Crash Dive 2

I found it on DVD, cheap, so I wasn't expecting much. I wasn't dissappointed, either. Character development is choppy, editing is bad, Russian-spy plot is undeveloped and confusing. Why the final suicide? We never know! Stiff acting by some bit parts, but some actors did well in their small roles, particularly the late-repenting missle-man/terrorist. What's up with the blond Ensn/Lt. ? She takes orders, she takes vodka, she takes a man's name in the credits? I'd like to discuss this aspect with someone in the industry. Stimulating opening love scene, for both genders, but downhill from there. Haven't seen Crash Dive 1; was the first battle scene brought forward from that movie? Served only to fog the c.o. aspect of the star.

The movie has a good story line, the action is good in some parts, but not all of them. Some of the parts, I just felt like the bad guys wouldn't have dosed off yet, from my experience from taking Martial arts. Some are the actions are long, like always mostly for the boss, but for the least important ones, they were killed or dosed off with a few hits, but some where quite unrealistic or could have done a better job at.

The least important actors or stunt people were the right picks for the movie, my girlfriend started to have a crush on them that she started to watch the movie more than she spends her time with me.

The movie is good, that is all I can say.

"Counter measures" is a sequel to "Crash dive" . Both movies are "Die hard" clones with Michael Dudikoff ("American ninja") fighting bad guys on a submarine. There is very little difference between them in quality , but I do remember that the original "Crash dive" was slightly better.

"The hunt for Red October" , "Crimson tide" , "Under siege"… Better watch any of those movies. Or re-watch them. I have seen this movie only because I'm on a quest to watch as many crappy action movies as possible. Also , because I have fond childhood memories of "American ninja".

I give it 1/10. Poor Dudikoff. His "career" really died after the 80's.

I agree with Eric's comments, this is a pretty basic action flick, sort of like a TV movie, not up to the Rambos or Arny's stuff. To start it off they throw a bunch of Russian boobs and buns at you, to get us guys' attention (it worked), but from then on it's straight cheesy acting and lots of hand fighting and shooting. It's on the same level as Act of War with Jack Scalia. Not worth the rental bucks. -Bob

I don't know if there's an aphorism to put to this type of movie, but there should be, because this flick reminds me a lot of Steel Sharks. And the similarities are unexpected. Both movies are set on subs, both movies involve terrorists (of a sort), both movies are very cheaply done, and critically unrealistic. What've those links got to do with each other?

You've got underwater listening devices that can identify screws among wreckage, an American submarine commander who has way less battle-sense than his Russian counterpart, and bad guys with ridiculously unrealistic, paranoid objectives. Anyone in any military service anywhere in the world could probably expand vastly on that list. They'd probably start with: instruments that do not register with military accuracy, but icons and labels that are marketed to American civilians.