Allison Webber, Armand Assante, Bryan Brown

The year is 2006; America has released a nuclear bomb on Taiwan leaving only Australia in its wake. A small crew aboard a U.S. Navy submarine led by Commander Dwight Towers (Assante) manages to surviv...( read more  read more... )e the devastating blast, but it isn't long before they're forced to place the vessel under the Australian government's command. They're assigned a life threatening task; to enter radioactive waters and find an insane scientist (Brown) who's been in solitude while waiting for what he believes to be the final "end." Before the mission begins, the commander meets the scientist's beautiful ex-fiancée (Ward), to whom he immediately takes a liking. A romantic liaison ensues, but the mission at hand threatens their love, and the lives of the entire crew. A remake of the 1959 classic based on the novel by Nevil Shute.

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Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Release Date: January 1, 2000

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DVD Release Date: January 4, 2006

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  • August 19, 2008
    A gripping film.Updateing itself from the 1959 version.With a running time of 3hrs i never got bored once.And if you can survire the tear jerker end with out a tear or two your a harder man than i.
  • May 19, 2008
    Remake of the old film.. hmm gets sad at the end which this is one of the films where all hope fails, A lot of things form the old movie in some of the scenes, but this film has more of the submarine, ok I guess
  • January 8, 2008
    This TV movie remake is absolutely sci-fi and better than the 1959 film with more story. Both the acting and the production are excellent.
  • May 31, 2007
    This movie makes you realise that the fate of a lot of people can be completely altered by one man pushing a button. Frightfully real, this story is a grim depiction of what could be our future one day. This movie makes you worried... Where would you prefer to be when the bomb ...( read more)explodes?
  • December 16, 2006
    slow in the beginning, but I loved it.
  • December 11, 2006
    i would like to see this
  • October 14, 2006
    I should probably see the original first

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