Thoroughly ridiculus... (Containing spoiler)

Rating: 1/10 (14 July 2001)

Having read a couple of books on the capture of Enigma from the Germans, which is the central theme in this movie, I was shocked by the story told in this movie.
I don't know why it seems to be more important to Hollywood these days to glorify America than to tell a story the way it actually happened.
I found this movie both predictable and unrealistic at the same time.
Why is it that the heroes are able to hit an enemy with a torpedo at first try using unfamiliar equipment while successfully evading numerous enemy torpedoes ?
Why are they able to evade a destroyer and sink it using one single torpedo, which they're only able to fire, because a vital repair is finished about a split second before they had to fire the torpedo, less they be killed ? How can they do it in a uboat which is able to do little more than float ?
Why is one single American portrayed as being more clever and skillful than an entire uboat filled with Germans ?
Why are the characters in this movie so shallow, that you can predict what's going to happen to most of them ?
I was left with a feeling like I had just been subjected to a couple of hours worth of really bad propaganda.