Excellent action film.

Rating: 7/10 (4 October 2000)

You out there that say that this movie is a rip-off of Das Boat, or that it is unrealistic should really stick to reading historical books. This is a action movie staring Americans. It is just a movie. Hollywood would use English actors and film it as true, but then no one would go to see it, except at the film festivals, and that does not sell tickets. If you want a hollywood action movie that has the budget for stars and special effects then you give up the reality side of the story.
This movie is a truely great action movie. It really makes one wonder how those sailors back then could cope with being on a submarine that was depth charged or even torpedo'ed. It's hard for those of us that has grown up in the freedom that they insured us to understand. See this movie and think about it.
Not for rather its true, but the story, and the way things worked back then.