This movie from 2000 is absolutely fantastic. The story of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Diver MCBM (DV) Carl Brashear, bottom picture, who would stop at nothing to become a Navy diver. Being a Navy diver sucks. It is difficult, disgusting, dirty, thankless work. These men are referred to as "mud puppies" and are the lowest echelon of the underwater frogman. They are also irreplaceable and life could not go on in the military without them. The actors in this movie all completely knocked it out of the park. Every performance was perfect. Most notably Robert DeNiro's adaption of a seasoned salty Master Chief is perfect. I always hate watching civilians try to portray military personnel, they always seem to miss the point, or lack believability. Not this time, if you ever wondered what a Chief, Senior Chief, or Master Chief was like watch this performance. It was perfect.
The story is sad, yet inspiring and is well written. I felt the movie slow down in a couple of places, but overall it had a good pace and keeps you engaged. Run, don't walk if you haven't seen this one before.
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I'm a big De Niro fan. (even though he's a lib) He's great in everything he does.
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