Welcome to the harsh reality of a battleship commander who has to keep his head cool and give order after order after order after order (yeah until that gets tedious, but nobody asks questioins about that if you're walking on eggs - just throw yourself in the shoes of those men) to find&destroy kraut u-boats and avoid their torpedos.
Very realistic atlantic sea battle stuff with Hanks at his best, as per usual. Had me on edge throughout coz of his excellent performance, and same for the rest of the crew. But also the imaging that is no less than impressive, the wide dark seascapes with its rough waters, war vessels and torpedos cutting through it in cold black weather. The constant tension those soldiers are on, trying to make sense of all this and the consequent nervous - but decisively - per second adjusted ordering around, is very feelable/sensible.
This - simple&short but highly effective story - movie makes it easy to have yourself sucked into the technical and brutal going-ons of marine battle.
There is no time for "character development" when you're targeted by nazi Uboat's torpedos while trying to bang those same Uboats out of the sea, believe me........... :-P... are people even enjoying good movies, or just nit-picking and acid-pissing when they get a chance? Deluge yourself into this film and have a good, however nerve wrecking, good ride. There's absolutely nothing "boring" about this, really!
Prepare for some heavy true-story 1-on-1 battles between German Uboats and the USS Greyhound and other ships in a convoy over the Atlantic during WW2.
Production values are high, so also my ranking. Go see it on wide screen, you won't be disappointed even if the first part seems tedious with all the non-stop ordering going on. It builds up to something quite spectacular. That's just how it is on high tense in wartime, right?
Only thing that was akward that personnel was not much unbalanced with the ship being thrown around in high seas, oh well.... so they lost 1 star there, okay?
Very realistic atlantic sea battle stuff with Hanks at his best, as per usual. Had me on edge throughout coz of his excellent performance, and same for the rest of the crew. But also the imaging that is no less than impressive, the wide dark seascapes with its rough waters, war vessels and torpedos cutting through it in cold black weather. The constant tension those soldiers are on, trying to make sense of all this and the consequent nervous - but decisively - per second adjusted ordering around, is very feelable/sensible.
This - simple&short but highly effective story - movie makes it easy to have yourself sucked into the technical and brutal going-ons of marine battle.
There is no time for "character development" when you're targeted by nazi Uboat's torpedos while trying to bang those same Uboats out of the sea, believe me........... :-P... are people even enjoying good movies, or just nit-picking and acid-pissing when they get a chance? Deluge yourself into this film and have a good, however nerve wrecking, good ride. There's absolutely nothing "boring" about this, really!
Prepare for some heavy true-story 1-on-1 battles between German Uboats and the USS Greyhound and other ships in a convoy over the Atlantic during WW2.
Production values are high, so also my ranking. Go see it on wide screen, you won't be disappointed even if the first part seems tedious with all the non-stop ordering going on. It builds up to something quite spectacular. That's just how it is on high tense in wartime, right?
Only thing that was akward that personnel was not much unbalanced with the ship being thrown around in high seas, oh well.... so they lost 1 star there, okay?
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