This one's pretty bad: "Depth Charge", on Spike TV. It popped up on my TiVo last weekend, so I gave it a try tonight. What a hacker! Someone tried to cross-breed Under Siege with Crimson Tide, possibly without bothering to see either of those movies first.
The basic plot is that the XO goes insane (or more insane, anyhow; they're not exactly stable to begin with), and helps a team of terrorists hijack the boat so they can blackmail the world's leaders with nuclear annihilation. Of course, some of the original crew manage to stow away and periodically pop up to thwart their evil plans. On top of all this BS, the "Ohio-class stealth prototype" has some sort of Red October-esque stealth system, making it impossible to track. Yes, they managed to reach a depth of turdness not seen on TV since the Star Wars Xmas Special of '78.
However bad the movie was, I am yet again forced to conclude that an actual submariner was involved at some point, as there were a few inside jokes. For example, towards the start of the movie, we see the Doc climbing into a rack he has rigged up on top of some shelves in dry stores, with the explicitly stated goal of remaining asleep until they're back in port. While I can't imagine a corpsman exerting that much effort, even to remain hidden, they got the general motivation which drives "Doc" 100% correct.
Had there been even a little T&A, I might have watched the whole thing (pardon the pun). As it was, I made it about one half way through. When I found I had unconsciously grabbed a pencil for the explicit purpose of stabbing my own eyes out, I shut it off.
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The "Doc" part is right on.
I always found most XO's to be insane. I didn't come across a decent one until I did time with Deep Submergence Unit all rest were retarded.
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