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Worst sub movie ever.


I watched this gagger back when I was sitting around with a broken leg. It was so bad it held my interest while I made a list of everything that was wrong with it. The list is gone now, but a few things I can remember.

1. Green reactor coolant. Sorry, coolant is pure water with a few colorless chemicals added.
2. An officer enters a reactor compartment to switch around a couple of flex hoses to bring the reator back to life. It looked like he was operating on a trash can.
3. The above officer dies from radiation exposure. Not possible with the likely radiation levels (even when coolant leaks) on an American sub.
4. The reactor can not be started remotely from the forward compartment. Ditto for the propulsion plant
5. Submarines do not react as shown to rapid control column movements as shown.

Ranb
USN retired.

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Yeah, you're right. But it's all worth it just for the kissing scene at the end.

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