No Sex in this one but still worth a viewing! (U-571 (DVD))

Member Name: welshwolf

Product:	U-571 (DVD)
Date:	17/10/01 (138 review reads)
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A film that I did not really enjoy when in the cinema but when I had the opportunity of buying the DVD for £10 in Blockbusters once again I snapped at it. One of my favourite films is ?Das Boot? so I decided to give this one a chance again.

The film is about Lt. Andrew Tyler ( Matthew McConaughery ) who has just been passed over for promotion in the Royal Navy and is out to prove himself. Whilst on a 48hr weekend leave with his company they are called back on a special mission. Basically a German Sub has been in a skirmish with an ally boat and is blasting out distress signals to the fatherland as it tries to limp home. A repair and rescue boat is on its way from Germany to save it but the Americans decide to try and beat it to the sub which they know is carrying an enigma encoder which is used to scramble messages.

On board the US sub is Harvey Keitel as Chief of the watch who backs Tyler to the hilt and plays an excellent part. The Americans do manage to arrive at the struggling sub before the German rescue ship and board the sub amongst a blaze of gunfire. Whilst the small boarding crew try and grapple with the German crew the sub they originally came in gets blown up and they have minutes to fathom the controls of the German Sub and dive unless they wish to meet the same fate.

Without spoiling the rest of the film they do manage to do this but head into a number of problems which keep you on the edge of your seat.

The DVD has a number of more than normal interesting extras as follows :-

· Spotlight on Feature ? 13 minutes of interviews and features with the cast and crewmembers.
· Features on the Submarine set ? A behind the scene look that was educational and interesting. This feature also covers the ?Enigma? and how it was used by the Nazis to encode there radio messages.
· Britain captures the U-110 ? A feature that takes a close look at the story that lead to this film being created. The truth!!


A film that I enjoyed much more the second time around and well worth having on a DVD.

Marks ? 7 out of 10 for the DVD.

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