''Full Fathom Five'' is a 1990

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and

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, starring

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, Maria Rangel, and

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. It was shot in Peru.Chris Nashawaty, ''Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie'', Abrams, 2013 p 206

Plot

''Full Fathom Five'', based on the novel by Bart Davis, is set in the days preceding the

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invasion of

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in 1989. ''USS Aspen'', a fictional , rescues agents from Panama, and Peter MacKenzie (

), the submarine's commanding officer, promptly

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with the beautiful Justine ( Maria Rangel). Meanwhile, Panamanian rebels seize a

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submarine (the "Victor Three class submarine CCCP ''Kirov''") and threaten America with a nuclear attack on

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. Only MacKenzie and his crew can stop the villains.

Cast

as McKenzie *

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as Johnson * Michael Cavanaugh as Garvin * Maria Rangel as Justine * John Lafayette as Lasovic * Orlando Sacha as Barrista *

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as Santillo *

as Fletcher

References

External links

* * 1990 films American action films Films directed by Carl Franklin 1990 action films Cold War submarine films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films English-language action films {{1990s-US-film-stub