there's a better story out there

Rating: 5/10 (6 April 2009)

I wouldn't say this movie was awful. If it's on TV, I'll watch it. But if Hollywood wants to make a movie about a significant contribution by the United States to stop the U-boat threat, they should make a movie about the capture of the U-505 by the USS Guadalcanal task force.
The U-505 was a Type IXC U-boat dispatched to the Atlantic to sink merchant ships. One note in her history is that she was the most heavily damaged submarine to make it back into a safe port for repairs. But anyways, I digress. Captain Daniel V. Gallery, commander of the USS Guadalcanal, was ordered to sink any U-boats his carrier task force encountered. He had a different idea, however; to capture one, if possible. And so, to make a long story short, his efforts were successful in capturing the U-505, the first enemy man-of-war captured by the United States since the War of 1812.
Correct my mistakes, all you history buffs out there(I wrote most of it from memory and left out the big details such as the actual events leading up to the capture) but if you don't know about the history of the U-505 I would definitely suggest reading into it. It has action, danger, drama,suspense and all the other ingredients to make a great Hollywood blockbuster.
Hope someone out there reads this.