sddavis63 This is a very good Cold War drama about a cat and mouse game between American and Soviet nuclear submarines in the mid-Atlantic that turns potentially deadly after an accidental collision. Supposedly based on a real incident that took place shortly before the Reykjavik summit between Reagan and Gorbachev in 1986, the movie managed to capture well the level of mistrust between the two opposing subs and the dangers caused by that mistrust. Most of the action takes place on the Soviet sub, badly damaged after the collision with the crew desperately trying to get everything under control, while the Americans try to figure out exactly what the Soviets are up to.This is a relatively low budget, TV movie - and the low budget sometimes shows a bit, but all in all a worthwhile piece of entertainment. 8/10

johandl Last Saturday I watched this movie at my home, and I was impressed by it. The movie was broadcasted just after Lethal Weapon II and after this show of macho heroism this movie was a releave to my state of mind. What I liked about it best was the script: it put down a story that just happened. No one was depicted as thé evil side of the movie and the heroes were just who they were, trying to survive.I am not familiar with the historical view of this movie, but it felt to me like a realistic event, that even could be happening this day or tomorrow.Most attention was paid to the role of Rutger Hauer, and I think he played this role fine. He did not (have to) show much of emotion in this movie, which confirmed his character as a solid submarine captain.The only thing I regret about this movie (as much as I regretted it in the movie "Fatherland" also played by Rutger Hauer) is the fact that both Russian and American speak fluently american. But maybe that is because I am not American myself...

scotty-37 This movie is worth looking at if you can catch it on HBO or something without too much bother.*** Warning: I talk about the ending of the movie, so if you're going to be bothered, don't read further. ***I found some of the movie a little annoying because it builds suspense for too long at times without really having anything much going on. The final scenes where they are trying to lower the rods in the nuclear reactor just go on for too long--especially since there are a bunch of people in the reactor room who just stand around and gawk instead of helping the one guy actually lower the rods.Even though it has flaws, this movie does well with a small budget and is still much more interesting than a lot of hollywood movies with much bigger budgets. It's not a classic, but it's worth seeing if you just want something to watch for the night.

B. E. Johnson (Ed-107) This movie was so full of errors and misstatements of facts that it should be labeled as fiction.There was no collision of submarines only a defective missile hatch. There was no fire only the fumes of the missile fuel - sea water reaction. The actions of the Soviet Crew are totally misrepresented. and the actions of the U. S. Navy are some screenwriters idea of reality. They could not even get the ranks right.(The officer played by Regina Curtis is referred to as Lieutenant several times but was wearing gold oak leaves on her collar. This would make her a Lieutenant COMMANDER.)All in all a very poor job unless the mistakes were made to scare the public and to sway public opinion.