US Submariner currently serving. I give this a 7 based on the ending and extras on the DVD because I'm a sucker for history. I felt the ending was respectful and honored the lives lost and the plausible fate those men were met with is the reason why there are FISH on my chest today, to make sure I come back to my wife and the kids. Minor inconsistencies, but better than both "Hunt for Red October" (the movie that may of got me suckered in to living the dream) "Crimson Tide" and "Last Resort" (both are abominations). "DAS BOOT"(Best Submarine movie ever), "Down Periscope", and "Hellcats of the Navy" still have this movie beat by far however. This movie felt like it I was listening to a bunch of old Cold War Sub Vets God bless em. Interior Communications (how we talk) paraphrased, Orders to the Helm (how the ship is controlled) paraphrased, Contact reporting via Sonar butchered (fine by me) Combat tactics(OK sure Old Man drive it like you stole it) Could they have spun it to have the Scorpion Versus the CIA? So the Writers could of got all the inconsistencies right on the money? Would it have been great film then, to see the downpour of rain that accompanied the family of the Scorpion that fateful day in Norfolk, Va when she did not return to port? No.
Review of Phantom
