Mutiny underwater - USS Lansing does not respond
| Movie | |
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| German title | Mutiny underwater - USS Lansing does not respond |
| Original title | Danger beneath the sea |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 92 minutes |
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| Director | Jon Cassar |
| script | Lucian Truscott |
| production | Carlton America |
| music | Norman Orenstein |
| camera | Derek V. Underschultz |
| cut | Ron Wisman |
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Mutiny underwater - USS Lansing does not answer (Original title: Danger Beneath the Sea ) is an American thriller from 2001 . The film is set on a submarine with ballistic missiles and is about the danger of nuclear war. Directed by Jon Cassar and written by Lucian Truscott . Casper van Dien and Stewart Bick played the main roles .
action
A failed test on a North Korean nuclear missile generates a very strong electromagnetic pulse , which leads to the failure of all communications equipment in the American submarine USS Lansing. After observing airborne fallout, first officer, Lt. Commander Kenner that a nuclear war had started. He takes command of the ship with the aim of shooting down the nuclear missiles on board at targets in Russia. However, parts of the crew are not convinced of this assessment and help the captain to regain control of the ship. Another American submarine is hunting the USS Lansing in the meantime to prevent the missiles from being launched and thus actually starting a nuclear war .
Finally, the captain manages to get Lt. To disempower connoisseurs who die in the process. The captain can prevent the missile from being launched and escape the other submarine (with which no communication was possible). When they can finally emerge in peace, he uses a normal cell phone to report to the Admiralty.
The film is set in the Northwest Pacific.
Reviews
"Predictable underwater action film based on genre-typical patterns, which the wooden play of the actors certainly does not enhance"
“Watery TV infusion of the hit movie 'Crimson Tide' - which was stolen from 'Hunt for Red October'. Conclusion: Note: cheaply copied is half sunk. "
Trivia
A submarine called the USS Lansing never existed.
background
Communication to and from submerged submarines is not as easy as with other ships. The most reliable option is still the VLF antenna in the form of a wire pulled behind the boat as a tow line. This means that no voice radio is possible, only data transmissions with a very low throughput in the range of one bit per second. Current commands in encrypted form cannot be transmitted promptly in this way. Modern satellite communication is only possible in the surfaced state.
The particular drama of the film, however, lies in the question of whether a self-sufficient attack with nuclear weapons should also be possible when the chain of command from the military leadership in the Ministry of Defense to those who carried it out is interrupted.
Due to the limited communication channels to secretly operating submerged submarines, this question was temporarily answered in the affirmative. The possible consequences of such a decision provide the material for this film. The same question forms the basis of the film Crimson Tide .
Web links
- Mutiny under water - USS Lansing does not respond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mutiny underwater - USS Lansing does not answer in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 9, 2010
- ↑ CINEMA - Mutiny Underwater - USS Lansing does not answer