Revealing mistake: When the German destroyer is hit by the torpedo at the end of the film it is seen to stop dead in the water upon the torpedo impact. In reality momentum would have carried the ship forward some distance after the explosion. A thousand or so tons of steel just does not stop on a dime unless it hits something like a mountainside.
Badbird
6th Nov 2003
U-571 (2000)
6th Nov 2003
U-571 (2000)
Revealing mistake: The German destroyer is actually an old converted minesweeper.
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