Something was missing . . .

Rating: 5/10 (27 April 2000)

U-571's was a predictable action yarn with nothing much to note. The story line did a great job of setting up its all too deliberate punches. Bill Paxton basically outlined each one of Matthew McConaughey's future actions in the first 20 minutes of the film. The action sequences did well to build some suspense but the computer graphics looked terrible. The fact that the background was fake was painfully obvious. The ending made it seem as if the screenwriters had run out of material or the director had run out of film. All in all the film just left me wanting something better.