Please don't spend money on this.

How sad is this?

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Its a thrilling movie but the CGI is bad and makes no sense. It also makes little sense to me that the female lead couldn't refuse to help the mad Ahab.

This is an Asylum production, known for bad films. The technical aspects of the movie are about zero accurate except for the fact submarines go under water. You can not extend a periscope at 1700 feet beneath the water and see anything, let alone take a picture. You cannot poke a periscope through ice, nor can a submarine do a 90 degree up bubble without uncovering the reactor core and immediately going right back down the way they came. They don't then splash on the surface as the Seaview used to do. The list is endless of the gross technological impossibilities.How did Ahab rise from an enlisted sonar technician to becoming the Captain of the Pequad? I think after losing his leg, he would of had a medical discharge. The movie stars Renee O'Connor (whale scientist) of Xena fame who wears a bikini top in the beginning, sporting her new set of love handles. She manages to do some decent acting amidst a sea of bad actors and stolen lines from the original "Moby Dick". Like Supercar, Moby Dick appears to be at home both on land, sea, and in the air. Ahab is obsessed with finding the white whale that took his leg while he was an enlisted man and goes rogue.There are worse film out there, and most are produced by Asylum.

In the performance of a lifetime, Barry Bostwick proves what a truly great actor can do even in a film that trashes a literary classic. No piece of great literature deserves the fate that the novel Moby Dick suffers in this horrible production. Yet Bostwick may well be remembered in cinema history for his work in this film. With eyes that are clearly enhanced by a talented Hollywood plastic surgeon, he conveys the crazed, demented torment of Ahab as no actor ever has. His maniacal laugh chills the blood as one watches him masterfully interpret Melville's iconic character and incredibly make the role his very own. Barry Bostwick becomes Ahab, IS Ahab, in this production and it is as if the author had written the character with him in mind for the screen adaptation. Incongruous dialog is delivered with uncanny skill as archaic language is spoken in the modern setting of a 2010 model submarine. Few, if any other actor is so gifted that they are capable of delivering such profound lines in such surroundings with such convincing profundity and passion. The obsessive drive of Ahab is so real here that when Bostwick charges in a speed boat toward the gaping jaws of SyFy's version of a white whale, harpoon over his head, and crying out at the hated beast with his entire soul, it is something you will never forget. There are so many scenes of this kind where Bostwick almost sets the screen on fire with his brilliance that it would take an entire article to discuss them. Let it just be said that Barry Bostwick, the actor who so convincingly and movingly portrayed George Washington in the fine miniseries, surpasses everything else he has done in his career, for this is undoubtedly a powerful, jaw-dropping performance that will leave every viewer stunned beyond belief. While this SyFy movie is possibly the worst the network has ever produced, casting Barry Bostwick was brilliant and by accepting the role of Ahab, he has defined great acting in a piece of true artistry that will be forever remembered by those who appreciate an actor at the peak of his magnificence.

Barry Bostwick as Captain Ahab? I don't have any personal beef with Mr. Bostwick, mind you, but his acting chops will never cause him to be mistaken for Sir Olivier. And, casting him as the central character in a classic such as this is really an insult to the story and the author. Hence, my apology.We have all seen The Asylum do some very, very naughty things and call them "movies", but this, this is an abomination. I was blissfully unaware that this, uh, "movie" even existed until I stumbled across it late-night on the SyFy Channel. Curse you, insomnia! For hates sake, I spit my last breath at thee! And that goes for you too, Global Asylum, you should all be ashamed of yourselves.