Great Submarine Movie

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2002)

Although this film has been out for some time I just saw it. I had just recently seen "K-19: The Widowmaker" and I liked it well enough to want to see another submarine movie. It is hard to really make an accurate comparison of the two movies because I saw K-19 on the big screen and I watched U-571 on my laptop computer. I honestly believe the only way to really appreciate a film is on the big screen. However, with that said, I would recommend this movie to people who like military movies. Women might not particularly like it because there is no romance in this movie. This is not a chick flick; It is a man's movie.
My review is this: the movie is a fictional movie based on real events which took place prior to and during WWII. Many of us who have watched the History Channel or Discovery know that the Enigma coding machines used by the Germans during WWII were very difficult to decipher. Messages intercepted often took many days to decode. It was absolutely imperative that the Allies get hold of an Enigma machine so as to help give us an extra advantage in the war. This movie is about that endeavor. Of course, getting the machine had historic value but that, by itself, would not have made a really exciting movie. So this movie has lots of action and elevates normal men to the status of heroes. We all like that.
Beyond that we see the transformation of a young Naval Officer, Matthew McConaughey from a graduate of the Naval Academy to a leader of men.
As an ex-military man I would recommend this movie to any person who likes movies with a military theme.