U-571 (2000)
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Written by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer
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A group of marines take control of a German submarine in order to steal secret codes. In this submarine they have to fight off enemies and deal with getting depth charges dropped upon them.
I thought this was directed by Katherine Bigelow, but I had this mistaken with K-19: The Widowmaker. I am glad I watched this. It's the first (and possibly only) submarine movie I've ever seen.
This movie has an odd collection of actors, most of whom I dislike (Bon Jovi, McConaughey, Bill Paxton). They all manage to pull in a solid performance. I'm sure this movie is fairly inaccurate and isn't a tale of morality like many other war films. It's still good fun and fairly tense.
7.5/10
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