Review of Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) by Dave J — 08 Nov 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012.
(1958) Run Silent, Run Deep.
WAR.
Based on a novel written by Edward L. Beach which centers on the after effect of the Clark Gable character as Cmdr. Richardson during WWII which after an unfortunate mishap while he was a commander of a sub losing a great percentage of his men, he then creates an obsession of the same Japanese war fleet he failed to destroy called the 'Flotilla 1' after going back to desk duty for a specific amount of time, he then requests for another go at being commander of another sub. And this time it happens to be out of by taking control over Lt. Jim Bledsoe (Burt Lancaster) place of the sub since he outranks him. After completing some successful missions, the commander then disobeys orders and orders the sub to go back to the very same area where he had failed which is to destroy the Akikaze war boat, and of course as a result of this creates some friction and hostility amongst the crew and it's Lts particularly the second in commander the Burt Lancaster character.
If their is any reason to watch this, it'd be to see the acting veterans of Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster butting heads and a moderately great supporting cast, but the war situtations are unconvincing which has nothing to to with it's toy models but the way it's being set up since many torpedo scenes have been 'restricted' to shooting from the surface instead of shooting underwater, a couple of scenes of Japanese war planes shooting and dropping bombs from above without a direct hit, and a cheesy propaganda near final ending of "I rather fight to the death despite my delpleting health or my goal first before looking after my own health" kind of thing is to me pretentious and sending out the wrong message. (plot spoilers) And what's really stupid is that it was soon learned that it wasn't really the 'Akikaze' boat that sunk the Commanders sub at the begining but it was really another Japanese war submarine. Oh gee, that was surprising and unexpected.
2 out of 4.
This review of Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) was written by Dave J on 08 Nov 2012.
Run Silent, Run Deep has generally received positive reviews.
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