Title: good action premise underwhelming execution
Product review: Insufferably slow start concerning the WWI affair of the naval officer and the lady. Middle section picks up during WWII with the same officer now captain and introduces the Jeffrey Hunter signalman character. Finally we get to the action with the signalman aboard the German vessel where he heroically decides to slow up repairs. Although the cool premise carries the WWII portions, making them watchable, the whole movie botches the potential of that premise. The backstory is simply filler, not in any way motivating the choices of the poorly developed characters. Someone could remake this far better, first by eliminating the whole affair angle.
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