U-571

A very tense and exciting war movie.

Without much charge and even less depth.

It's a wham-bam bumpy ride, great fun in the old-fashioned war movie tradition.

Sharply edited and vigorously directed and performed.

For all its realistic bluster, feels vaguely hollow.

U-571 is junk as history; as a mindless Saturday night action flick, its pretty good

Well-executed but troubling wartime historical revisionism.

... more like a Star Trek television episode

[Both] a rousing action thriller...[and] near-parody of the rah-rah American military adventures that filled screens in the '40s and '50s. [Blu-Ray]