Lack of good storyline.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This movie has it all: Stupid script, terrible acting and so filled with clichés that you don't believe it. The dialog is so predictable and stupid, that - at first - you think the movie is a comedy. Sadly, it is not...One example of the bad script: The climax of the movie. After hours of struggling with the sub - the crew almost suffocating in the rear end of the sub - finally our hero and heroine (on the bridge) manage to break through the ice to the surface. They open the hatchet, and gasp for air, then apparently they spend some time chatting and laughing. Surprisingly they couldn't care less about the crew still trapped inside the sub without air. The producer must have thought "Oooh... nice shot of the hero and heroine, let's add a little romantic mood here. Never mind the script is totally crap and full of holes"

I sat back to view this with very little expectation. I am a sucker for anything underwater. It's your typical "the competent people are trapped and need to be rescued from the misfit group" type story. Gabrielle Anwar is the highlight of the movie while Baby Baldwin is its nadir. He proves that the acting gene in his family decreased with the birth of each child.Still, the movie is fun in a brainless way. The best visuals are of the ice caps from beneath.

This was one bad movie. The story, action and acting were all bad. Even the music was hokey. It sounded like a joke. I don't think any of the sub movies we love will be blown out of the water by this one. Maybe in the sequel we can watch them all freeze on the arctic ice.

The filmmakers apparently made no effort to maintain even the lowest acceptable level of technical/scientific/logical consistency. It was never explained convincingly why the crew abandoned the conn (was it the gas leak? if so, why didn't they put their gas masks on?) effectively losing all control over their boat and fate, the procedures presented are way off the mark, the exhausted, asphyxiated crewmen find the energy (and the oxygen!) to cheer at the end, the conning tower diving planes have miraculously broken through the ice without leaving any trace (they are much wider than the trough opened by the sub), etc., etc. A waste of time and money, both for the makers and the viewers. Only thing worth it is Gabrielle Anwar (mainly because she is very agreeable to look at).