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After
the first manned mission to Mars ends in a mysterious catastrophe,
a new crew is assembled and sent into space to track down the
missing astronaut (Cheadle) and find out what really transpired.
The crew includes a recently widowed husband (Sinise), a married
couple (Robbins and Nielsen), and a fresh-faced upstart (O'Connell).
De Palma's big-budget thriller is aided greatly by its overflowing
star power--in the form of the actors--as well as its spectacular
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Faithful
to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's (BREAKDOWN)
submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and determination
of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds. The
mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed
on a top secret, high-priority mission to intercept a disabled
German u-boat (the titular U-571) and capture the ship's encryption
system--the Enigma--in order to crack the Nazi's communication
codes and hasten an allied victory in the North Atlantic. Racing
against a German rescue effort, the S-33 stages a daring raid
on the U-571. But after capturing the U-571, the Americans find
themselves its prisoner as they must pilot the leaky, disabled
vessel through hostile enemy waters. McConaughey (EDTV, DAZED
AND CONFUSED) leads a strong cast (Keitel - HOLY SMOKE, Paxton
- A SIMPLE PLAN) in this fast-paced, tense, submarine adventure. |
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