Ignore the Facts, Enjoy the Film

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2000)

Park your historical books at home. You won't need them. Just grab some popcorn a soda and hang on. Once the ball starts rolling, it never stops until the end. And, just when things are already more than tense enough, the lieutenant is given one more big responsibility - you'll see what I mean.
A good cast, an interesting premise, fine special effects and a lot of depth charges made for a heckuva couple of hours. Matthew McConaughey leaves his cute looks behind and comes off as a very convincing man-in-charge under the most difficult of circumstances. Harvey Keitel does a nice understated (for Harvey) job and the rest of the crew are good at looking frightened.
The Americans aren't ALL heroic and, thank goodness the Germans aren't all evil. I wasn't expecting it to be nearly as enjoyable as I found it to be. I highly recommend it.