A bad movie made badly

Rating: 4/10 (25 July 2006)

The plot of this movie is that the US Navy must capture the German Enigma encryption machine from a German submarine.
How do I hate this movie, let me count the ways:
The mistreatment of history in this movie has been documented in many places, so I won't retell it save to mention that it is highly disrespectful of the seamen who lost their lives recovering the real enigma machine from the sinking U559. Then you have a script which is filled with as many holes as the eponymous submarine. Then you have a plot which is thoroughly predictable. Then you have Matthew McConaughy who presence has ruined several quite decent flicks. Here he is just emblematic of its awfulness. Then you have poor special effects. Though I do confess the surface shots of what seemed to be real depth charges were a rare highlight. Then you have annoying characters who don't behave like real people in order to create artificial subplots. Then you have Harvey Keitel who has some awful lines, he should stick with Tarantino films. Then you have Hollywood who paid for this calamity. I don't hate Hollywood per se but this is the stereotypical example of what they do to history and heroism.
Oh how I was praying that those depth charges would drown them all, but no, even when the sub is hit almost directly by several depth charges, everyone is fine apart from a few popped rivets.
If you want to watch a really good submarine movie, watch Das Boot. If you want to watch a decent Hollywood made submarine movie, watch Crimson Tide. If you want to watch a Hollywood movie which is a bit silly that is still fun to watch, go rent The Hunt for Red October. In fact the Simpson Tide is better than this. Please help consign this trash to the discount bin.