"Submerged" is an absolute B-movie blast of fun & old school Action like a 90's flick!!!
As far as B-movies & DTV films go well Submerged, is one of the best & most fun I've ever seen!!!
I'm a Seagal fan but i admit often his DTV films can be terrible garbage (Black Dawn,Shadow Man,Flight of Fury,Attack Force,A Good Man) but there's also the really good & decent enjoyable one's (Against The Dark, Belly of the Beast,Urban Justice,A Dangerous Man,The Keeper,Driven to Kill) among others, & here with his own "Expendables" style movie (Stallone must've copied the idea as this came out many years before) & is one hell of a blast of a well made & good looking B-movie. Seagal is good here as tough Ex-mercenary, Chris Cody who with his team have been given a full pardon from military prison in order to track down & capture an evil brainwashing Doctor played greatly by Nick Brimble, who is brainwashing captured soldiers & using them as Assassins to get into secured places & kill their target. Among the crew of Seagal's Mercs is the always fun to watch British tough guy Vinnie Jones, who is a big B-movie star & seems to be in as much stuff as "Danny Trejo" & that's saying something!!! Here Vinnie plays the good & trust-worthy Henry, he's a very cool character & does some Awesome fight scenes. We also get the pretty & just as tough Alison King (Carla from Corrie) as Damita, also there's another hard as hell British B-movie star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) as a mind-worped soldier named Sharpe & some, might know the face actors but it's a solid cast & a well acted movie. This flick is a higher quality DTV film than most but there's a few silly bits like Seagal still had that stupid voice dubbing now & then, i think because he's so hard to work with I've heard alot that he won't listen to the Director's or come back for re-shoots or for any sort of voice over bits!!! I do read alot about how hard he is to work with, he's does come accross a an arrogant A-hole but he's still enjoyable to watch "Taking out the trash" & often makes fun & violent B-movies so that's why he still has a big fan base. Also other actors i hear are hard to work with like, Bruce Willis. Anyway Seagal probably isn't the nicest of the Action legends such as Schwarzenegger, Stallone & Van Damme but as we grew up watching these guys we're more forgiving to how they are in real life.
The look & cinematography of "Submerged" is excellent with lots of bright contrast colour & a proper good budget movie look. This DTV film has a feel of quality all over it & feels like everyone involved wanted to make a decent & totally entertaining Action Thriller & they did. This is not just a great Steven Seagal film but it's genuinely a great B-movie Gem. Submerged, is well made, well directed & well acted for a low-budget movie. The action is Awesome & shot just like you would get in a big budget blockbuster movie, so there's definitely a level of care & effort put into making this movie. I liked Seagal's character & i liked his team & the main villain or "Bad guy" was really good. I enjoyed the story & set-up, as with a DTV film called "Submerged" it sounded like a cheap & tacky Navy-war type of Thriller but it's nothing like that at all!!! The "submerged" Submarine is apart of the story in a few scenes but that's it. This is a rescue mission adventure.
"Submerged" is a great late night movie, just stick on & relax to a great piece of B-movie Action with a nice solid Cast in a good looking Action packed Thriller. Easily one of Seagal's best DTV films
I'm a Seagal fan but i admit often his DTV films can be terrible garbage (Black Dawn,Shadow Man,Flight of Fury,Attack Force,A Good Man) but there's also the really good & decent enjoyable one's (Against The Dark, Belly of the Beast,Urban Justice,A Dangerous Man,The Keeper,Driven to Kill) among others, & here with his own "Expendables" style movie (Stallone must've copied the idea as this came out many years before) & is one hell of a blast of a well made & good looking B-movie. Seagal is good here as tough Ex-mercenary, Chris Cody who with his team have been given a full pardon from military prison in order to track down & capture an evil brainwashing Doctor played greatly by Nick Brimble, who is brainwashing captured soldiers & using them as Assassins to get into secured places & kill their target. Among the crew of Seagal's Mercs is the always fun to watch British tough guy Vinnie Jones, who is a big B-movie star & seems to be in as much stuff as "Danny Trejo" & that's saying something!!! Here Vinnie plays the good & trust-worthy Henry, he's a very cool character & does some Awesome fight scenes. We also get the pretty & just as tough Alison King (Carla from Corrie) as Damita, also there's another hard as hell British B-movie star Gary Daniels (The Expendables) as a mind-worped soldier named Sharpe & some, might know the face actors but it's a solid cast & a well acted movie. This flick is a higher quality DTV film than most but there's a few silly bits like Seagal still had that stupid voice dubbing now & then, i think because he's so hard to work with I've heard alot that he won't listen to the Director's or come back for re-shoots or for any sort of voice over bits!!! I do read alot about how hard he is to work with, he's does come accross a an arrogant A-hole but he's still enjoyable to watch "Taking out the trash" & often makes fun & violent B-movies so that's why he still has a big fan base. Also other actors i hear are hard to work with like, Bruce Willis. Anyway Seagal probably isn't the nicest of the Action legends such as Schwarzenegger, Stallone & Van Damme but as we grew up watching these guys we're more forgiving to how they are in real life.
The look & cinematography of "Submerged" is excellent with lots of bright contrast colour & a proper good budget movie look. This DTV film has a feel of quality all over it & feels like everyone involved wanted to make a decent & totally entertaining Action Thriller & they did. This is not just a great Steven Seagal film but it's genuinely a great B-movie Gem. Submerged, is well made, well directed & well acted for a low-budget movie. The action is Awesome & shot just like you would get in a big budget blockbuster movie, so there's definitely a level of care & effort put into making this movie. I liked Seagal's character & i liked his team & the main villain or "Bad guy" was really good. I enjoyed the story & set-up, as with a DTV film called "Submerged" it sounded like a cheap & tacky Navy-war type of Thriller but it's nothing like that at all!!! The "submerged" Submarine is apart of the story in a few scenes but that's it. This is a rescue mission adventure.
"Submerged" is a great late night movie, just stick on & relax to a great piece of B-movie Action with a nice solid Cast in a good looking Action packed Thriller. Easily one of Seagal's best DTV films