I am a real WWII fan. So much so that my son and I took a vacation in France in 2010 during which we visited the beaches and museums of Normandy. We stayed in a Bed and Breakfast that was occupied by German officers during the war. We even watched, for the first time, The Band Of Brothers series in that bed and breakfast.I will watch just about any movie that has to do with WWII, my favorites being those related to hardware, ships, tanks, airplanes, submarines, heavy artillery, etc. I can't count the number of WW II movies I've watched, some of them so excellent I watched them multiple time, some so bad they were almost intolerable. This 1997 version of Crash Dive was so bad I actually couldn't watch it.I managed to get through about 20 minutes of Crash Dive 1997 before I had to cut it off. The acting was so bad, even in a couple of cases by a seasoned actor, direction was the worst, and the dialog was truly awful. From the early moments where sailors were disrespectful with their officers I knew this would be at least a B movie. But when they rescued the Russians off the raft, then left them unguarded I began to doubt my ability to get through the whole thing.I finally cut it off and watched the 1943 version which was MUCH better. However the two movies share a name, but the story lines are not at all alike. Crash Dive 1943 is a WWII romantic comedy, not a sub movie.Don't waste your time on Crash Dive 1997.

For all the fight scenes in this movie, you'd think they would have devoted some creativity to them...Ooops Sorry, There was no creativity in the entire movie. The director should be shooting video of the South Dakota RV Association annual meeting instead.It really comes across as soft-headed and amateurish to the point of being offensive. They entire thing stumbles in a gooey fog through second rate (why not use first rate?) cliché's.The best they can get out of the few serious actors in it is a sort of half-hearted professionalism, where they recreate (from better memories) some more prestigious and more watchable previous roles.Painful. Turn it off and go clean the garage. You'll have more fun.

This was a really bad movie. It uses every cliché ever known to man, the 'romance' was even less unbelievable than most bad movies, and it was completely militarily inaccurate. Case in point: Catherine Bell's character Lt. Cmdr Lisa Starks was referred to as "Lieutenant" by all other characters. And she answered the phone with "Lieutenant Stark". Uh hello. A Lt. Cmdr is always addressed as "Commander." You'd think that even without any sort of original story line that they would have at least tried to get the technical details right Don't bother seeing this one. U-571 is much better. And Stealth is much more entertaining even if its kinda cliché too.

'Crash Dive' goes the way of a great many other B action movies, only this one is worse in many regards. Of course that's what appeals to fans of the genre, and if you look at it that way, it won't disappoint. The special effects, especially the climactic missile destruction have to be seen to be believed. They are so bad you end up laughing at them, ruining any intended entertainment value that the movie has to offer.The acting is classically bad, not at all aided by a horrible script. Michael Dudikoff is laughable, they producers could've (and should've) hired a bum off the street to play his character, it would've worked out much better. The rest of the cast, made up entirely out of no names, fares no better, and they appear to have so little interest in the story that they showed up for work, and left, still sleeping.There is one thing that is to be admired in this film is it's ambitions. Never before have I seen a B action movie that actually has any moments of.... sadness, so to speak. 'Crash Dive' does have some of that and, though it miserably fails, it is a refreshing break from the norm. Well maybe not refreshing, but a break all the same.One of the qualities required in any B movie is unintentional entertainment value. 'Crash Dive' certainly has some of that, but the stretches in between the fits of badness is what is not very enjoyable. There are portions that are unimaginably tedious, and that's the reason I'm not going to recommend the movie, even for fans of Dudikoff, if any exist. Stay away. Stay far, far away.2.5/10