I didn't have any good expectations about this movie. 1) The concept was obviously absurd. 2) The believable reviews were all highly negative. 3) It was on the SyFy Channel. Almost unbelievably, it was far worse than expected.
This movie has not even one redeeming quality.
Originally I had no intention of watching the whole thing. I was drawn through it, not by interest, not by fascination, nor by any good quality of the movie; but rather, by the uncountable errors. Within the first couple of minutes there was a glaring goof. It was written up and submitted. By the time that was done, a number of more goofs had occurred. The movie ended before all the goofs were submitted. It actually took about twenty minutes longer than the movie to prepare all the goofs (and that was only the most notable errors - there just wasn't time for all of the "little" continuity, plot hole, etc. goofs).
This movie achieves a status which few (thankfully) are able to reach - the list of movies which should never have been made. It is a complete waste of the time and materials used to make it, and it isn't worth the materials needed to store it. It also should be considered a major embarrassment in the careers of everyone involved, and hopefully something will happen to all of the copies so that future generations will not associate it with anyone currently alive.
And, finally, in case there is any confusion on the part of the reader -- I really, really didn't like it and don't recommend anyone waste time or money on it.
This movie has not even one redeeming quality.
- As a rework of the Moby Dick story, it is asinine. A submarine chases a giant whale, attacks with nuclear weapons, and conducts a near hand-to-hand melee with it on a beach.
- The CGI is not good enough to be called pathetic.
- What little science referenced about whales is blather, and the one slight effort made to explain the possible origin of the beast was blatant nonsense.
- The technical aspects of the military, its weaponry, and its technology are not even vaguely in touch with reality. The writers appear to have learned everything they know about the U.S. Navy from other, almost equally as bad movies. We might also note that there is no one credited as a military or naval adviser, and it shows.
- The final big fight with the whale at the island is too outlandish to consider. It boggles the mind to think that anyone, no matter how fever or drug crazed, would think that such a sequence would be accepted by any watcher. (I won't attempt to describe it here, since no one who hasn't seen the movie would believe it anyway)
Originally I had no intention of watching the whole thing. I was drawn through it, not by interest, not by fascination, nor by any good quality of the movie; but rather, by the uncountable errors. Within the first couple of minutes there was a glaring goof. It was written up and submitted. By the time that was done, a number of more goofs had occurred. The movie ended before all the goofs were submitted. It actually took about twenty minutes longer than the movie to prepare all the goofs (and that was only the most notable errors - there just wasn't time for all of the "little" continuity, plot hole, etc. goofs).
This movie achieves a status which few (thankfully) are able to reach - the list of movies which should never have been made. It is a complete waste of the time and materials used to make it, and it isn't worth the materials needed to store it. It also should be considered a major embarrassment in the careers of everyone involved, and hopefully something will happen to all of the copies so that future generations will not associate it with anyone currently alive.
And, finally, in case there is any confusion on the part of the reader -- I really, really didn't like it and don't recommend anyone waste time or money on it.