U-571

2000 116 min ★ 6.6 War, Action, Adventure

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'.

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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

Details

Director

Jonathan Mostow

Screenplay

David Ayer

Tagline

"Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$62,000,000

Revenue

$127,700,000

Production

StudioCanal, DDL Cinematografica

Reviews

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John Chard

June 23, 2015

★ 6/10

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...

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CinemaSerf

April 1, 2024

★ 6/10

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...