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"...Excitingly taut and kinetic....Leaps from one suspense gambit to the next..." -- Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (05/28/2000)

"...[A] well-executed tale...mixing some cinema-rumbling big bangs with plenty of screen-cinging pyrotechnics..."
Total Film - Dan Jolin (07/01/2000)

"...[A] smooth white-knuckler....It's a simple pleasure to watch..."
Movieline's Hollywood Life - Michael Atkinson (11/01/2000)

"...A rousing, old-fashioned submarine adventure....Just the right blend of adventure, action and gritty realism to keep audiences riveted throughout....A smart, slick crowd-pleaser..."
Box Office - Wade Major (05/01/2000)

"...[The film] gets high marks for tension and excitement. The action sequences are bracing and involving..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (04/21/2000)

"In the cramped quarters of the submarine you can realistically identify with the high temperatures and sweat on the faces of the stressed crew."
Widescreen Review - Widescreen Review Staff (07/01/2006)

U-571 (DVD, 2000)

Fairly ordinary movie about a WWII mission to capture a damaged German Submarine, the U-571. There has been a flash fire onboard and the entire engine room crew has been killed. There isn't anyone else on board who knows how to repair the engines. A distress message was intercepted from the sub to German High Command for assistance. The challenge is to get to the U-571 and capture it before the Germans can respond. The plan is to use an old WWI sub, S-33, which resembles the German design enough to fool the sub crew. The goal is to capture the secret coding device, ENIGMA, and the code books. If the sub can be captured, the Germans will simply think that it sunk before they arrived and not be the wiser. All goes well until the Americans and Germans arrive at the same time. The Americans capture the German sub, but before they can get away, the German sub sinks the American sub and kills almost everybody. Now the only hope they have is the crippled German sub that can't hardly maneuver. Luckily, they are able to sink the German sub, but still unable to maneuver, they are not out of the water. Their secret mission doesn't include being in a German submarine. Pretty good movie.

Good WWII submarine movie

I bought this movie because I like good war movies. This one had both submarine and U-boats facing off, intrigue and the relationship of the YOUNG(17-18 year old) men serving on the boat. I also liked the Directors commentary on why he did this movie. This movie is along the lines of "Run Silent Run Deep and "Das Boat".

U-571 (2008, Blu-ray Disc)

U-571 (2008, Blu-ray Disc)
I love this move, I always been a u-boat fan! This one is the best one ever made! A group a skippers shall do a incredible hard mission! to sheet the Germans and take theirs communications-Keys, namned: Enigma. The way to try to success was long and hard and givs no rest for the wacher. This movie is filled with tens and is always happening things, sad or good, this is a movie wich I really want to recommended and is in my heart, forever!!!
Jan Bergstrand/Sweden

A Solid Movie

This is a fun little war flick with some good action. Some of the acting is a little over the top and a couple of the twists and turns are a little unrealistic, but if you just relax and enjoy the ride it is a fun movie. They tried hard to make the film historically accurate but it has a few problems. Again only slightly distracting from a fun story. It does not even come close to Das Boot in terms of drama or realism.