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These are just some of the uniform discrepancies, I noticed. I am sure there were more.

1. The CO wore LCDR shoulder boards and CDR collar devices. 2. No officer, besides the CO had gold chin straps on their covers. All officers are supposed to have the gold chin straps on their covers. 3. While wearing the summer white uniform, the COB wore LT collar devices. 4. While wearing the summer white uniform, the Intel Captain wore Perry Officer First Class collar devices. 5. The Intel Captain, although it was apparent that he had never been on a submarine, wore dolphins on his poopy suit (coveralls). 6. All of the the submarine line officers were wearing Supply Corps Officer dolphins instead of the Submarine Line Officer dolphins.

Another note: The Conning Officer (also known as the Officer of the Deck) gives the Diving Officer of the Watch (Dive) depth orders. The Dive's mission is to Reach and Maintain Ordered Depth, period. One exception is when diving the boat, then the dive has control of the speed and course. In the movie, the Dive was controlling depth, speed and course all of the time. That is wrong.

They had an Ensign Doctor onboard.

1. Independent Duty Corpsman go to sea on subs, not doctors. 2. Doctors are promoted to LT upon getting their doctor credentials. There are no Ensign doctors.

I could go on and on but I am sure everyone gets the point. If you cannot get the little things correct, how are you going to get the "big flic" right.

Okay, in the Version I've seen, there was a gay relationship present between the XO and the CO, but it wasn't the purpose of the movie. A great movie to watch with a great storyline! Adrian provides a wonderful outlet for his character, as well as everyone else in the movie. I feel that the issues presented (being gay in the military, unintelligent military intelligence) keep the movie modern and prevalent in our society today. I for one am looking forward to seeing more movies like this one, where I can watch it from beginning to end with out wondering if I left the Iron on. Whip out your popcorn, grab a soda and WATCH THIS MOVIE! You'll be sorry you missed it. Go to Hawaii, and find yourself a sailor man.

Look, the special effects were very much 'SYFY' specials and the acting in the lower echelons left a lot to be desired. But the Machiavellian nature of the plot were quite rousing.

From the plot to the props, to the horribly tasteless computer generated graphics, right down to the acting, this movie was really flawed. On a positive note, I will give credit to the writers/directors/producers of this film who attempted to tell the story of our Navy's submariners. However, next time, please take some additional time to conduct the proper research on proper wear of Navy uniforms. In this age of Google and many other search engines, this information could have been easily obtained, and the realism truly brought out in your art. Instead, the uniforms created numerous distractions from the plot. If all else, U.S. Navy Sailors, like myself who wear the cloth of the nation, when viewing a portrayal of our duties, deserve to see them portrayed correctly. Anything else, my friends, border heavily on disrespect.

The worse thing about this movie is why can't the people in Hollywood get the US Navy rating structure correct. The CO of the boat had both Silver Oak leafs (which stands for Commander) on his uniform and Shoulder boards with two 1/2" gold stripes and one 1/4" gold stripe (which stands for LCDR). The COB had LT bars on for an officer but he is the Commands Master Chief Petty Officer. There were many other discrepancies like this in the movie. The acting was decent. Overall it was an okay movie.