U-571

“Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times.”

6.5(1,397)20001h 56m

WarActionAdventure

In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

Director

Jonathan Mostow

Budget

$62.0M

Revenue

$127.7M

"Gladiator" and "U-571" winning Oscars® for Sound and Sound Editing

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Cast

Matthew McConaughey

Lt. Andrew Tyler

Bill Paxton

Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

Harvey Keitel

CPO Henry Klough

Jon Bon Jovi

Lt. Pete Emmett

David Keith

Maj. Matthew Coonen

Thomas Kretschmann

Capt. Lt. Gunther Wassner

Jake Weber

Lt. Hirsch

Jack Noseworthy

Bill Wentz

Tom Guiry

Ted Trigger Fitzgerald

Will Estes

Ronald Rabbit Parker

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson

Steward Eddie Carson

Erik Palladino

Seaman Anthony Mazzola

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Reviews

2 reviews

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

I usually enjoy submarine movies. Loads of action and precious little romance to clutter up the thing. On that front, this delivers quite well as Matthew McConaughey ("Tyler") and Bill Paxton ("Dahlgren") lead a daring mission to capture the enigma coding machine from an U-Boat. Thanks to a broken down Nazi sub in the middle of the ocean, the initial part of the operation goes surprisingly smoothl...

John Chard

11y ago

6.0

Can you forgive the film makers their sins? Once in a while there comes a time when a film lover has their patience snapped, that we can't surely accept in this instance that poetic license is OK as an excuse purely for Hollywood to make a piece of entertainment. U-571 pretty much rips up the history books for its own ends, something that would see even the film makers themselves bow their head...