In Enemy Hands (2004)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Tony Giglio

Writers:

John E. Deaver (screenplay)
John E. Deaver (story)

Release Date:

19 February 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | War | Action

Tagline:

Courage, trust and honor. In a time when ordinary men had no choice but to become extraordinary heroes.

Plot:

At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea...

Plot Keywords:

U Boat | Prisoner Of War | WWII | Split Screen | Admiral

Cast

Til Schweiger	...	U 429: Kapitän Jonas Herdt
Thomas Kretschmann	...	U 429: 1st Watch Officer Ludwig Cremer
Connor Donne	...	U 429: Lt. Bauer (as Conner Donne)
Matt Lindquist	...	U 429: Friedrich
Andy Gatjen	...	U 429: Christophe
Rene Heger	...	Quartermaster Klause
Alex Prusmack	...	U 429: Andreas
Sascha Rosemann	...	U 429: Lars
Justin Thomson	...	U 429 - Wilhem (as Justin Thompson)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	U 429: Hans
Scott Caan	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Lt. Cmdr. Randall Sullivan
Clark Gregg	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Executive Officer Teddy Goodman
A.J. Buckley	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Medical Officer
William H. Macy	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Chief of Boat Nathan Travers
Jeremy Sisto	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Jason Abers

Also Known As:

U-Boat (Europe: English title) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | USA:R | Australia:M | Italy:T

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Artisan Entertainment

Trivia:

The U-429 is a real boat that was made by the Germans in World War II but was transferred to the Italian Navy after being produced. The boat however never saw combat.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The hatch on the U-Boot is oval with a wing-nut dogging lever. U-Boot bulkhead hatches were circular with a wheel to operate the dogging mechanism.

Doesn't hold water

This movie is running on Danish television as I write this. I watched about half of it, then I decided to abandon ship. Obvious factual errors (and I'm not even a sub-buff, although I have a general interest in military, warfare, and WW II), silly "dramatic" effects, like when Macy has a "vision" (?) of his wife aboard the German sub, the ridiculous concept of prisoners being kept chained and standing for three days, a chained prisoner with a breathing device which he spits out, etc, etc.

I haven't seen much of Macy; he seems to be a competent actor, but what a waste...

This movie s(t)inks. It really makes me regret I didn't buy the director's cut of Das Boot when I saw it at a fairly bargain price in a store just today. The comments here on IMDb were far more entertaining than the movie.