There is so much wrong with this film, there's no need to describe it. All I have to say is this: The hunt was awesome. The CGI sucked. Yet, the story was solid. I actually enjoyed this horrible movie. As an old Boatswain's Mate, Third class. 1.7 thumbs up.

This is truly abysmal, but if you can mentally switch off to the embarrassingly terrible dialogue, acting, special effects, make up, set design, camera work and generally everything else to do with the movie, then it's not that bad.What's good:(1) The score. Generic action movie background music, but it works quite effectively, helping distract from the general awfulness of what's happening on screen.(2) The basic premise of the story is good. Replace the sailing ships of the 19th century book with nuclear submarines, making Ishmael a marine biologist abducted by the submarine captain, a man obsessed with hunting down a rouge giant mutant whale, all of them being pursued by the US navy who think that the captain is the cause of all the trouble ... actualty, I'm not quite clear what the motive of the pursuing navy was, but ... actually, I'm not sure about anything else, either, but, hey, it's a movie!(3) It made me smile, something a lot of 'better' movies have failed to do. Particularly liked the moment when a Russian survivor of a whale attack, who "only speaks Russian", immediately answers her interrogator's questions in English.(4) The actor playing Ahab is enjoyable, treading a fine line between Gregory Peck and Commandant Lassard in his portrayal of the submarine captain. Barry Bostwick is evidently an accomplished jobbing actor from IMDb information, and I imagine he can grip a stage audience with the conviction of his delivery, but there is no pretence here. He just gives it his all and hopefully managed to pay a couple of household bills afterwards.Expect a cross between The Hunt for Red October, Jaws VII, Police Academy and Das Boot's less funny out-takes, all performed by the local amateur dramatics theatre company 'B' team, and you won't be far wrong.I disagree with some other reviews, this is not awful to a "I-wish- there-was-a-way-I-could-unsee-it" degree. I might even watch it again on a dull evening. Eight out of ten? I know, but I just think this movies has a quality all of its own which should be recognized.

Ask yourself folks: A direct-to-video movie about Moby Dick starring Barry "I played George Washington once but now I'll do anything to pay for my Malibu beach house" Bostwick and Renee "I'm not lesbian but I'll let you believe I'm lesbian if it will pay for my collagen injections" O'Connor, and you're expecting Cannes Film Festival quality here? Gimme a break. It is what it is, and it's not as putrid as all the other reviewers here would have you believe. I bought it for five bucks and I'm damn glad I did.Hey, you know what? This is a bad movie. But so was "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with Brendan "I need to fire my manager NOW" Fraser, and I shelled a helluva lot more than five bucks to see that puddle of cinematic 3D puke."2010: Moby Dick" is as entertaining a bad movie as bad movies get. If you compare Barry Bostwick in this to Raymond Burr in the first "Godzilla" movie, and Renee O'Connor to, well, I guess anything Jennifer Aniston has done, including the original "Leprechaun" movie, you're on the right wavelength for "2010: Moby Dick" and you'll enjoy it just fine.It seems everyone else here would compare "Citizen Kane" to any random "Chucky" movie and that's just not fair.Bad movies need love too! Five stars from me and here's hoping Bostwick pops up in another Asylum flick soon.

You know that feeling that if you saw a big red button in a nuclear facility that said "Danger do not press" you feel that in built human compulsion to press? Well I read the reviews here and thought what the hell. My god why didn't I listen??! This is without doubt the worst film I have ever seen for a long time. When it came to the point of the sub coming along side of the small boat I seriously thought this was a spoof film, I was waiting for Leslie Nielson to pop up with the "blow up navigator" {Airplane?} The nuclear sub pulls up alongside a small speed boat and the xo in the conning tower is only about two foot higher than the people in the boat!!! The crew where straight out of Police Academy ,note navigator with bandanna! Navy personnel in jungle pattern uniforms. Helicopter with no glass, flown by a pilot with muscular tourettes. Firing bullets at the sub underwater and the result of a major depth charge attack.It just got too much when the pilot flew the helicopter into the whales mouth....I nearly choked to death on my beer with laughter.I actually fell asleep half way through, but determined to see it through, like a bad trip to the dentist, finished watching on plus one.Must admit I did feel a sense of achievement like finishing a marathon!.It would have been great re-cut as a spoof film, think Down Periscope. Worth a look at if you if you want to see how not to make a film, but otherwise steer well well clear.One star because it did give me a chuckle