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Tom hanks submarine movie9/4/2023 ![]() As German subs start picking off his ships - the outwardly exciting scenes of mortar fire and torpedo ducking are hobbled by some crudely obvious CGI - Krause feels the weight of his inexperience. ![]() And as the screenwriter, leading player and head of the production company (Playtone) behind the film, Hanks adheres to the logistics of war and the can-do attitude of the soldiers who fought it. But the Battle of the Atlantic, which ran from 1939 till the Nazi defeat in 1945? That was real as hell. Forester for his 1955 novel, The Good Shepherd. Here’s the thing: Greyhound isn’t factual. Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay, loves this kind of authentic military adventure (see Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Pacific). Directed with diligence but little flair by Aaron Schneider ( Get Low), this tension-on-the-high-seas drama covers those 50 desperate hours. That requires crossing the notoriously dangerous “Black Pit,” a stretch of ocean so remote that it can’t be protected by air cover for these two days of travel time. Krause’s mission is escorting and protecting an Allied convoy of 37 troop and supply ships that must dodge a wolf pack of German U-boats to reach its destination in Liverpool. His vessel: the USS Keeling, a Fletcher-class destroyer with the codename Greyhound. It’s early WWII action in the North Atlantic, with Tom Hanks tackling the role of Captain Ernest Krause, a Navy career officer taking his first command. If a patriotic, proudly square tale of military courage under fire (minus the Trumpian jingoism) is what you’re looking for in these pandemic times, Greyhound (available on Apple+ starting July 10th) should float your boat.
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