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      Phantom, the Submarine

      1999 1h 43m Mystery & Thriller Drama List
      Reviews 10% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A Korean submariner (Jung Woo-sung) tries to prevent a crewman (Choi Min-soo) from launching a nuclear attack against Japan. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member <i>Phantom: The Submarine</i> may not be anything spectacular when it comes to the story, the acting, or the directing, but everything is good enough to make this a worth while watch.<p>At 1 hour and 40 minutes, this movie moves at a moderate to slow pace the entire time. It doesn't feel like a slow drag though. The movie finds a way to move along rather quickly, even though 99% of the time is spent on a submarine. That's right. The title says it all.</p><p>The story is easy to follow and it does a nice job at leaving you in the dark. At least for the first 45 minutes. You don't know the purpose of what is happening and you don't know what really is to come. Once you reach the second half, everything starts to make sense and you just wait to see what will happen in the end.</p><p>The action adventure aspect of this flick is a tad deceiving, since there isn't a whole lot of it. There is a great submarine action sequence in the latter half, but that is pretty much it. It leaves me wanting more.</p><p>Along with the action there is the suspense scenes. I'll just say that there is a good suspenseful scene at the 1 hour mark. You can't miss it.</p><p>The acting is quite good. Woo-sung Jung pulls off the lead as he has done in other films and Min-su Choi is a good choice for the captain. As seen in other films, Woo-sung tends to be a little less animated when it comes to showing his emotions, but it works out nicely in here.</p><p>While the scenery is lacking and the pace is slow, the story, albeit somewhat political, is able to make up for this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Heard so much about it that I was a little bit disappointed. But just A little bit. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A Korean submariner (Jung Woo-sung) tries to prevent a crewman (Choi Min-soo) from launching a nuclear attack against Japan.
      Director
      Min Byung-chun
      Screenwriter
      Jang Joon-hwan, Bong Joon Ho, Kim Jong-hoon, Koo Sung-zoo, Min Byung-chun
      Production Co
      Paramount
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Drama
      Original Language
      Korean
      Runtime
      1h 43m
      Sound Mix
      Surround