Greyhound (2020)

[juno]

Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and also stars Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, and Elisabeth Shue. The plot follows a US Navy Commander on his first war-time assignment in command of a multi-national escort group defending a merchant ship convoy under attack by submarines in early-1942 during the Battle of the Atlantic, only months after the U.S. officially entered World War II.

The distribution rights were then sold to Apple TV+, which released the film digitally on July 10, 2020.

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyzxu26-Wqk

[juno]

Great movie if you haven't seen it yet. Quite short running just under 90 minutes.

Tension from the beginning and World War II story that has not been told to this depth. Hanks is really good and as usually shows his humanity in this role. Lots of action and lots of military jargon.

[Rickster]

I liked it, but I thought it was missing something. I got a real feel of what it must have been like to be on the bridge of a destroyer, but all the characters, including Hanks, were sort of interchangeably faceless. I would have liked something, maybe prior to the attack sequences, that gave some characterization to the crew members. Or going in a different direction, some scenes set on the other ships rather than just hearing voices over the radio.

[Raja]

On 7/14/2020 at 6:45 PM, juno said:

Great movie if you haven't seen it yet. Quite short running just under 90 minutes.

Tension from the beginning and World War II story that has not been told to this depth. Hanks is really good and as usually shows his humanity in this role. Lots of action and lots of military jargon.

I saw a version edited down to about 20 minutes on YouTube and I was thinking 50s war movie with modern visuals. From the obligatory scene with the wife so it wasn't 100% men to the story of The Cruel Sea.

But being made 60 years later than that convoy escort movie the edited Reader's Digest version of Greyhound that I saw went straight to the action and cut the boredom, thus the tension that a strike could come anytime instead of knowing you were in a running fight and reinforcements were days away.

If it comes out at the regular streaming/cable service a la carte price, as opposed to say Mulan's theatre price for two plus subscription fee I will rent it to see the full version.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

Critics' Choice Award nomination!

Best Visual Effects