U-571
The story tells of the United States' efforts to crack Nazi U-boats' communication codes during World War II. To do so they must get an encoding device off a Nazi submarine without the rest of the German army knowing they've done so.
Matthew McConaughey stars as Lt. Andy Tyler, a sub-under-assistant Naval officer who thinks he could be a leader and gets his wish when his crew's mission to get the encoder is botched and all hell breaks loose.
The film presents an interesting and original plot when Tyler and his crew are stuck in a German sub and must fight off another German sub and a destroyer ship while their own boat is falling apart.
The action sequences are interesting at first but wear out quickly after the same scenarios keep repeating and the individual conflicts and problems within the sub become so predictable and just plain fake. A good premise hurt by poor direction.
GRADE: B-
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