First I did indeed like the idea of modern-day pirates. We are so used to seeing all these movies with "Golden Age of Piracy" pirates that this was a nice change.
However, the movie kept saying "terrorist." A terrorist has a political or extreme-religious agenda; they are not at all thieves. They do not take hostages in attempts to steal valuables. They often want their colleagues freed or to make a political or religious statement. They don't look for valuables. These people were pirates and that's it.
Secondly, there was no research at all done here with the ship or the White Star Line (original owners of Britannic). The ship in the movie was indeed beautiful. But, the historical information was all wrong. There were three ships owned by White Star Line called "Britannic": two were built before Titanic and one after. The first two were eventually scrapped (dismantled). The third one continued for a few years after Titanic sank and later became a Navy hospital ship and was sunk near Greece by a German submarine. This Britannic, the last ship built for White Star, was originally RMS Britannic; it then became HMHS Britannic. It was sunk in 1916. Therefore, there is no Britannic that could possibly be restored. Two are gone and one is sunken and could not be restored that new at all even if it were to be raised. No further ships were ever built for White Star and they renamed no other ships this name. The last Olympic liner for White Star that exists today is the Nomadic. Nomadic has been structurally restored with the original paint finish. A new cradle is being constructed for travel and exhibition.
Finally, ships seldom sink in as little as five minutes. They must be very severely damaged for that. The RMS Lusitania sank in 18 minutes after being torpedoed in 1915. Also, if a lifeboat were that close to a sinking ship, this can cause the smaller boat to be pulled down by the suction.
And why Ice-T? Why not a "cool" bad-guy actor? Better choices would be Billy Zane or John Pyper-Ferguson, among others.
However, the movie kept saying "terrorist." A terrorist has a political or extreme-religious agenda; they are not at all thieves. They do not take hostages in attempts to steal valuables. They often want their colleagues freed or to make a political or religious statement. They don't look for valuables. These people were pirates and that's it.
Secondly, there was no research at all done here with the ship or the White Star Line (original owners of Britannic). The ship in the movie was indeed beautiful. But, the historical information was all wrong. There were three ships owned by White Star Line called "Britannic": two were built before Titanic and one after. The first two were eventually scrapped (dismantled). The third one continued for a few years after Titanic sank and later became a Navy hospital ship and was sunk near Greece by a German submarine. This Britannic, the last ship built for White Star, was originally RMS Britannic; it then became HMHS Britannic. It was sunk in 1916. Therefore, there is no Britannic that could possibly be restored. Two are gone and one is sunken and could not be restored that new at all even if it were to be raised. No further ships were ever built for White Star and they renamed no other ships this name. The last Olympic liner for White Star that exists today is the Nomadic. Nomadic has been structurally restored with the original paint finish. A new cradle is being constructed for travel and exhibition.
Finally, ships seldom sink in as little as five minutes. They must be very severely damaged for that. The RMS Lusitania sank in 18 minutes after being torpedoed in 1915. Also, if a lifeboat were that close to a sinking ship, this can cause the smaller boat to be pulled down by the suction.
And why Ice-T? Why not a "cool" bad-guy actor? Better choices would be Billy Zane or John Pyper-Ferguson, among others.