Tides of War

Tides of War (2005)

The Hunter Becomes The Hunted.

In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering Officer.

Date of release
2005-04-01
TMDB
4.4 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
Director
Brian Trenchard-Smith

Casting

Interesting facts

Phantom Below is the first film released by Hawaii-based studio Pacific Films. Its world premiere was at the Hawaii International Film Festival on March 31, 2005. The film is notable in that it has three different editions: one for general audiences, another with eight additional minutes for Japanese audiences, and one with a homosexual theme as an original film production for LGBT-interest television channel here!.

Production

The movie was partly financed by a Japanese DVD and TV distributor looking for a submarine drama to cash in on the release publicity for an upcoming $12-million Japanese submarine drama. They partnered with the here! Network, a new video on demand channel catering to the gay and lesbian market which needed an original movie to launch the channel. It was decided to make two versions, a non-gay version for Japan and a gay one for other markets.

For me, the gay version is better drama. The hero has a secret. We were at the height of the ‘don’t ask/don’t tell’ debate at that time. Formula is always enlivened by a serious social issue. It intrigued me as a heterosexual to add a genre cocktail to the B-movie shelf of Gay Cinema. Gay movies can be about more than just coming out. They can be as testosterone charged as FAST 5. Why shouldn’t the gay audience have their own action heroes?

The film was shot in Hawaii over 15 days without official army or navy co-operation because the plot had the sub commander in love with his executive officer. Brian Trenchard-Smith also made In Her Line of Fire, another action film aimed at gay audiences.

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