too convenient

Rating: 5/10 (15 April 2001)

Two friends of mine exalted this movie to levels usually reserved for the likes of Citizen Cane. Little did I know. Now that I have seen it and have given it a generous 5 as a vote. I do know that my friends have not seen Das Boot. Probably haven't even heard about it. U-571 is just too damn convenient for its own good. Us, the good guys, the American that is, are going to invade the Germans U-boat. So it's convenient that there should be someone on board who speaks fluid German. They're stuck in a predicament so they save the German Captain, because it's convenient to have someone on board that can SABOTAGE you. Give me a break. For anyone that may read this do yourself a favor and skip this one and instead rent Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen, which is no surprise that it ranks 39 in the Imdb top 250.