Hollywood Hokum
This film came out long after Das Boot, one of the best, if not the penultimate, submarine movies ever made. Yet, this one ranks with Pearl Harbor for lack of any semblance of accuracy or credibility.Pristine white shirts and covers in a greasy environment makes you wonder what the director was thinking. Nothing remains that clean on a submarine -- EVER! The boats of both sides continuously operate submerged. Who are they trying to kid? The atmosphere inside would become lethal after 24 hours. The batteries would begin to go flat and the boat would begin to die.
When at the rendezvous point with the Milchkuh, the Kaleun raises the periscope to look for the Milchkuh. Upon sighting the destroyer, the Kaleun left the periscope up, a fatal mistake. He kept it up even as he ordered a deep dive! The man has a death wish.
The American destroyer must have a hold the size of Texas in order to accommodate all the depth charges it manages to drop ineffectively against this boat.
The factual errors continue to mount as the film goes on.
If you have a choice, avoid this film like the plague. If someone sends it to you as a gift, turn the DVD into a coaster or a flying disc toy.
score 1/10
CaptSquid 11 October 2008
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1958933/35518
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