recommended

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

WW2 submarine movies are ten a penny and have been for many decades now. USS SEAVIPER is an entirely undistinguished addition to that sub-genre of film-making and unfortunately it takes a B-movie style approach to the proceedings which saps entertainment value. The story, about an American submarine battling a Japanese destroyer and becoming trapped below the waves, is entirely ordinary and the execution is very poor.The film's special effect budget is basically non-existent and features a few CGI explosions and that's it. Where the story really falls down is the script which fills the mouths of all of the characters with nonsense. There are no attempts at characterisation, just single-dimensional figures going about their business, and the cast all look bored. Most of the film takes place in a single small set and the tension is non-existent to boot.

There really should be a 0 out of 10 for films like this. I am presuming that this was a real life "The Producers" and made awful for tax reasons. The difference being that they really have made a flop.The worst, most hollow and wooden acting (if that is what one can call it) I have seen in years. A high school play has better acting. The special effects are risible and in all honesty, it would have been better to not even attempt any as clearly making a model submarine look realistic is far beyond the capabilities of whoever attempted it. Sometimes a film can be so bad that it has a certain attraction. But this film had no redeeming features and I couldn't endure all of it, and like others have said, those that have rated it highly must be associated in someway with the film.

I originally thought this film was made by a bunch of 18 year old's at their parents beach home during the summer. It turns out the director is in his sixties! It looks like he got all of his 'extra' friends and made a 'film' if I can call it that. The acting is so amateurish they should have stayed extras and take an acting class or two. All the actors hair are blown dry, in the forties! The ridiculously banal script is by someone who did absolutely no research about the period or subject matter and looks like she never even met a human being. Characters talk endlessly about nothing to each other or telegraph the narrative in the worst way. The first rule of movie making is not to move narrative through dialogue. I don't think the writer ever studied any of the elements of writing and she plagiarizes a lot of other sources. This mess looks like something you'd see on YouTube. The D.P. knows absolutely nothing about lighting…ah I could go on but ultimately just because someone goes out and buys a Canon 5D doesn't mean you have to go out and make a motion picture. Everyone involved with this catastrophe should find another line of work.Crap.

The Germans and the Japanese getting together for a little party. Well Pearl Harbor did wake up a sleeping Giant and now USS Seaviper has done the same. It is what the Silent Service did in World War II. It was the submarine service that broke the back of the Japanese navy and this film is a good chapter in that effort. The characters are real and delivered by actors that we are not familiar with great work. It is a breathe of fresh air to see actors other than the usual Hollywood faces, it makes it more realistic. I hope to see them in future films. High sound quality. I would like to know how they shot the submarine on the surface there are not many that are still sea worthy these days. The underwater stuff is obviously CGI work, but very well done, just enough to get the point on screen. Go see it, you will love it, some heart warming scenes TUTTI BRAVO!