this film belongs below crush depth

Rating: 2/10 (6 April 2007)

Background: I am a very patriotic American that loves our military, so I know that the true stories of heroism and duty by our forces are insulted by this preposterous film. The story goes that a U-boat's mechanics were all killed by fire, so it drifts in the middle of the Atlantic long enough for the American navy to disguise one of its own subs AND for said sub to FIND the u-boat that has been drifting for days in the ocean. If that story doesn't strike you as stupid, then you don't know how hard it is to find a ship at sea. Many movies have bad science or illogical plots in order to make an artistic point, but this movie made no point. Actually, the story was about an American officer who wasn't tough enough to be captain, and the entire impossible set of events was to set up the drama of the (SPOILER!!!!) officer sending a sailor to his death in order to save the ship. But this point was so far in the background and was so poorly executed as to be laughable. I mean the sailor was under one foot of water, somebody hand him a pipe to breath through.