In this movie, Tom Hanks plays the main role as captain of a submarine destroying that is accompanying a fleet of ship across the atlantic ocean during WW2.
This movie - like "The Enemy Below" - is unfortunately one of the rare examples on how it must have been to be on a destroyer during WW2. I want to emphasize the word "unfortunate", because this task was of critical importance in being able to win WW2. Without the atlantic convoys, Great Brittain would not have had the resources available to not only successfully defend itself against the Nazi Empire, but without them an Allied Invasion would have been impossoble.
It shows the complexity of guarding a large convoy of merchant ships during its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Especially during the period that no air cover could be given, i.e. The so-called "black pit".
As we can expect from Tom Hanks, the acting is of a high level. He very well shows how a destroyer can be successful in defending a large group of other ships, and that is by being great in teamwork.
I score this movie at 8.4/10, resulting in an IMDb rating of 8 stars.
This movie - like "The Enemy Below" - is unfortunately one of the rare examples on how it must have been to be on a destroyer during WW2. I want to emphasize the word "unfortunate", because this task was of critical importance in being able to win WW2. Without the atlantic convoys, Great Brittain would not have had the resources available to not only successfully defend itself against the Nazi Empire, but without them an Allied Invasion would have been impossoble.
It shows the complexity of guarding a large convoy of merchant ships during its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Especially during the period that no air cover could be given, i.e. The so-called "black pit".
As we can expect from Tom Hanks, the acting is of a high level. He very well shows how a destroyer can be successful in defending a large group of other ships, and that is by being great in teamwork.
I score this movie at 8.4/10, resulting in an IMDb rating of 8 stars.