Upon the Cold War that causes a great havoc across the world, a Soviet submarine captain, has assigned to go in a dangerous mission that can either save the world, or destroy it, the thing that makes him struggle against doing a good job and saving the future of people, as he has to leave his wife and daughter.
A game effort by a decent cast highlights the old-fashioned submarine thriller "Phantom," but heavy-handed dialogue, flurries of melodrama and a silly ending make the whole enterprise sink like a stone.
[Its] admirable air of realism dissipates once Robinson takes viewers outside the sub, where torpedo skirmishes are staged with too-perfect CGI bombast.
It's fun just to hear the lingo and watch the sailors go about their tasks, but not so fun when the captain's Dark Secret starts giving him cheesy, strobing flashbacks.