3/5 not bad
  by Hawk6169 (NH, USA)
this is a good movie, but its not the greatest. its got good acting, but not the greatest acting ever seen. its got good actors which helps the movie.

1/5 4-star for quality production, but . . .
  by Andrew Wiggin
I blame myself for not taking the clue of the title, "In Enemy Hands." Yep, just like a submarine gliding beneath the surface into your worldview, the mission of this propaganda film is to promote a "let's just be nice" attitude toward our "enemies."

What "Hunt For Red October" tried to do with the minds of Americans toward the kind-hearted, well-meaning Russians, "In Enemy Hands" tries to do with our minds toward those regular-guy, would-be brothers who happened to be born in Germany in the Hitler era. I should have seen it coming, from the early scenes of the (albeit subtitled) German dialogue. The producers of this subversive film make every effort possible to show us that the Nazis didn't really want to be mean to us, and that they really only torpedoed a U.S. ship if it was mean to them first. Come on guys! Can't we just get along? Let's all realize that if it wasn't for those nasty war-minded few, we would all be great brothers!

Even the cowardly American sub-crew who were taken captive (by the kind-hearted Nazi submarine captain) had to be shown (by the makers of the film) that their fears of being mistreated by Germans were entirely misguided.

Shoot, can't you see the love in the teary eyes of the Nazi captain when he chokes up over the news that his daughter's school was bombed ("with no survivors")? And if you get really on board with this movie, you'll realize that it was us mean Americans who did all of the bad things in the WW2!

Oh, and by the way, no, WW2 was not "over" in 1943 as the actors claimed throughout. Lemme see, I seem to remember a couple of bombs going off in August of 1945 on Japan.

As for the casting, I guess that for the "hero" in this anti-military media effort, they had to find an actor who is best at being a wimpy bit-player. William C. Macy sticks out in my mind as the dorky principal in Mr. Holland's Opus, the annoying bean-counter in A Civil Action, the insecure worry-wart dad-of-a-loser in Searching For Bobby Fischer, and the only forgetable character in John Grisham's The Client.

Why did the writers choose the disease of meningitis? Along with the not-so-subtle title message of being in the loving hands of the Nazis, I think they chose this disease because it sounds like "men in crisis." And of course, the crisis is having to admit that we have thought of Nazis in such undeservedly ugly ways.

And if I may ask one more question; why make this film in 2004? My guess is that "In Enemy Hands" is really aimed at our present-day mean view of those kind-hearted, well-meaning Muslims around the world who only blow themselves up around dissenting men, women and children because Americans have been so mean and unkind to them first.

This film deserves a full depth charge.

1/5 draggling, dull, despriting, devoid of a good story
  by Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA)
Didn't believe there could be a worse film than U-571 until I saw this one.

Scenes are pretty good. Costuming very period. They used a real submarine and they used real germans.

Acting is very low quality. Plot is dragging and dull. Diolog just dies. Spoken devoid of spirit. Other than the German captain and his exxo, none of the characters is really interesting.

Really pathetic this one.

5/5 Loved this submarine story.
  by Maria
This movie moved me to the point of tears. It is an absolute gem. You will not be disappointed.

1/5 What is this, Brokeback Submarine?
  by William C. Malven (Houston, Texas United States)
This is an unbelievable movie. Let's get this straight, Macy makes a promise that he will not take the ENIGMA machine to the Nazi commander, and then keeps his word by scuttling the ship. This is a true version of Hollywood's idea of a hero. A man betrays his country for his friendship with the German, nevermind the thousands of American and British sailors possession of the ENIGMA would save, nevermind defeating the most brutal dictator and mass murderer in history (Stalin's and Mao's mass murders hadn't happened yet), Macy's loyalty is to his new German "ally" (lover?). His actions are not believable. In reality, if Macy did act in this manner, his crew would probably have killed him, or at least subdued him and turned him in for treason along with the ENIGMA device.

To the guy who rated this 5 stars and said most won't get this movie (typical Liberal elitist), we get it, we just don't like it.

Typical Hollywood anti-war drivel, adequate acting, weak plot, poor writing, unimaginative Leftist propaganda...Barbara Streisand's version of WWII.