Greyhound starring and written by Tom Hanks was meant to had been released in 2019. It got delayed to 2020. The Covid pandemic meant that it was bought by Apple for its streaming service.
It does indicate that Sony Pictures did not have complete faith in the film.
The movie is a stripped down version of C. S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd. Forester knew how to write naval stories. Some of the tactical cat and mouse displayed here really does have a Forester feel about it.
Hanks is not new to the World War 2 genre. This shares its DNA with Band of Brothers but there is a clear lack of character development and story here.
Captain Ernest Krause (Hanks) is the commander of the US destroyer guiding the Allied convoy crossing the north Atlantic.
They are attacked by a fleet of German U-boats and Krause has to evade them, protect the ships and sink the U Boats.
It turns out that Krause is actually new to the job, but his inexperience is not much of a factor here. Krause knows his naval jargon and he has tactical nous.
It is a small scale film with loud bombastic music. There is a lot of CGI here.
The ocean is rough and grey with waves crashing into the ship. It was enough to make me feel seasick. However I have been on enough boats to know that when you are in rough seas, you certainly know it. Here everyone is remaining static when they should be bobbing up and down and sideways.
Frankly there is something static and flat about Greyhound. It lacks the claustrophobia and tension of Das Boot. It is too much of a boy's own naval adventure, which is why you get a few glimpses of the sole female in the film.
It does indicate that Sony Pictures did not have complete faith in the film.
The movie is a stripped down version of C. S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd. Forester knew how to write naval stories. Some of the tactical cat and mouse displayed here really does have a Forester feel about it.
Hanks is not new to the World War 2 genre. This shares its DNA with Band of Brothers but there is a clear lack of character development and story here.
Captain Ernest Krause (Hanks) is the commander of the US destroyer guiding the Allied convoy crossing the north Atlantic.
They are attacked by a fleet of German U-boats and Krause has to evade them, protect the ships and sink the U Boats.
It turns out that Krause is actually new to the job, but his inexperience is not much of a factor here. Krause knows his naval jargon and he has tactical nous.
It is a small scale film with loud bombastic music. There is a lot of CGI here.
The ocean is rough and grey with waves crashing into the ship. It was enough to make me feel seasick. However I have been on enough boats to know that when you are in rough seas, you certainly know it. Here everyone is remaining static when they should be bobbing up and down and sideways.
Frankly there is something static and flat about Greyhound. It lacks the claustrophobia and tension of Das Boot. It is too much of a boy's own naval adventure, which is why you get a few glimpses of the sole female in the film.