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

One actor is wearing a chief's cover (hat) incongruent to the lieutenant's rank insignia on his collar. He should either be wearing an officer's cover or chief's anchors on his collar so that his hat and shirt match.

User Reviews

Terrible

One a wet evening, I decided to pop down to the DVD machine around the corner to pull out a DVD for the whole family. Phantom Below looked promising so I decided to take it.

What a disastrous movie. 90 minutes of pure agony. The cast is poor, the script is bad and the visuals are pathetic. You expect to watch a movie about a submarine, in reality the shots of a submarine are limited. Instead you are presented with computer animated shots of submarines, torpedo's and the like. They must have really saved on the computer animations because they look as if they come straight out of a cheap third rate computer game.

The inside of the U-boat is also completely unrealistic. The studio shots remind you of 70's movies, they are so fake.

There are some pretty good U-Boat movies out there. This one certainly doesn't rank among them. Don't waste your time watching this one.