It’s World War II. Captain Ernest Krause, the type of humble hero who says grace earlier than consuming espresso, has been put in control of the long-range destroyer USS Greyhound because it escorts a convoy of Allied provide ships throughout the Atlantic. German U-boats are looking within the chilly, uneven waters, showing as sinister pips on the radar or creepy screw noises on the hydrophone. On the bridge of the USS Greyhound, this events clangs, whistles, and a naval staccato of “starboards,” “bearings,” “full rudders,” and “aye aye, sirs,” to which Krause contributes occasional scriptural citation. To sure ears, that is pure music: “Boatswain, sound normal quarters,” “Right handsomely to 096,” and so forth.
The fact is {that a} film like Greyhound isn’t laborious to grasp: There are massive ships and there are submarines and inside each are males. We take it as a right that Captain Krause is a person of fine ethical fiber, as a result of he’s performed by Tom Hanks, who additionally wrote the screenplay, adapting the C.S. Forester novel The Good Shepherd. If there have been any grandiose intentions on Hanks’ half, they aren’t evident within the movie’s trim operating time (barely 80 minutes with out credit) or its single-minded dedication to depicting the uncertainties and logistics of naval warfare. [Ignatiy Vishnevetsky]
