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

Wayne Wahrman

David Ayer

Dino De Laurentiis

Richard Marvin

Oliver Wood

Jonathan Mostow

Sam Montgomery

Martha De Laurentiis

Maria Teresa Barbasso

Robert Gould

April Ferry

William Ladd Skinner

Robert Woodruff

Cynthia Sleiter

Carol Lewis

Marco Trentini

Augusto Grassi

Mark Norby

Allen Hall

Götz Weidner

Aldo Chessari

Michael T. Travers

Angelo Palazzo

Kate Dowd

Liberata Zocchi

Dana Kristen Vahle

Marc Banich

Keith Bilderbeck

Charles Maynes

Donna Berwick

Maurizio Silvi

Sara Lewis

Mario Tursi

Rexford L. Metz

Stefano De Nardis

Cheryl Starbuck

Jamie Dixon

Antonio Fraulo

Gianmaria Majorana

Vincenzo Mastrantonio

Henric Nieminen

Tommy Dorsett

Steve Maslow

Vincenzo Carpineta

Bruno Colanzi

Vittorio Torrieri

Lance Julian

Paola Genovese

Gail Stevens

Daniele Massaccesi

Leontine Snell

David Dwiggins

Richard O. Helmer

Petra Bach

Robert Troy

Dianne Dreyer

Giancarlo De Leonardis

Frances Mathias

Michele Perrone

Donald Sylvester

Miguel Rivera

Val Kuklowsky

Fernando Valento

Elisabetta De Leonardis

Thomas J. Smith

Annick Biltresse

Fabio Zamarion

David Sosalla

Mark Freund

Tim Gedemer

James B. Crawford

Irene Mifsud-Bonnici

Jon Baker

Ezio Canesso

Claudio Manzi

Renato Francola

David Farrugia

Luigi Rocchetti

Erin M. Cullen

Sandy DellaMarie

Lubo Hristov

Andrea Dallimonti

Gregg Landaker

Sandy Gendler

Gordon Antell

Karen Dimmig

Antonio Gasbarini

Monica Amadori

Mauro Tamagnini

Thad Beier

Darin McCormick-Millett

Jon Johnson

Shawn Broes

Peter Donen

Edward M. Steidele

Jerry Trent

Rick Kline

Frank Fleming

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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