Heavy handed Hollywood but... a kind of true story

Rating: Null/10 (26 November 2002)

I thought U571 was pretty cheesy and definitely very Hollywood. Overall though it was a fun movie to watch if you aren't looking for much in the way of brain matter. In fact it had me laughing out loud in some spots. The part that made me laugh the most was when a German destroyer appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the Atlantic! -a poorly modeled one at that.
It is most certainly 90% made up with a 10% grain of truth and I wish I could see a little restraint from our European friends when it comes to telling the facts of what actually happened. Yes the British did in fact get their hands on a few Enigma machines and their ciphers (one from Poland in the opening days of the war and several more by the end) but the US Navy also captured one when U505 was forced to the surface and boarded. Please read about this! Don't write about historical events being true or not unless you know what you're talking about! Unfortunately I see a lot of this in reviews and comments, but I'm hopeful we'll all get on the same page when it comes to talking about the "facts".