Rating: PG-13 (war violence)
Length: 117 minutes

Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: DTS 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

English

A German submarine (U-Boat) is damaged in the Atlantic by a destroyer. An American submarine is refitted to look like a U-Boat and is sent out to capture her. Then for a little drama, the American captain (Paxton) had just vetoed his exec's (McConaughey) promotion to captain prior to debarking on this mission.

There's nothing like a movie on a cramped leaking submarine to make people respect WWII submariners. The cast for this movie is top notch, especially McConaughey and Keitel. They did an outstanding job showing the claustrophobic conditions the crew had to endure on those WWII submarines, how decisions had to be made instantaneously. Top that off, the story rarely ever slows down. And ladies, not only do they give you McConaughey but they also throw in Jon Bon Jovi (if you can recognize him).

This is a Hollywood movie with a crew surviving impossible odds time after time, not a war documentary. Yes there was an Enigma machine recovered from a scuttled German U-Boat by the British, not the Americans; something acknowledged before the final credits rolled.

• Feature Commentary with Director Jonathan Mostow
• Spotlight On Location: The Making of U-571
• Creating and Constructing U-571
• Inside The Enigma
• Britain Captures the U-110
• A Submariner's WWII Experience
• U.S. Naval Archives: Capturing the U-505
• DVD-ROM Features
• Theatrical Trailer

This is a very entertaining fictional WWII action film with some great acting and special effects. There aren't many extras on this disc but they are certainly worth taking a look at.

Jonathan Mostow   [Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]

Jon Bon Jovi - Lt. Pete Emmett, Chief Engineer

[Vampires: Los Muertos]

Terrence 'T.C.' Carson - Steward Eddie Carson

[Final Destination 2]

Derk Cheetwood - Seaman Herb Griggs, Helmsman

[Frailty]

Will Estes - Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker, Torpedoman

Tom Guiry- Seaman Ted 'Trigger' Fitzgerald, Radioman

[Black Hawk Down, Mystic River]

Harvey Keitel - CPO Henry Klough

[Be Cool, Copland, From Dusk Till Dawn, National Treasure, National Treasure 2, Pulp Fiction, Red Dragon, Reservoir Dogs, Rising Sun]

David Keith - Maj. Matthew Coonan, USMC, Office of Naval Intelligence

[Behind Enemy Lines, Daredevil, Men of Honor]

Thomas Kretschmann - Capt.-Lt. Gunther Wassner

[Blade II, The Downfall, King Kong (2005), The Pianist, Resident Evil: Apocolypse]

Matthew McConaughey - Lt. Andrew Tyler, Executive Officer

[Amistad, Frailty, Reign of Fire, Sahara]

Jack Noseworthy - Seaman Bill Wentz, Radioman

[Event Horizon]

Erik Palladino - Seaman Anthony Mazzola, Planesman

[Return to House on Haunted Hill, The Thirst]

Bill Paxton - Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

[Aliens, Apollo 13, Frailty, Near Dark, Predator 2, Streets of Fire, Titanic, True Lies, Twister, Vertical Limit]

Dave Power - Seaman Charles 'Tank' Clemens, Machinist Mate

[The Good German]

Matthew Settle - Ens. Keith Larson, Chief Torpedoman

[I Still Know What You Did Last Summer]

Jake Weber - Lt. Hirsch, USNR

[The Cell, Dawn of the Dead (2004)]