This was an awesome an amazingly intense war film.

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2000)

U-571 took a great story, excellent acting, and an extremely tense setting and molded it all into a great World War II film. Matthew McConaughey was perfect as the lieutenant of a group of Americans trapped aboard a crippled German submarine in hostile waters. Their efforts to get through safely, while avoiding numerous depth charges, provided the foundation of the plot.

This really was an excellent war film. It may not have been quite on the same level as Saving Private Ryan, but it holds its own and is very well put together.