INDIE FILM REVIEW - NARCO SUB - Rated [R] I guess - Starring Lee Majors, Tom Sizemore, Robert Lasardo. Directed by Houston's very own Indie Film Scene extraordinaire, Shawn Welling. This movie is about a Navy SEAL and a submarine, written by someone who has no idea what being a SEAL is about and how a submarine actually works!
If you've seen any of the previous Shawn Welling indie films before, "Dark Horse County," "The Last Astronaut", "Toxin: 700 Days Left on Earth," and a few others, you going to get the same feel, same production standard, same-type storyline and plot; same CGI effects; same dramatic entrance by some helicopter, truck or bus, and small cameos by actors of a by-gone age. Other than that, and with a few well placed ratings from the local cast and crew, the finished and well polished production of Deep Water Production films sputter out with a spark of momentary excitement in the local community. Once thing also found in many of Welling's directed works are some unanswered questions that linger each time the credits roll; like, "What happened to that one guy?" - "But if she got away, how did she not notice that?" and some of other small stuff that even the mildest movie goer would see at the end of the film...So yeah, there are some unanswered questions in this film too.
But, NARCO SUB definitely has some value in it. Shawn's eye for capturing scenes on camera has hit the next level as he is finally working consistently with 4K cameras, gimbles, and other little things to raise the production standard. He loves to spend time in pre-production presenting the camera equipment he's using in promotional "behind the scene" photos, when what he should spend more time with is training his circle of actors to actually act wen their required to, write a better script with reinforced character development, and try not to over hype his indie work with long trailers that show the best scenes he's produced. You're going to see many familiar faces within the Houston Film scene in this film, as he continues to use the same extra's who seem to be dying for his attention, film after film, so get used to it.
I'd recommend watching "The Life History of Spandau Ballet" over this monstrosity. But I still step out to support local indie films and no one should be too upset if they spend their money on Amazon Prime to watch this film and see that I am right about the same production value seen in Welling's startling indie film career and just watch the spark of this new project sputter out. [3.5 of 5 Stars]
