Raise the Titanic

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Russ G As soon as I saw the name of no-talent hack "Jason Robards" in the opening credits I knew this would be a stinker. Running time is 1:53 but don't waste that much time on it; the pacing is so s-l-o-w you can set playback time at 1.25x to speed the super-hokey exposition up, and there's lots you can jump past during the search. The premise is laughable but I'll give it some credit for the model work and special effects which aren't at all bad for the pre-CGI era. There are time anachronisms - Alec Guinness looks 60-ish here but his character would have to have been more than two decades older than that - 85 or 90 - to have been a crewman aboard the doomed ship. There just isn't much at all here to hold your attention; the producers probably figured that the set piece of the ship coming to the surface was worth the price of admission. Spoiler Alert: It isn't! Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/25 Full Review R C Having read the book by Clive Cussler I had high hopes for this film as the book was excellent. They filmed the sinking of the Titanic but cut it from the film why I don't know??? One of the main characters in the book wasn't even mentioned in the film Dirk Pitt's friend and partner Guiordino. The premise of the story is excellent, needing a ore to power a missile defence system which would cover the USA, which was being transported from Great Britain to the United States on the Titanic.... So the only way to retrieve the it, is to raise it. The special effects are superb as is John Barry's score, when Pitt walks through the ship to put the White Star flag on the stern its quite moving. As is when the Titanic reaches New York. Some of the dialogue is awful...put the wormy on the hookey.....! The underwater scenes are well done and the Russian subplot are all from the book. Richard Jordan a fine actor is miscast in this,not my idea of Dirk Pitt. Alex Guinness is good as is Jason Robards, overall a good film of an excellent book. Just ignore some of the dialogue and enjoy! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Mike P Also known as: Watch the Paint Dry! Or See the Grass Grow...Translation: boring. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Megan e This is a really bad movie! Terrible performances, bad graphics, lots of plot holes, and way too long. Not worth watching! 1 star Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review David W My wife and I throughly enjoyed this genre mash up and whilst it's obviously not accurate in terms of the ships true fate, the cold war story woven around it is both fascinating and exciting. Just about believable enough to be taken seriously, with superb practical (not CGI) special effects and a very strong, committed cast. Excellent, memorable and criminally underrated on RT. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review R C Super interesting material but you could not more boring movie if you tried. Please save your time. I lost 2 hours of my life I will never get back. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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