This isn't actually a bad attempt at a naval ghost story. It was much better than I expected, although it did look like degenerating into the expected "haunted house" style story, it just about kept its head above water until the end where the rather predictable "Captain talks to ghost operators appeared". The "posession" of crew members was well executed and was introduced well with little slips of the tongue like referring to the enemies as "gerries" instead of Russkies. Some parts were just downright confusing, such as the Bf109s overflying the boat, with little explanation of whether they were just imagined or whether the crew were seeing Russian ASW aircraft as German fighters. If this is the case though then the final engagement at Kaliningrad is a huge continuity error, with the captain's eye view of the shipyard showing Russian "typhoon" class SSBNs, rather than German U boats.
The CGI was awful. While it wasn't bad enough to ruin the movie, it REALLY irritated me. With just a bit more effort it could have looked sharper and cleaner than it actually was.
Despite the historical inaccuracies it proved to be enjoyable enough, but not enough to make me buy the DVD. It isn't historical enough to compete with "Das Boot" or fast paced enough to compete with "The Hunt For Red October". Nice try Mr Jason, not bad.
The CGI was awful. While it wasn't bad enough to ruin the movie, it REALLY irritated me. With just a bit more effort it could have looked sharper and cleaner than it actually was.
Despite the historical inaccuracies it proved to be enjoyable enough, but not enough to make me buy the DVD. It isn't historical enough to compete with "Das Boot" or fast paced enough to compete with "The Hunt For Red October". Nice try Mr Jason, not bad.