Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

A lot of fun.

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Not much to report here as it is a John Wayne movie with all the usual trimmings. But this one could be divided into two parts. First, it's a war picture with John Wayne, and he seldom disappoints. He is brave and fearless and leads his men , in this case a submarine crew. Second, it's a love story, as he tries to win back his ex-wife (Pat Neal) and, let's face it; love stories are not Duke's long suit. He is in the love scenes but she carries the ball, and he is along for the ride.I felt the love angle dragged the picture down to an unacceptable level, as too much time was spent on it. Additionally, there was not much chemistry between the two and the heavy lifting was left to Ms. Neal. As a result, I divided my rating into two parts; war scenes a seven and the love scenes a five; my final rating is six. I include my star rating in the heading as the website no longer prints them.

Boring and late movie of propaganda. No tension, no drama, no realism. And Wayne not bad, but certainly not his best acting. A waste of time.If you're looking for a good naval movie, this definitely is not. I had to make efforts to not skip non-battle scenes. Only to find bad action scenes, with no tension. A clearly epic script for propaganda purposes. But poorly conducted. Other older Subs movies are much better than this. The special effects are not bad, but the timing is disastrous, and moreover are well known.This movie is far from "Run Silent, Run Deep", "Destination Tokyo", "The Enemy Below", "Das Boot", even "Operation Petticoat" is better. It is closer to an anodyne documentary.

Talk about broad brush strokes -- there isn't an ounce of subtlety in this movie as far as the eye can see. But it's a classic post-WWII "sea picture", and it swaggers and struts just like The Duke himself. It's impossible to imagine anyone else starring in this picture.Wayne plays "Duke" Forrest, executive officer of the submarine Thunderfish, commanded by his mentor and friend "Pop", who you figure is wearing a Star Trek red shirt under his khakis by the second reel. Sure enough, Duke winds up captaining the "Thunder" while trying to patch things up with his Ex, the high-maintenance Patricia Neal. In one memorable scene she reads him the riot act about his behavior, while he stares at a point in space above her head, several miles away. You can almost hear him thinking, "Dames like this always got pot roast in the oven..."This film is a rather jarring counterpoint to realistic epics like "Das Boat" -- clearly OUR subs had it all -- climate control (no one sweats), plenty of space (enough for a boat-load of rescued Nuns with about 20 orphans -- each one more scrubbed and freckle-faced than the last), and enough interior lighting to make Martha Stewart jealous. The brave crew features the usual lily-white, WASP-y cross-section of America, featuring Junior ("my Great Grandpappy was on the Merrimack!"), Jonesy (a wisecracking Mike Dukakis lookalike) and Lieutenant Larry, who sounds like a Cary Grant knockoff. The Chief, who obviously served as a cabin boy on the Ark, is along to keep everyone in line.Having said all that, this is a wonderful film to break out on Memorial Day, to honor the brave sailors who went into harm's way in glorified sewer pipes with busted torpedoes, many to remain "on patrol" for eternity. Big, loud and jingoistic, this film nevertheless has its heart in the right place.

A world war II film set on a submarine with John Wayne, who takes over command after the commander, played by Ward Bond, is killed. It's your basic submarine film, nothing special about this one, but it is well made. John Wayne plays John Wayne, Patricia Neal does a good job and in one scene on the sub, you can see the men watch Destination Tokyo with Cary Grant.