U-571 (DVD) Reviews

Review of U-571, an action/adventure DVD. About The DVD Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi and Jake Weber. Director: Jonathon Mostow. Writers: Jonathan Mostow, David Ayer, Sam Montgomery Producers: Dino De Laurentiis, Hal Lieberman, Lucio Trentini, Martha De ...  Read the complete review

U-571 ===== A superb popcorn blockbuster of a film. Full of intrigue suspense and action. The film is basically about a race. A race to capture the elusive enigma decoder. But this must be done without the Germans realising the allies have obtain it. To do this will need all of the allies cunning and daring, and it must ...  Read the complete review

U 571 Have only just watched this and although grossly inaccurate it was quite enjoyable. Synopsis: ~~~~~~~ The movie starts with U571 torpedoing ships but then it gets spotted by a destroyer which proceeds to drop depth charges on it. The German U boat gets damaged by the depth charges and with all of the ...  Read the complete review

With the war effort hanging in the balance and the German navy controlling the Atlantic water ways the British and American armies need a breakthrough. So when a German Submarine is hit and left stranded on the American side of the Atlantic dividing line the opportunity to recover an enigma code machine is a must. The American's send a team in to ...  Read the complete review

It was with a great deal of interest that I sat down on Friday to watch U-571, a World War II film about Submarines. I was not dissappointed and was left with a greater knowledge about how fragile and delicate submarines are. However, I was dissappointed with the way that the Americans have portrayed themselves as the smartest,quickest and best at ...  Read the complete review

A is for Anyone can tell that dave27 ain't exactly the world's biggest fan of War Movies. In fact, I can categorically claim that I have never, ever seen a War Movie which I would have been prepared to give house room to. Much the same as Cowboy Films, the fascination for War Movies has always passed me by. B is for But I'd ...  Read the complete review

The Film U-571 caused a rather large sensation when it originally was released. It is based in the Second World War at sea, though there is nothing hugely out of place with that. The film has been totally Americanized, though only just a bit. I mean a simple mistake really getting two countries confused, especially when they are on the ...  Read the complete review

Another Hollywood insult to real hero's. DONT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY - Advantages: Hardly anyone bothered to see it - Disadvantages: Inacurate, Insulting

Once again it is up to the British public to overcome any prejudices they may have as to the way “history has been re-written” by Hollywood to make the Americans look as heroic as possible. This has been done somewhat at the expense of the “Tommies”, who made by far the most valuable contributions to cracking the Enigma ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

I didn't expect to like this film much, primarily due to its rabid pro-Americanism. I'm not a great fan of naval films anyway, and I knew that the story was not only fiction but re-defined truth. Indeed many of our older generation, patriots or wartime heroes would be more than justified in describing U-571 as offensive. So it ...  Read the complete review

Ah the hot potatoe that is U-571, the english press getting whipped up into a frenzy other the historical detractions the film has. The film portrays american's capturing the enigma machine from the germans when in fact they didn't have anything to do with it. that's what annoyed some people but this is a film that british film ...  Read the complete review

This film caused somewhat of a furore when it was released last year mostly due to the Americans laying claim to British achievements.This didn't put me off as I felt people who got their history from Hollywood deserved all they got.I missed it at the cinema however but did pick up the DvD version for £9.99 in the HMV sale - far cheaper than ...  Read the complete review

well hello i am trying to get thru to people the big competition in the film industry a waste of time ahhhhhhhhhhhhh but well there has been lots of competition going on between these two high status companies bollywood is based in bombay india while hollywood is based hollywood california in the united states bollywood play movies ...  Read the complete review

I would like to do this by headings, notes I made when I was watching the film. NEVER MIND ABOUT WHO DID WHAT FIRST. My advice, do like we did in the old days, pull up your comfy chair and enjoy the film, don't worry that it's not historically correct, it isn't, but it didn't stop me enjoying it. SPECIAL ...  Read the complete review

After the under rated and engaging thriller Breakdown, writer/director Jonathan Mostow’s latest film U-571 opens in the UK after huge success in the US. The plot, though totally fictional (it was the British that got hold of the Enigma machine), is right out of a classic war movie. It is 1941 and German U-Boats are wreaking havoc in the ...  Read the complete review

Having recently seen his movie, I think it is appauling how Holywood gets away with such blatant history-bending. Possibly the biggest and most well-known event across the globe, WWII, portrayed by the Hollywood idealist Americans as a simple drop in the ocean. If the Americans used their noggins maybe they wouldn't get blown up all ...  Read the complete review

For one of his history assignments for Uni. one of my friends had to watch a Hollywood adaptation of a true historical event/character then analyse it, comparing the film to the original events (the lecturers hoping that some students would actually do research for this I think). Anyway, seeing as he doesn't have access to a video recorder he ...  Read the complete review

This fictional story tells us how the US Navy stole the German Enigma machine. For those people who do have not heard about this piece of machinery, I will explain. The Enigma machine was a secret German encryption device used during WW2, which the allies found bloody difficult to crack, and as a result lost thousands of lives, until it was ...  Read the complete review

Do movies have a duty to depict the past accurately? Maybe and maybe not. On one hand surely everyone understands that Hollywood is in the business of making movies not writing textbooks. The only real consideration is entertainment and any reasonable viewer will leave their expectations at the popcorn counter. And yet, it’s a concern that ...  Read the complete review