This is a naval battle film that is not wrong, and I am afraid it is a film that is very true and even accurate in terms of combat conditions and technical and tactical performance. It has both the expressiveness of a commercial film and the realism of a documentary. In particular, Tom Hanks's steady performance makes the role believable, restrained and full of tension.
This movie is not only a must-see for war movie fans, especially the most exciting World War II themes, but also an excellent sample for military fans, ship fans, and naval battle fans. But from my personal point of view, this film is a religious film dressed in a war film.
In addition to the calmness and perseverance of the captain played by Tom Hanks, what has always been shown in the film is his pious Christian identity.
At the beginning of the film, the gift he gave to his girlfriend was engraved with the words "Yesterday, Today, and Forever" in the New Testament "Hebrews" 13:8, and the whole sentence is "Jesus Christ Yesterday and Today" Forever, it's the same." We saw later that this scripture was on the mirror of the captain's bedroom.
Although the captain did not eat a meal during the battle, he must pray before the meal, even in the intense battle rhythm.
After sinking the U-shaped submarine for the first time, the other crew members were extremely excited. Someone told him that they had killed another 50 German devils. There was no joy on his face, saying that it was 50 lives.
There are too many details like this. When the crew members were buried at sea, the captain acted as a pastor to mourn the eulogy personally; when he finally returned to the voyage, he could finally go to bed and rest.
The film itself is adapted from the novel "Shepherd", and the shepherd itself is a synonym for Jesus Christ, which is widely known, and even has a dramatic interpretation in "Pulp Fiction". At the same time, the name of the film, which is the name of the ship, is the Greyhound. We know that the Greyhound is a shepherd here.
The film almost shows the combat in the form of line drawing, and every specific action is clearly shown, which seems to be a realistic film. But including the killing of four U-shaped submarines during the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, the command remains unsettled without food and sleep for 48 hours, other ships were killed one after another and the Greyhound was almost unharmed, etc., in fact, they are all showing miracles.
In fact, this is a film about faith and miracles. It's just that the shepherd is not shepherding the sheep on the grass, but guiding the freighter in the vast ocean. The battle took place in a dark trench, and the brilliance of God illuminates the trench and guides the fleet to ride the wind and waves.
With this in mind, the analogy with this movie is not "Attack from the Sea", not "Raging Sea Fighting", but "Blood Battle on Hacksaw Ridge", which is also a story of faith winning.
After the captain finally prayed in front of the bed and lay down on his side, two beams of light from the porthole hit him, which was extremely sacred.
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