Ghostboat was a nice idea, partly saved only by the always watchable icon that is David Jason.
However, this was a tired, plodding effort that sadly went nowhere, and sadly sank into the murky depths of drama lite.
The CGI was mostly deplorable,I assume as most of the budget was spent on the actual set which was on the whole quite good.
However, what spoilt this for me, and I would guess anyone with any connection with submarines (I have no connection but am an avid Sub sim player) or anyone who has watched Das Boot, was the total lack of realism.
Warning- here there be spoilers!
Torpedos were launched at long range targets on a whim. No time to bother with settings, range, calculations, deflection etc. Just arcade style point and shoot. Reloading took a few seconds too When the sub was attacked by the slowest flying ME109's I have ever seen, the sub managed to dive in seconds.
And worst of all was the appalling cartoon "Russkies" who just pointed excitedly at a blip on their radar as the sub "snuck" into a heavily fortified harbour, with it's periscope up the whole time, and did nothing.
All in all a pointless waste of two evenings. This could have been a taut one hour ghost story. But it wasn't.
However, this was a tired, plodding effort that sadly went nowhere, and sadly sank into the murky depths of drama lite.
The CGI was mostly deplorable,I assume as most of the budget was spent on the actual set which was on the whole quite good.
However, what spoilt this for me, and I would guess anyone with any connection with submarines (I have no connection but am an avid Sub sim player) or anyone who has watched Das Boot, was the total lack of realism.
Warning- here there be spoilers!
Torpedos were launched at long range targets on a whim. No time to bother with settings, range, calculations, deflection etc. Just arcade style point and shoot. Reloading took a few seconds too When the sub was attacked by the slowest flying ME109's I have ever seen, the sub managed to dive in seconds.
And worst of all was the appalling cartoon "Russkies" who just pointed excitedly at a blip on their radar as the sub "snuck" into a heavily fortified harbour, with it's periscope up the whole time, and did nothing.
All in all a pointless waste of two evenings. This could have been a taut one hour ghost story. But it wasn't.