Keeping things in the military realm, let's get a couple things squared away right off the bat. There is a lot of great talent here that I admire such as it's director, Mario Van Peebles and of course, our man, Nicolas Cage. But this is not a good Van Peebles film and this is not a good Nicolas Cage movie. It is, however, a very noble effort and handled with a surpreme respect to the original story it's sourced from. But, still a misfire.
Complaints would include cheesy special effects, a lame Cage showing, some misguided pacing as it tries to bounce around time frames. And especially, a failure to make the shark movie part which kicks in about halfway, exciting and scary enough even though there are sharks popping out of the water left and right eating sailors.
The only plus and it's a small plus is Tom Sizemore who has been much better but still shines here and there as a weathered Ole timer sargeant. Thomas Jane, an actor I admire - I looked for him, I don't see him here.
Lol, in summary, I'm struggling to give this one 2 stars. I will do that but those of you that have heard me use one of my favorite expressions before - "a good two-star movie" - that, it is not.
On Tubi and VOD - 2.0 just barely stars/5
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