry. He's rescued from this fate when he's chosen to lead a top secret mission back to tap a North Korean underwater communications cable. Habley must protect his boat and crew from this phantom submarine while completing a successful mission. His instincts tell him they're being followed and he begins to navigate the sub away from the original mission and into open waters drawing the phantom sub away from the U.S. fleet. This puts him at odds with his new by-the-book Executive Officer who eventually, with the help of the special missions team, takes command of the submarine and navigates back on course just as they are attacked again. Validated, Habley...

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Plot Keywords:

submarine | hawaii | swimming pool | nuclear war | gay interest | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some war violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

USS Poseidon: Phantom Below

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pacific Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min (edited)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Captain Galasso is seen at the briefing assigning the mission to Commander Habley wearing the collar birds and chevron of a 3rd Class Petty Officer. Later, in the submarine wear the collar sewed-on tabs are the proper eagles.

User Reviews

Great

Personally, I loved it. I'm sorry for the others that felt it was so bad. My husband and I have watched it several times.

I think Adrian Paul did an excellent job. He's a very good actor in all his films. The other's were pretty good too, but maybe one out of the bunch could have been better.

But other than that, we were thoroughly entertained. I'm sure there are things that stand out to men who have been on subs before that were totally unbelievable. I can understand that. I show horses and almost every horse movie I sit there and pick out what's unrealistic. It's happens with all movies.

It just shows that what's good for one person, might be bad for another. I hated Natural Born Killers and Pulp Fiction - go figure.