Well, it certainly isn't Das Boot, but it tries to be...

Rating: 5/10 (29 April 2000)

It appears that Jonathan Mostow is a fan of good submarine movies. It's too bad that he didn't make one. He imitates selected action sequences from Das Boot and The Hunt For Red October, but U-571 has none of the intelligence of those movies. Even though there are many casualties, there are too many close calls that always pan out for the crew. One is reminded of Star Trek and how the cast repeatedly makes that one-in-a-million chance.

Still, it is ok to watch once.