Matthew McConaughey

Bill Paxton

Harvey Keitel

Jon Bon Jovi

David Keith

Thomas Kretschmann

Jake Weber

Jack Noseworthy

Tom Guiry

Will Estes

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson

Erik Palladino

Dave Power

Derk Cheetwood

Matthew Settle

Rebecca Tilney

Carolyna De Laurentiis

Dina De Laurentiis

Burnell Tucker

Rob Allyn

Carsten Voigt

Gunter Würger

Oliver Stokowski

Arnd Klawitter

Kai Maurer

Robert Lahoda

Peter Stark

Erich Redman

Robin Askwith

Jonathan Mostow

Sam Montgomery

David Ayer

Dino De Laurentiis

Martha De Laurentiis

Richard Marvin

Oliver Wood

Wayne Wahrman

Carol Lewis

William Ladd Skinner

Maria Teresa Barbasso

Marco Trentini

Robert Woodruff

Robert Gould

Cynthia Sleiter

April Ferry

Augusto Grassi

Mark Norby

Allen Hall

Götz Weidner

Annick Biltresse

Irene Mifsud-Bonnici

Fernando Valento

Antonio Fraulo

Vincenzo Carpineta

Gianmaria Majorana

Daniele Massaccesi

Fabio Zamarion

James B. Crawford

Antonio Gasbarini

Mario Tursi

Aldo Chessari

Michael T. Travers

Bruno Colanzi

David Farrugia

Rexford L. Metz

Donna Berwick

Stefano De Nardis

Claudio Manzi

Vittorio Torrieri

Jon Baker

Dianne Dreyer

Cheryl Starbuck

Dana Kristen Vahle

Lance Julian

Monica Amadori

Ezio Canesso

Leontine Snell

Elisabetta De Leonardis

Giancarlo De Leonardis

Paola Genovese

Frances Mathias

Luigi Rocchetti

Maurizio Silvi

Mauro Tamagnini

Renato Francola

Vincenzo Mastrantonio

Thomas J. Smith

David Sosalla

Jamie Dixon

Erin M. Cullen

Henric Nieminen

Sandy DellaMarie

Shawn Broes

Tommy Dorsett

David Dwiggins

Darin McCormick-Millett

Peter Donen

Richard O. Helmer

Thad Beier

Mark Freund

Lubo Hristov

Marc Banich

Petra Bach

Michele Perrone

Andrea Dallimonti

Robert Troy

Edward Steidele

Jerry Trent

Donald Sylvester

Miguel Rivera

Rick Kline

Gregg Landaker

Steve Maslow

Tim Gedemer

Sandy Gendler

Keith Bilderbeck

Charles Maynes

Angelo Palazzo

Frank Fleming

Val Kuklowsky

Jon Johnson

Kate Dowd

Gail Stevens

Sara Lewis

Gordon Antell

Karen Dimmig

Liberata Zocchi

Pat Romano

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U-571

Universal Pictures

The De Laurentiis Company

StudioCanal

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Italy

United States of America

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world war ii

north atlantic

enigma machine

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Can you forgive the film makers their sins?

Once in a while there comes a time when a film lover has their patience snapped, that we can't surely accept in this instance that poetic license is OK as an excuse purely for Hollywood to make a piece of entertainment. U-571 pretty much rips up the history books for its own ends, something that would see even the film makers themselves bow their heads during the years that followed. However... 

As a drama - cum - thriller, Jonathan Mostow's film is top end. There's some iffy acting in the support slots, but the production is still excellently put together. Suspense down below in the submarine is high anxiety, the tactics of war in the Atlantic superbly written, while the finale face off is edge of the seat gripping. It's these things that has let U-571 gain decent ratings on the main internet movie sites. 

Taken as a piece of Hollywood guff, it's a rocking war movie, one that also sounds absolutely tremendous through home cinema systems. As long as you accept it as guff - regardless of your nationality, then there is a great time to be had. But just as with films like Braveheart, do familiarise yourselves with the facts afterwards. 6/10

CinemaSerf

I usually enjoy submarine movies. Loads of action and precious little romance to clutter up the thing. On that front, this delivers quite well as Matthew McConaughey ("Tyler") and Bill Paxton ("Dahlgren") lead a daring mission to capture the enigma coding machine from an U-Boat. Thanks to a broken down Nazi sub in the middle of the ocean, the initial part of the operation goes surprisingly smoothly, but just at the moment of triumph, well - the rudder comes off. They must now make the best use they can of their captured ship and try to make it home in one piece with their prize. This isn't going to be easy. The torpedo tubes don't work. the thing is held together with chewing gum and willpower and the enemy know that they are out there. If you ignore the fact that this has very little to do with the history of the actual device, well, at least until the few captions at the end - this is quite a passable adventure with plenty of action, some not so great CGI and a competent acting ensemble to do the gung ho, ye ha stuff adequately enough. It can, at times, be effectively claustrophobic and does illustrate just how precarious life could be stuck in an airless tube 600 feet under the surface - especially when some guy on top is dropping depth charges. It's watchable, but equally forgettable.

U-571 (2000) Theatrical Trailer [5.1] [4K] [FTD-1490]

"Gladiator" and "U-571" winning Oscars® for Sound and Sound Editing

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U-571( 2000)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Tue Jun 23 2015

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