Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

sol **SPOILERS** True story of the disaster that struck the USS Iowa when it's #2 16 inch gun turret exploded in a test firing in the Caribbean Sea. The result of the explosion cost the lives of 47 members of the USS Iowa's crew. It also put the final nail in the coffin to the US Navy's use of dreadnoughts or battleships in any of its future military operations.Desperately trying to find a scapegoat in order to blame for its shabby treatment, in letting the ship go to pot, of maintaining the USS Iowa the Navy brass came up with this bizarre story of a homosexual affair gone bad between two members of the Iowa crew. One of the sailors killed in the explosion Clay Hartwig, Dashell Eaves, had made out an insurance policy to his good friend and fellow sailor Ken Truitt, Jamie Harrold, and it was this flimsily piece of evidence, if you can call it that, that was supposed to be the reason for the deadly gun turret explosion! Trying to implicate the disaster to a broken up gay love affair, between Hartwig and Truitt, was the very hight of stupidity on the Navy's part since there was absolutely no proof that the two sailors were, actively or not, gay! In fact the Navy went one step farther in their gay angle by saying that it was Truitt recent marriage to his wife Carol, Kate Hemblen, that had his "gay lover" flip out and commit suicide, by blowing up the ship, as some kind of insane act of revenge!The movie has Lt. Dan Meyer, Robert Sean Leonad, buck the system and take the side of the now suspected of mass murder as well as deceased Clay Hartwig. Knowing that Hartwig was nowhere near turret 2 Lt. Meyer a man with navy blue blood flowing in his veins wouldn't let him, as well as the alive Truitt, hang for something that he didn't do. ****SPOILERS**** In the end it was the Iowa's skipper Capt. Fred Moosally, James Caan, who broke with tradition in blindly going along with what his superiors tell him to and came, together with Let. Meyer, to seaman's Hartwig & Truitt defense. In a quite and forceful voice Capt. Moosally told a packed Senate Committee hearing room that he'll never go against the men who serve loyally under him to protect rear ends of his superiors in the Navy. Even if it costs him the command of his beloved ship the USS Iowa! Capt. Moosally emotionally packed testimony was so honest and heart wrenching that it not only left his supporters without a dry eye in the Senete Commitee room but had his superiors in the Navy back down, mostly in shame, in disciplining him for his brave and non a** kissing or suck-up, to them, statements!P.S It was later brought out that the turret gun explosion was the results of an accidentally overstuffed gun powder charge not, as at first suggested, sabotage and suicide on the late Seaman Hartwig's part. But by then it was too late for Hartwig friend the happily married Seaman Truitt who's life in the US Navy became a living hell where even the suspicion of being gay was, at the time in 1989, a career ending experience.

whpratt1 Enjoyed this film because it clearly shows the American public that all Military Forces have a slogan, which is simply: CYA in more ways than one. In this film there had to be a fall guy for a problem of this magnitude, where many lives were lost, and the gay sailors took the brunt of all the blame and were not able to defend themselves. In the picture a Navy Officer clearly pointed out the many problems that existed; the sailors in the gunnery section were taking parts from one place to repair another problem. The Navy was not allocating any funds for these old Battleships from World War II. James Caan,(Capt. Fred Moosally did an outstanding acting role and stood up for all the enlisted Naval Personnel and made the stink go away. However, the big wigs in the Naval Department in Washington still stood their own ground. The American public cannot be fooled any long by such incidents and the truth will come out today without any cover ups. Great picture, but very graphic and maybe it needed to be shown.

alicecbr Why does it take years after an event for the media to gain the courage to film an actual event with all its warts? The difficulty this guy had in even getting this mildly white-washed film made is witness to how sensitive we are in this country to even MILDLY criticizing our corrupt government. The acting by James Caan is remarkable, as he has to portray a good ol boy captain, striving to be an admiral, was well as a self-important, lazy Navy officer, imposing no discipline on his troops, nor even overseeing properly the supplying of his ship (which might have saved a few of the 40+ lives). Yet, Caan also portrays his good side (which we all have), making him keep his lips tightly closed as he tries to walk the line between truth and completely throwing in with the whitewash of the Navy investigative committee. As if the higher-ups in government don't know that no group can truthfully investigate itself. I find it puzzling that this was a Made for TV movie, instead of for the big screen. Having worked as a NASA contractor throughout its initial coverups and waiving of the O-rings preceding the Challenger debacle, I find the disingeniousness attempts by the NASA PMs presetly at work very similar to the nefarious activities by the Navy big wheels in this movie. Quite instructional for any idealist young patriot, and I mean that in the best sense.

Greg Is there a greater tragedy than when a real live event sparks a hollywood frenzy to produce a story and the lasting result is a mismash of bad acting, writing, storytelling and overall production value. A Glimpse of Hell (out now on DVD) was a made for TV movie regarding the truth and subsequent cover up of the 1980's turrett explosion on the USS Iowa. As the true story goes, a turrett was practicing live fire when an explosion ripped through the loading area killing many marines. The cover-up begins with investigation that has the navy looking for an answer and not the truth. The truth would lead to the decommissioning of the IOWA and, as the movie quickly points out, guns on ships are no longer a necessity when missiles can make direct and accurate hits on programmed targets. James Caan stars as Captain Fred Moosaly, and it has been a long time since he has drifted and slept through an acting role as much as he does here. His emotions cannot be carried by the silly dialogue, so his furrowed brow tries to convince us that he is a troubled man that wants to do the right thing for the decesased and their families while still looking after the well being of those who remain under his command. The investigation leads the navy towards a coverup based on a proposed gay relationship between one of the deceased and a survivor. The navy is quick to conclude that it was a love triangle that sent many to their deaths in a suicide attempt, and it is up to the good guys to bring justice to the situation. Good grief. The writing is implicitly bad and characters are thrown in it seems just to show the families that they were all a part of equipment gone bad, and men who ultimately do good. The acting all around is simply stiff. If I was ever commissioned and had to spend months along side these characters, I think I would jump overboard and take my chances with the sharks. As Hollywood films go, the climax is a court scene when the Captain must choose between telling the truth or protecting the navy. I will let you guess what happens. I find it offensive when a true story where men or women who fight for a cause (in this case, their country) is put to film with such lack of passion as to leave the viewer with more of a sense of wanting to fast forward rather than to pay homage to those fallen. Every character is portrayed so stale, that I would be embarassed if I was a crew member who wants to see his story put on the big screen.Keeping such an interesting and historical story on such a low level of enthusiasm and effort is truly the injustice and director Mikael Salomon should be put in front of a judge himself for sentencing. To those families that lost lives in this tragic and horrific event, I apologize on everyones behalf that it took so long to bring your story to the general public and when it was finally completed, we had no interest.For those who really want to know what happened, I suggest contacting CBS for the 60 minutes special report and follow up. That segment did the sailors justice.