Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (2002)

Please don't spend money on this.

Absolutely brilliant

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The fate of the entire free world is threatened by unfriendly "Casper", a mysterious and resourceful terrorist seen only in blurry photographs. Only the U.S. Navy Seals can kill him. They immediately go underwater on a mission, but are on dry ground mostly. Tyler Christopher (as Rick) and John Simon Jones (as Miller) give the U.S. Seals a soap opera hunk look. Red-haired Gary Murphy (as Baker) has to prove himself. All things considered, Mr. Murphy performs well. Robert Mitchum's grandson Bentley Mitchum (as Andreas) has a plum role. They get involved with a lot of shooting and explosions.*** Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (12/3/02) Franklin A. Vallette ~ Tyler Christopher, Bentley Mitchum, John Simon Jones, Gary Murphy

Shot in English with a largely Bulgarian crew, "Frogmen" is a fair medium-budget commando-type action film. The script has one good plot twist in the middle, and tries to make the main villain at least two-dimensional, by giving him a motive of personal revenge (instead of mere greed) for his terrorist actions. The cast is largely unknown (though apparently the lead has been a regular in "General Hospital" for 13 years!), but they do their job. The action itself is mostly by-the-numbers (and the underwater sequences suffer, as usual, from the limited visibility), but the film certainly doesn't skimp on the explosions. Passable if forgettable fare. ** out of 4.

It's a pretty straightforward action film. The U.S. Seals are sent to capture the terrorist "Casper". The acting is not very good, but it's not surprising since this is a B action movie. The actor that plays "Casper" was the most watcheable because his acting was better than the rest. It was an OK time waster.The criticism that I have for this film is that the night shots were just awful. Especially the shot of the Seals underwater. I couldn't see anything except little flashes of light and I didn't understand the dialogue. It was so frustrating I nearly turned off the film. But once the night scenes and underwater scenes were over, the film was decent. The fighting scenes were exciting and there were some spectacular explosions. It's a typical movie that guys love, I think.I enjoyed it for what it was. Nice movie to rent if one is stuck at home with a twisted ankle, like me.

Apart from the improbable and shallow plot, it is painfully obvious that no military technical adviser had a hand in this movie. Here are some duds; The leader of the Seal Team addressed as captain (yes he would be called a captain in the army) when he should have been addressed as lieutenant since this is the US Navy; his superior is referred to as commander and a reference being made towards the end of the movie that this commander will be a 'general', a totally non-existent rank in the US Navy.The mission was supposed to be covert and deniable, yet one can notice in the laughable daylight raid that dog tags were evident, clanking around noisily like cow bells I might add.The M4 being fired left-handed but with a right-handed ejection port.For a covert mission like the one portrayed, every member of the team spots regulation military crew cut, they would have stood out like sore dicks in reality...The team was totally non-tactical from the insertion right through to the botched raid - faces not blackened, bunching up like ants at the landing point and the questionable choice of weapons in general used for the mission.