Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Matthew McConaughey | ... | Tyler | |
Bill Paxton | ... | Dahlgren | |
Harvey Keitel | ... | Chief | |
Jon Bon Jovi | ... | Emmett | |
David Keith | ... | Coonan | |
Thomas Kretschmann | ... | Wassner | |
Jake Weber | ... | Hirsch | |
Jack Noseworthy | ... | Wentz | |
Tom Guiry | ... | Trigger | |
Will Estes | ... | Rabbit | |
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson | ... | Eddie (as T.C. Carson) | |
Erik Palladino | ... | Mazzola | |
Dave Power | ... | Tank | |
Derk Cheetwood | ... | Griggs | |
Matthew Settle | ... | Larson |
In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazis have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realize this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazis and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat. Written by Filmtwob <webmaster@filmfreak.co.za>
A lot of movies use historical events such as wars or tragedies as backdrops for their movies. "Titanic" for instance was completely untrue for the most part. This movie for some reason had lots of people complaining about how Americans were not the first to find the decoder depicted in the film. So what? Really, some people are just so anal. If England wishes for the true story to be told make a documentary on the subject with their money. This is an action movie made with American dollars, this is not to be confused with fact, seriously did you look up the Titanic's manifest and see if that poor Jack or his love Rose was on it. The decoder was just a way to get some guys on a German U-boat so we could have a pretty good action movie. It was nothing to ponder or for historians to dissect, I mean did we believe that Forrest Gump was real too and that he was a very important person in American History too or what? The main problem I had with this one is that Matthew McConaughey is the lead in this one. I think someone else would have been better, though he was not to bad in this one. Just when I see him I usually think chick flick, though I did like him in "Sahara" too. So a nice action movie, with some good submarine battles, I preferred "The Hunt Red October" and I have heard the German film "Das Boot" is the superior submarine film of all of them, but have never seen that one. Would like to though, until then though I enjoyed this one and I realize the English were the first to find said decoder.