Sorry to say that I know know why this went directly to DVD. This film is not vintage Steven Seagal at his finest. He character in the film almost seemed like he was tired. If you like "shoot em' up" films just for the firepower then this is the film to see but if you enjoy an action film with a flowing story that makes sense then you're going to be horribly disappointed. Without giving anything away, right from the beginning you wonder how, under his current legal circumstance, he was picked for this mission. They don't explain why. If I directed this thing I would have at least had a line in the film saying "we can't trust anyone other then someone that has been locked away from the rest of humanity for quite sometime" which would have worked. The film went downhill from there. Even the film's title didn't make sense. It leads you to believe that the film takes place on or about a submarine which it does not. The submarine scene really had nothing to do with the plot. At one point one of his men say "we are submerged" hence the film topic. Point is that even the title wasn't suited for this film nor was the film suited for me. Mr. Seagal did one quick Martial arts scene in the entire film. Not what I expected from a marital arts action star. Many of his lines were vintage Seagal one liners but were very dorky. Sorry Steven but this is not your best work. I was very disappointed with this film and honestly I suggest keeping your money and renting one of his other films.

Seagal's workload was huge in 2005. He had four releases: "Into The Sun", "Submerged", "Today You Die", and "Black Dawn" . As long as the paychecks keep coming, he churns them out like there's no tomorrow.

This time around, Seagal plays "Chris Cody" who is released from prison to go on one last assignment: To infiltrate some double agents or something. It's very confusing. You also can't see what's going on most of the time because to hide Seagal's nonstop weight gain, he is shrouded in black (note all his black clothing).

All you see is Seagal's fat head. He also doesn't do his own ADR work. He once again uses a voice double that sounds NOTHING like him. But this time he was trying to be clever and put on an "Cajun accent" to fool people. The saving graces are the performances by those wacky Brits Vinnie Jones and Gary Daniels.

Here's an idea: Vinnie Jones Vs. Gary Daniels in a duel to the death! Now there's an action movie! For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

I will say this, apart from Under Siege and one or two other exceptions I am not a fan at all of Steven Seagal or of his films. Out for a Kill is probably Seagal's worst film, but Submerged comes very close to topping it. Here in Submerged there is everything that I really hate about most of Seagal's films. While the locations are good, the camera work and editing itself are very shoddy, especially in the poorly-choreographed fight sequences. The plot in concept is derivative and the telling and structure of it is very incoherent, while the writing is lousy, the direction from Anthony Hickox in the worst directing job of his career is very poor, the pace is pedestrian making the slower scenes really tedious and there are some distracting and unforgivable errors such as having goats and mountains in Uganda. The acting is dreadful, not just from a very unkempt Seagal whose performance is very lazy but from the entire cast. Vinnie Jones is the only asset of Submerged that I would come close to calling a bright spot. Overall, a really bad film and one of Seagal's worst. 1/10 Bethany Cox