BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA is a complete misnomer of a title for this B-movie WW2 flick about the crew of a US submarine finding themselves at the mercy of the Japanese navy. It's not a battle film at all, it's too cheap for that, and the titular event merely takes place in the last five minutes of the production thanks to some aged stock footage. No, what we have here is a typical prisoner of war film, with the submarine crew forced to surrender to the Japanese, faring on a remote island, and eventually rising up against their oppressors.
The cast is headed by genre favourite Cliff Robertson with the likes of L.Q. Jones in support, and there's a tiny role for a debuting George Takei if you can manage to spot him. Generally the production is hampered by a small budget which means that this is a very talky production without much in the way of action or excitement, although the eventual uprising scenes are quite well handled. Sadly they come too little too late for this to be an enjoyable production.
The cast is headed by genre favourite Cliff Robertson with the likes of L.Q. Jones in support, and there's a tiny role for a debuting George Takei if you can manage to spot him. Generally the production is hampered by a small budget which means that this is a very talky production without much in the way of action or excitement, although the eventual uprising scenes are quite well handled. Sadly they come too little too late for this to be an enjoyable production.