Predictable yet well made. Historically obscene!

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2000)

Apologies to my British compatriots. I guess for this movie to be 'based on a true story' the only requirement is that WWII actually took place. British pioneering in cryptography and intelligence gathering during the war largely influenced the outcome. British contributions to the war are an often overlooked by Hollywood and US History books. Enigma was a great British triumph and one of the top critical events of the war. The whole Wolfpack tracking effort was ingenious and British. I certainly appreciate the anger over this 'give the credit to the Americans' film especially from those who fought so bravely in the battles.
That being said, the film was action packed, well acted and not completely unbelievable.
My disappointments: One scene of a torpedo hit was ridiculously overdone. Harvey Keitel's final words to the commander were weak. A much better dialog should have been drafted for a great actor like Keitel. All other aspects of this film were very well done.