Decent Submarine Movie

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2002)

I liked this movie. I did have a nitpick though, I don't like nor see the need for the foolish russian accented english most of the actors used. Either speak Russian and subtitle it for me (not going to happen with a Hollywood movie) or speak just english. Adding a poorly done accent as if the characters spoke english with bad accents back in the day in the Motherland is not adding much in the way of atmosphere. I think the movies that have handled foreign settings best run it in the native tongue of the setting, then have a sort of magical transition into english as if the audience has just gained fluency in the language and now doesn't notice that it's listening to a movie in another language other than english. I think u571 handled the german that way.
Over all the movie is fine, what big hearts those guys had who went into the reactor space to save their crew and their ship. Some gave all so that others may live, and that's a tearjerker and heroism no matter what nation you're from.