4.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Down Periscope (1996)
Down Periscope (1996)
Overview
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Viewer Rating
4.4
Overview
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with right-leaning values by celebrating patriotism, individual initiative, and military competence, even while offering a lighthearted internal critique of bureaucratic inefficiencies within the armed forces.
The film features a predominantly white lead cast with some visible diversity in supporting roles, but without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white characters. The narrative focuses on a white male protagonist challenging conventional military authority, framing traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit DEI themes being central to the story.
Secondary
Down Periscope does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot and character development are entirely unrelated to queer identity or experiences, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The film "Down Periscope" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a submarine crew's comedic misadventures during a war game, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences present in the plot or character arcs.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Down Periscope is an original film, not an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot with legacy characters. Therefore, no characters possess a pre-established canonical or historical gender that could be subject to a gender swap.
Down Periscope is an original film with fictional characters, not an adaptation of existing source material or a depiction of historical figures. Therefore, no characters had a pre-established race to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.4
Critic Ratings
1.1
3.9
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