Six Lesser Seen Modern WW2 Movies That Are Good
4) U-571 (2000)
One, glaring historical inaccuracy aside, this is a more than competent and underrated maritime thriller. It’s from a time when Matthew McConaughey did other things other than romcoms and fucking shampoo adverts. It begins with McConaughey’s Cpt. being unsure of himself, but overcoming doubts by sinking the German Destroyer that is stalking his (Hijacked German) sub. To the approval of WW1 seadog Harvey Keitel.
In a way, it’s a kind of throwback to Das Boot but is still the leanest sub movie on this list. The emergency of their enemy is ever present, there is no fucking around or arguing. Shit needs to get done, and they just get on with it. It has a classy score too. Though they killed Bill Paxton off too early.
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