It’s a very different story on the deck of a destroyer. Films set in a submarine always feature the need for “quiet”. There’s a veneer to those scenes that give them a level of phoniness that just constantly screams “THIS IS FAKE!” What makes the film is its editing and sound design. Look, I know the old Hollywood films used models and replicas to stand in for ships and subs, but they somehow feel more real than the CGI effects that probably comprise 75% of this film. Running a scant 91 minutes, Greyhound is all noise and action with the occasional dip into the clichéd – SPOILER ALERT – You just know the mess attendant who keeps trying to get the Captain to eat is gonna buy it in the end. Elisabeth Shue has little more than a cameo as the gal he leaves behind, or who leaves him behind as the story has it. There’s little in the way of character development, though Krause’s faith pops into play every now and then. Most of the dialogue consists of Krause barking orders and the crew responding. Forester, best known for the Horatio Hornblower series. The screenplay, by Hanks himself, is based on the novel The Good Shepherd by C. The most dangerous time for the convoy is the 72 hours it will be out of range of air cover and, sure enough, when they cross into that “Black Pit”, a pack of Nazi submarines lies in wait. Hanks plays Captain Krause, an inexperienced naval commander on his first escort mission. destroyer whose name, I don’t think, is ever revealed (“Greyhound” is slang for “destroyer”.) It takes place almost completely on the bridge and deck of the ship. Greyhound focuses on the commander and crew of a U.S. Most films to date have focused on the Captain and crews of the submarines as the try to avoid detection by other subs or surface ships. (No, I didn’t see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea till years later.) After that, anything underwater hooked me, from Run Silent, Run Deep to The Bedford Incident to Operation Petticoat and, of course, The Hunt for Red October. One of my earliest movie memories is of seeing 1969’s Captain Nemo and the Underwater City at the American Theatre in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The exciting story, a thrilling ride-along with the beleaguered captain, so deeply portrays the elements of battle command that for a long period of time the book was used as a text at the US Naval Academy.I’ve always been a sucker for “submarine” movies. The story focuses on the his command responsibility as he fights the cold, the relentless night, the brutal sea and his deep fatigue as he chases down the attacking submarines in the deadly game of cat and mouse. The leader of the convoy’s destroyer screen is a US Navy commander making his first Atlantic crossing. Navy captain must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by Nazi U-boat wolfpacks.īased upon the novel “The Good Shepherd” by C S Forester, this is the thrilling story of the leader of an Allied convoy crossing the North Atlantic in 1942 as he faces relentless attack by a Nazi submarine wolf pack. Plot: Early in World War II, an inexperienced U.S. It went to VOD, disappointing Hanks, but our team take a look at the war film and see if the action still impresses on the small screen. Tom Hanks leads the Word War 2 film Greyhound, which also stars Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Michael Benz, Rob Morgan, David Maldonado, Jimi Stanton, Matt Helm, Manuel Garcia-Rufloa, Travis Przybylski and tom Brittney. Stefan Pape, Scott Davis and Linda Marric review Greyhound for the HeyUGuys Youtube channel.
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