Customer Ratings & Reviews

This movie does an excellent job of portraying the agony these men went through. The corruption of the government and the railroading of the captain is especially important. Nice performances by Nicolas Cage and Tom Sizemore!

Even though I knew the story of the USS Indianapolis (read a book and saw the black and white film years ago) I still purchased this movie. If you like war movies based on actual events, this is well worth the purchase price.

This movie surprised me by keeping my interest and delivering a good story. I just know a general history of the Indianapolis, so I'm not sure if the details in the story were accurate. I was entertained, though.

I may be biased as to my rating of this film. I read about the fate of the crew of the USS INDIANAPOLIS about 10years ago in a magazine. The article focused on the ordeal of the sailors in the shark infested waters of the Philippine Sea. Upon watching this film, however, I learned a great deal more about the mission of this ship and its crew that eventually turned the tide of the second world war.

This movie is the story of the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser sunk just before WW II ended. Due to various circumstances, no one knew the ship had been sunk until a routine reconnesance flight found the drifting survivors. This is a tale of great sadness and incredible determination to survive. It's not for the faint hearted, but it is a much watch movie to understand the courage of our military forces.

Everyone plays there character well. It enlightens you as to the way things can go with any government. Good, Sober/Sad Movie. Depending what kind of movie you like, I won't watch it again.

I read the story of the USS Indianapolis in high school after watching JAWS throughout my childhood. Of course the movie only had so much time to tell a massive story so I can't fault the film makers for that. The movie itself is very well done. The actors were believable in their fear of the sharks. The movie even added some moments of levity here and there so you weren't on edge the whole time. Excellent feel of brotherhood and unity among the men. I would recommend this to a fan of war films and history. Wouldn't if it were more than 10 bucks.

The story of the USS Indianapolis in WWII is one of hearbreak in the sense that even though the crew was never destined to be recognized for their contributions to ending the war in the Pacific, lost many lives in the process and the fact that captain was set up as the scapegoat for the ineptness of the bureacrats in Washington, they did their duty. A story worth knowing!

True!!! In every sense of the word. The harshness reality of it all, that our goverment tried to lay blame on others that was there's. P.S. what do you expect from our goverment.

ITS SAD THAT OUR MEN WERE DONE SO WRONG EVEN BACK IN THOSE YEARS, I MYSELF WOULD NOT LASTED WITH ALL THOSE SHARKS. THIS WAS A WELL PREFORMED MOVIE AND TELLS OF HISTORY OF A NAVY.

One of the greatest stories of WWII. This tragedy is finally brought to light with excellent acting by Nicholas Cage. Highly recommended for WWII enthusiasts or Navy buffs.

Being a WWII Naval history buff, and knowing the actual history of the USS Indianapolis Nick Cage was not the best choice to play Captain MacVay. They were barely accurate in their portrayal of the incident. They totally left out the real villain, the dope who didn't report the ship missing...who was the former skipper of the Squalus...Navy didn't want him to have the black eye, so they sacrificed MacVay. The movie was ok otherwise, glad I didn't spend the bucks at the theatre on it.

This movie was a long time coming. I've seen a couple of documentaries about the USS Independence, and this movie honors the horrors that these sailors went through.

Acting was superb but the action shots were a little gruesome and disturbing at times. Hope the historical aspect was true because it proved to be quite interesting.

This is a heroic true WWII story how these sailors who overcame a horrific situation and survived

This is a good action packed war movie that has a stirring heartfelt message as to the expected and unexpected as a result of war. Good acting and special effects.

It is good that this part of our World War 2 history is finally told. The back stories do not always work, but they advance the plot and helps to humanize the men.

Good movie, good acting. A good recount of a tragedy. Shown without emphasis on the gore that most modern moviemakers would use to sell a film of this sort.

I like historically oriented movies. This is a good movie to educate todays generation about the extreme sacrifices the greatest generation endured for us.

If Nic Cage stars in the worst movie ever, I will still watch and support it. This review might be biased, but go Nic Cage. Support all the way!!!