The Battle of the Atlantic was probably the strangest battle of WWII: it was big (the entire mid-Atlantic air-free reserve), it took a long time (six years, basically from start to finish), and there were few head-to-head battles (all guerrilla-like cat-and-mouse warfare) ), the battle changed hands several times (the Germans sank more than 2,000 Allied ships, but lost as many as 800 submarines themselves, and ultimately failed). No wonder there are not many related movies. I have only seen the super-long (stuffy) film "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea", which was shot 40 years ago from a U-boat perspective. This time Hanks personally adapted this film based on the novel. I saw the conditions on the water.
The time was set in the winter of 1942, when Dönitz's unrestricted submarine warfare had just experienced the "second period of good times", the US Navy had strengthened the escort of the merchant fleet, and gradually enriched its anti-submarine experience, so the two sides were evenly matched. status. Although it is a fictional story, since the original author has done a lot of research on the history of war, there is no sense of authenticity. Coupled with the audio-visual presentation of the film itself and the high-level condensation of the war, this short one and a half hour is really non-stop thrilling. Destroyer vs. wolves tactics (including the rare side-by-side shooting on the water), military fans are blessed; but fans may be mixed, after all, the characters are a bit shallow, the climax is a bit short, and the crew may not even recognize the face and it will end . Also, Elisabeth Shue (the lady who delivers the captain's shoes), are you sure you didn't ask the three questions of your soul when you played it: Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do?
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