Rated PG-13 for language
Starring Kelsey Grammar, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, William H. Macy, Rip Torn
Directed by David S. Ward
The Story:
Lieutenant Commander Dodge (Grammar) has rubbed some of his superiors the wrong way. Finally given his chance to Captain a submarine, he is given a relic of a diesel class submarine that is so old, they have to bring on a civilian veteran (Stanton) just to help them know how to work the thing. Dodge is given a test to elude and defeat a nuclear sub piloted by Commander Knox (Macy) but Rear Admiral Graham (Dern) wants to ensure Dodge fails, and he is saddled with a misfit crew of sailors nobody else wanted, including Executive Officer Pascal (Schneider) and the Diving Officer (Holly), the first female submarine candidate for the Navy. If Dodge fails... he's out. Heaven help him.
I don't think I've seen this one since it was released.
Caught it again recently, and it's not bad.
A really good cast with an adequate script, there's nothing ground breaking to be had, but it's an acceptable diversion of 90 minutes.
Grammar flexes his muscle as a leading man on the silver screen, and his comedic instincts are as sound as the years he honed his timing on Cheers and Frasier.
Plus, while it is a comedy, they at least treat most of the war games between the submarines straight- humourous, but not slapstick. Dodge and his crew actually use strategy and cunning to outmaneuver superior technology.
It's a classic underdog story, and those are almost always entertaining.
Not a bad one to revisit if you see it on cable as you flip channels.
Final Grade: C+
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I haven't bought it by now, so I probably won't rush out now, but I have no problem if I were to see it on again in the future
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