Oh holy moly of bad movie cliches and terrible model visual effects this was a bad movie. It was like the team had watched Pearl Harbor and read the Wikipedia cliff notes about the USS Indianapolis. Now I remember reading In Harms Way - Doug Stantons 2001 book about the 1945 sinking of the boat. Taking the part of the Atomic Bomb to its destination, the boat with 1200 crew aboard were hit by a Japanese torpedo on the return journey with 300 men killed and 900 going into the water. As it was a top secret mission, no one was expecting them back and it was 5 days before any survivors were rescued. By then many had succumbed to their injuries, or died due to shark attacks in the water. dehydration and salt water poisoning. 316 crew survived.
The story of the Captain of the boat is a sad tale too. Look I guess they only had a couple of hours to cover a huge story, but in this case I think they did a true story of real bravery and courage a disservice. They had a chance to tell a real story that seems almost impossible, and if it were a based on a novel you might have thought it unbelievable. The saving grace was to hear the real stories of the sailors at the end of the movie. Don't switch off as the credits roll - it is only a short few minutes but has real footage of their rescue. 3/5
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Boy, it sounds like Cage hasn't come close to recovering what used to be a pretty good career.
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