Mesures Absolues

"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.

Story of an ex-Navy Seal who is now a combat medical officer assigned to a state of the art Russian sub with a nurse. This is to answer a call for help set off by a dying member of the original crew. The sub has been overtaken by terrorists who are bent on destruction. So we see the duo try and gain control back. And this happens with the fear of the US Naval Forces is about to unleashing everything it has got on the terrorist sub to prevent it from launching its arsenal. Be careful of the early explicit sexual scene in the first quarter of the movie. A couple of unexplained scenes towards the end. Watch it when you have the time. Nothing to miss out even if you let the show run while you go get yourself a cup of coffee: slow moving.

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 cheap DIE HARD rip-off from prolific B-movie director Fred Olen Ray. That it was filmed on an actual submarine - the USS Nimitz, in the Atlantic - is a highlight of an otherwise lacklustre movie which nonetheless turns out to be quite good for a Fred Olen Ray movie. It's certainly not the worst I've seen from the director and some of the fight scenes are quite enjoyable.

The film sees former American Ninja Michael Dudikoff playing a good guy trapped in a Russian submarine with a bunch of terrorists. There's the usual stock footage here, but for the most part COUNTER MEASURES offers up goofy, non-stop, martial arts action. It's hardly well choreographed, but it passes the time and some of it is quite violent. A bit of a 'meh' film, then, this one; neither the best nor the worst you'll see, and B-movie fans might enjoy it.

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