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Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's (BREAKDOWN) submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and determination of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds. The mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed on a top secret, high-priority mission to intercept a .. Read more

Starring	Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi
Director	Jonathon Mostow
Genres	Action/Adventure

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  - 3
  An entertaining movie..pity your reviewers don't read the credits!
  
  As a movie, the challenge for the director was to produce an entertaining and gripping motion picture when at the same time the audience knows (or can guess) ... read more »
  
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  - CDR Peter R Hibbert USN
  - London, England
  - 02 Jul 2007 at 21:01
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- - 0
  - 0
  Ok - so we know the storyline is rubbish
  
  and we know that this really is a 'thank God for the Americans' Hollywood effort, but take all that away and just sit back and enjoy the film. Not a ... read more »
  
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- - Steve Hatton
  - Cornwall, England
  - 17 Dec 2011 at 20:21
- - 1
  - 0
  The makings of an excellent comedy.
  
  Sadly, the key word that springs to mind when watching ths film is 'Wooden'.. Rarely am I moved to criticise in this way, however for this film I will ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 12 Nov 2010 at 16:15
- - 3
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  Another American flop
  
  This is a typical American 'version' of history. Very good for Americans so that they can continue to live inside their 'version of history'. ... read more »
  
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  - Jan
  - 03 Aug 2010 at 14:14
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  u-571
  
  brilliant, full of action and keeps you at the edge of your seat. Based on a true story. Acting was great. Loved it.
  
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- - dondonshannah
  - 71 reviews
  - scotland
  - 03 Feb 2010 at 13:21
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  U571
  
  Fantastic movie very exact in detail . Good digital but only where it is needed . Thank goodness some directors still believe in bringing us the real thing when... read more »
  
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  - dickydoo
  - 5 reviews
  - Ripon
  - 23 Dec 2009 at 19:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Oh.. I wish I hadn't
  
  It was an awful film, historically inaccurate and I hated it. The people responsible should be fired out of a torpedo tube into the harbour wall.
  
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  - Maidstone
  - 02 Nov 2009 at 15:12
- - 2
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  Hollywood! Hang your head in shame!!
  
  The most that you can say about this travesty of a film is that the Germans speak German. Okay, so the END credits reveal that it was in fact the British who ... read more »
  
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  - Newmarket
  - 12 Jan 2009 at 11:31
- - 4
  - 1
  U- 571 - ouch!
  
  Not so much bad as embarrassing. So much so that my family made excuses and left one by one before the end leaving me praying for an early tsunami. The plot ... read more »
  
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  - Clacton-on-Sea
  - 06 Dec 2008 at 09:40
- - 2
  - 1
  Too Inaccurate
  
  This film falsely claims that the Americans, rather than the British, captured a vital Enigma machine. Americans trying to rewrite history through the big ... read more »
  
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- - KatiMark
  - 33 reviews
  - Warwickshire, England
  - 10 Apr 2008 at 00:26
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  U571
  
  Average film. The plot is ridiculous. A US submarine sails accross the Atlantic to intercept a german sub off French coast before the Germans get there.
  
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  - 10 Nov 2007 at 05:11
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- - 22
  - 3
  An entertaining movie..pity your reviewers don't read the credits!
  
  As a movie, the challenge for the director was to produce an entertaining and gripping motion picture when at the same time the audience knows (or can guess) ... read more »
  
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  - CDR Peter R Hibbert USN
  - London, England
  - 02 Jul 2007 at 21:01
- - 9
  - 2
  Fact or Fiction - Aviod if you believe in the TRUTH!
  
  If this film had been about a ficticious piece of radar hardware etc then it wiuld be a very entertaining and watchable film. However the facts relating to the ... read more »
  
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  - Prescot... Merseyside
  - 22 Feb 2006 at 10:10
- - 6
  - 0
  4 stars for sound 2 for accuracy
  
  If you want to show off the sound of your home cinema and make that sub woofer bark enough to crack your walls; this is the film for you. Incredible use of ... read more »
  
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  - South Bucks, England
  - 03 Mar 2005 at 20:27
- - 6
  - 0
  Pork Pies
  
  If you like complete and utter lies, this completely Americanised story leads on from Saving Private Ryan where there was no English in world war 2. It is a ... read more »
  
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- - Johnno
  - Kent
  - 15 Mar 2004 at 19:31
- - 5
  - 1
  Worth a Watch
  
  Ignore the 'how the american's won the war' and sit back and enjoy a pretty good WWII movie. Good acting (I'll even give Jon Bon Jovi a few ... read more »
  
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  - Doncaster, England
  - 10 Nov 2004 at 09:36
- - 4
  - 0
  By-the-numbers fantasy
  
  On the surface all the essential elements seem to be there: big names, strong story, good script, sound acting, lots of action, half decent special effects etc... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 26 Feb 2005 at 19:51
- - 4
  - 0
  Once again, how the US 'won the war' ... this time at sea
  
  A novel tale with some 'interesting' views of 'submariners/submarine life'. These WWII US subs must have had more space than some of today'... read more »
  
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  - The (Wild) South West
  - 11 Jan 2006 at 12:08
- - 4
  - 1
  U- 571 - ouch!
  
  Not so much bad as embarrassing. So much so that my family made excuses and left one by one before the end leaving me praying for an early tsunami. The plot ... read more »
  
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  - Clacton-on-Sea
  - 06 Dec 2008 at 09:40
- - 3
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  Inaccurate
  
  Since when did the US Navy win WWII? I thought it was the Allies. Equally, what happened to the (real) British heroes who actually captured the Enigma machine... read more »
  
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- - matt791
  - Oxfordshire
  - 31 Mar 2005 at 00:43
- - 3
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  Another American flop
  
  This is a typical American 'version' of history. Very good for Americans so that they can continue to live inside their 'version of history'. ... read more »
  
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- 911047
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  - Jan
  - 03 Aug 2010 at 14:14

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  Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's (BREAKDOWN) submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and determination of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds. The mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed on a top secret, high-priority ...

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  Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's (BREAKDOWN) submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and determination of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds. The mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed on a top secret, high-priority ...