Easily on of the most inaccurate movies I have ever seen.
*Possible spoilers - I don't think they are, but you might.*
From improper hull numbers on ships, medals and other uniform insignia that are nothing like the 'real thing' and calling sailors "soldiers" - this movie is an extravaganza of technical errors and goofs.
Combine those inaccuracies with the lopsided perspective of an officer out to make himself look good, an author who should be writing fiction not investigative non-fiction and a special effects department itching to show what an explosion can do to the human body...
And you get the worst possible reenactment of April 19, 1989 and the events that followed.
The only accurate information I can find in the movie is the date of the explosion, the name of the ship's captain, and the portrayal of the NIS as brash, insulting, bullying thugs.
If this movie is your only source of information on the explosion aboard the USS Iowa, I suggest you do some more research.
*Possible spoilers - I don't think they are, but you might.*
From improper hull numbers on ships, medals and other uniform insignia that are nothing like the 'real thing' and calling sailors "soldiers" - this movie is an extravaganza of technical errors and goofs.
Combine those inaccuracies with the lopsided perspective of an officer out to make himself look good, an author who should be writing fiction not investigative non-fiction and a special effects department itching to show what an explosion can do to the human body...
And you get the worst possible reenactment of April 19, 1989 and the events that followed.
The only accurate information I can find in the movie is the date of the explosion, the name of the ship's captain, and the portrayal of the NIS as brash, insulting, bullying thugs.
If this movie is your only source of information on the explosion aboard the USS Iowa, I suggest you do some more research.