When American submarine Swordfish is torpedoed the survivors are picked up by a passing German U-boat but an outbreak of meningitis threatens all aboard.
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Title: In Enemy Hands (2004)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| William H. Macy | ... | Chief of Boat Nathan Travers | |
| Til Schweiger | ... | Kapitän Jonas Herdt | |
| Thomas Kretschmann | ... | 1st Watch Officer Ludwig Cremer | |
| Clark Gregg | ... | Executive Officer Teddy Goodman | |
| Scott Caan | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Randall Sullivan | |
| Rene Heger | ... | Quartermaster Klause | |
| Carmine Giovinazzo | ... | Buck Cooper | |
| Jeremy Sisto | ... | Jason Abers | |
| A.J. Buckley | ... | Medical Officer | |
| Sam Huntington | ... | Virgil Wright | |
| Connor Donne | ... | Lt. Bauer (as Conner Donne) | |
| Ian Somerhalder | ... | Danny Miller | |
| Branden Morgan | ... | Benny Romano | |
| Andy Gatjen | ... | Christophe | |
| Gavin Hood | ... | Achilles Captain | |
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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. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives. Written by Anonymous
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19 February 2005 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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$5,400,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Kapitän Jonas Herdt: [narrating] At the outbreak of World War II, Germany increased its U-boat production by 1,000%, mass-producing 17 new U-boats a month. Hitler knew the key to winning the war in Europe was to control the Atlantic. And control it he would. By 1942, German U-boats, working in groups called wolf packs, sunk over 1,000 Allied ships. Their success gave Germany a decisive advantage. They were winning the war. And if this trend continued, all of Europe would fall.
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Interesting coincidence that William H Macy, Lauren Holly, and the U.S.S. Swordfish also appear in Down Periscope (1996) as well. See more »Goofs
WW 2 era submarines lacked the target acquisition and torpedo guidance technology to fight one another while both submarines were submerged. That didn't become possible until at least a decade after the war ended. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Kapitän Jonas Herdt: [narrating] At the outbreak of World War II, Germany increased its U-boat production by 1,000%, mass-producing 17 new U-boats a month. Hitler knew the key to winning the war in Europe was to control the Atlantic. And control it he would. By 1942, German U-boats, working in groups called wolf packs, sunk over 1,000 Allied ships. Their success gave Germany a decisive advantage. They were winning the war. And if this trend continued, all of Europe would fall.
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This movie is a watchable one. It's not really a memorable one though but when you decide to watch it, it won't bore you.
When the movie began I was kind of worried. The editing was poor and the acting horrible B-movie like and it had a made-for-TV kind of look. But thankfully all those things improved later as the movie progressed.
It's obvious that the budget wasn't very big since they had to use stock footage from movies like "U-571" and even "Down Periscope". They also used stock footage from real WW II Destroyers and other boats which was pretty obvious at times, it was kind of amateur-like and unrealistic the way it was edited into the movie.
The story is pretty solid, despite some awfully weak dialog at times. It was at first kind of weird that the movie focused on both the Americans and Germans in the same way but later in the movie it becomes obvious why. The movie mostly fails to become tense but still its perfect good entertainment to watch all.
Not a must see by any means but when you decide to see it nevertheless, you will be fairly entertained. And hey it has got William H. Macy and Thomas Kretschmann and some other well known actors in small roles in it, which makes this movie absolutely, very well watchable.
7/10
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