It has the best depth charge sound effects I've ever heard in a movie. If you have a good 5.1 surround or better, and I emphasize the .1, then it sounds great. Your subwoofer will eat a hole through your floor.
But, other than the great sounds and good visuals, it's merely an okay movie, acceptable as entertainment, but not to be taken internally.
Incidentally, my movie ranking system depends on comparing movies to the Most Average Movie Ever Made, which by coincidence is a submarine movie: Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide has some great stars, and stars-to-be, some good visuals and sounds, a good sountrack, some rah-rah action, and it takes place in one of my favorite movie locations: a submarine. On the other hand, the ending of the movie is telegraphed to you in the opening scenes of the film. It can end only one way, and it does. There's some corny dialogue, and some corny scenery-chewing scenes by all involved. There's no hot babes or hot babe nudity (my flaming-gay brother-in-law points out there's no hot guy nudity, either, though he thinks Viggo was cute). I find that each end every good bit in Crimson Tide is counted by its exact and equal bad bit, therefore making it the most average movie possible.
So whatever you thought of Crimson Tide, if you think like me, then U-571 is in that ballpark.
Specifially, my list goes from top to bottom:
MUST OWN
MUST SEE
Should see
Might as well see
Crimson Tide
Watch it for free
Watch it on TV when you are sick with the flu
DON'T WATCH IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
DANGER LEVEL -- WATCHING WILL DAMAGE YOU AND LEAVE YOU SCARRED
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