The Cruel Sea
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Movie Reviews of The Cruel Sea
Movie Review: A film that takes you 5 Stars
Over the years I have worn out several copies of this film on VHS I have watched it so many times.I am so happy it is coming out on DVD.[I almost bought the box set but at release it was $80.00 plus]This film is so well written and acted and imagined that after watching it you almost feel that you have been through the war as part of a convoy escort....and yet this is not your typical war action film.
There is action yet it is muted behind the story of the Captain and the men he commands and the price they have to pay to win the war.
Don't buy this expecting a "Hollywood" sea adventure with cliche story lines and a typical ending.Get this film for the moving moments and drama that is war.
There are several scenes that really pull at your heart..the men in the water awaiting rescue..yet it is not to be..and the cost on all involved.
I would love to discuss scene by scene yet I would give away to much of the story...get this film and you will understand why it is a true classic.
Movie Review: "Cruel Sea" the forgotten sea war
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this film soon after it was released in the U.S. In a nutshell, I believe it ranks right up there with "Das Boot" insofar as both films deal with WW ll's Battle of the Atlantic. "Cruel Sea" tells the story of the men and women who fought the war from the surface against the U-Boats in the Royal Navy and the Allied Merchant Marine. Great performances by Jack Hawkins and others who would appear in later films such as "Zulu".
The film is an accurate portayal of this sea war. As a matter of fact, I saw this film screened at the Seaman's Church Institute in New York with an audience of merchant sailors - some of whom had survived the Atlantic in open lifeboats after a successful U-Boat attack. This film moved some of them to tears.
Incidentally, the first warship introduced in the film is a corvette. The only surviving corvette is the "Sackville", a Canadian museum ship berthed in Halifax, NS
Movie Review: Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . . Ping . . . . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
The unrelenting echo of the sonar punctuates this understated J. Arthur Rank film with a taut atmosphere of suspense. Novelist Eric Ambler's intelligent script remains faithful to Nicholas Monserrat's novel about the last voyage of HMS Compass Rose and all who sailed on her. The splendid performances of Jack Hawkins as her captain and Donald Sinden as his First Mate bring the novel to life, as do the performances of the entire ensemble cast, which includes Denholm Elliott. One of the best aspects of the Rank organization films of this era is the devotion that went into the delineation of even the minor characters.
Some viewers (an example being my son) may shun this picture because it was filmed in black and white. This is a shame, because "The Cruel Sea" is so absorbing that such details as lack of color become totally irrelevant. Simply put, "The Cruel Sea" is a masterpiece of cinematic art.
Movie Review: Glad I wasn't there!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most harrowing films I have ever seen. Based on real situations, and written by a man who lived through them (as Lockhart), the film, and of course more so the book, depict the Battle of the Atlantic from a relatively unspectacular viewpoint.
Having read the book before seeing the film undoubtedly helps, but the level of acting and direction really portrays the situations, and latent fear inherent amongst the battle's participants. My wife has only seen the film, and she effected by it.
If the object of art is to elicit an emotion, then this is art at its very best.
Anyone looking for mindless Hollywood violence need not bother with this film, but if someone is looking for a true depiction of war, then this is definitely it.
Unsexy, unglamorous; Brilliant!
Movie Review: The Cruel Sea
Summary: 5 Stars
This has been one of my favorite British Movies for years. It was adapted faithfully from a book by a Naval Lt. Commander who commanded a Corvette and a Sloop, both of which were convoy escorts in the Battle of the Atlantic. I enjoyed the actors, Jack Hawkins in particular. The Rank Organization that produced this superlative narrative of the heroic of ordinary Brits did a marvelous job of authentically reproducing Naval combat situations between the escort vessels for a convoy with the German Submarines that were constantly stalking them.