Dauntless: The Battle of Midway

Set in June 1942, this historical war drama focuses on the efforts of the United States Navy to halt the Japanese advance in the Pacific by setting a trap near Midway. During the resulting conflict, the two-man crew of a dive bomber is forced to ditch their aircraft in the ocean. Adrift in the open sea, the survivors struggle to stay alive and avoid detection while a PBY Catalina crew searches for them. As days pass, the men must confront their own mortality while awaiting a rescue that becomes increasingly uncertain.

The film was directed by Mike Phillips, following his 2012 project Fortress. The cast features Judd Nelson as Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance and C. Thomas Howell as Captain Miles Browning, alongside Mendel Fogelman, Aidan Bristow, James Austin Kerr, and Jade Willey. Produced by Bayou Pictures in the United States, the movie has a runtime of 98 minutes. It received a poor reception from viewers, earning a 3.4 rating on IMDb from 1,100 votes and a 4.3 rating on TMDB from 52 votes.