Great sub action

Rating: 7/10 (29 April 2000)

U-571 has great war action, but it needs a good story to back it up to be really a blockbuster, and I don't see the best story here (not as good as Das Boot anyway). The story is a true one (switched from Britain to America as the heroes) in which a group of navy sub men need to find a stranded sub with a machine that will help them in the war. Once they get to the ship and take over it though, teh Americans loose their sub and must board the Germans sub. This is giving grave danger to them because they do not know what everything is in the sub, and everybody (Germans and Britains) will be looking for them. Heart racing action and good stars (Matthew McConaghey, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi and Bill Paxton) bring this film to high hights, but the story is very thin under It's main plot, and I didn't find it all that interesting. My pick for best sound and visual effects (if nothing else comes along) of the year. A-