Wolfgang Petersen’s slow-burn WW2 epic remains the quintessential portrait of U-Boat life.
He gets the measure of war as dull routine punctuated by face-clawing horror, while character nuances and attention to detail only make the economical action, when it comes, all the more consuming.
Blu-ray offers the original theatrical edit and Petersen’s 209-minute director’s cut, plus old commentary and new Making Of.
Great transfer, and a soundtrack that pings out the creaking, groaning terror of its Oscar-nommed sound design.
