Submerged (2000)

Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.

Director:

Fred Olen Ray (as Ed Raymond)

Writer:

Steve Latshaw

Stars:

Coolio, Maxwell Caulfield, Brent Huff

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Coolio	...	Jeff Cort
Maxwell Caulfield	...	Agent Jim Carpenter
Brent Huff	...	Agent Mack Taylor
Nicole Eggert	...	Tiffany Stevens
Fredric Lehne	...	Richard Layton (as Fredric Lane)
Dennis Weaver	...	Buck Stevens
Hannes Jaenicke	...	Dr. Kevin Thomas
Fred Williamson	...	Captain Masters
Tim Thomerson	...	Owen Cantrell
Robert Torti	...	Dr. Frank Ewing
Yvette Nipar	...	Agent Wendy Robbins
Stacey Travis	...	Cindy Kenner
Art Hindle	...	Sam
Meredyth Hunt	...	Judy Campbell
Michael B. Silver	...	Doctor Winslow (as Michael Buchman Silver)

Storyline

Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.

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Plot Keywords:

exploitation | terrorism | helicopter | airplane accident | underwater | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Destination: Impact

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Phoenician Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The underwater scenes showing the lift bags being attached to the plane are the exact same scenes used in Airport '77, which also dealt with a submerged plane.

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Goofs

The tail logo changes from the one seen at takeoff to the one seen when the plane crashes. Probably due to using Airport '77 footage. Interestingly enough, both movies use Stevens as the bigwig who has the bucks for the plane.

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Connections

Edited from Airport '77 (1977)

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Soundtracks

Edge Of Midnight
Written and Performed by David Wurst

User Reviews

It's more Crapmerged...

Okay, I just had to sound off on this one... Like a tremendous mental-gimp, I've just sat through this film in its entirety.

You'll note that the trivia section of IMDB points out that portions of the raising of the 747 were "borrowed" from Airport 1977. This really doesn't scratch the surface... Virtually all exterior shots of the plane skimming the ocean, landing in, sinking, and even the at-rest shots are borrowed from Airport '77. All of the "raising" shots are pulled from '77, including most of the interior flooding clips, with the exception of Dennis Weaver's drowning. I couldn't help but wonder if Olivia Dehavilland might come floating by at any moment, or maybe a "dead" Tom Sullivan. Another eye-roller: Dennis Weaver's name in this film is Stevens, which is to compensate for the fact that Airport '77's plane is owned by the Stevens Corporation (headed by Jimmie Stewart of course).

This is a veritable calvalcade of actors who don't work much, or at least haven't worked in a while, which might have been the first clue that it was going to be a real stinker.

I've rated this film a 2 - It's quite worthy of a "1", but if this film can't offer any other redeeming quality, at least somebody helped Coolio, Max Caulfield, Nicolle Eggert, and Dennis Weaver make their car payments that month!