Greyhound – 4/5 stars

In his first command, Captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) must escort a Allied convoy across the Atlantic ocean in WWII. He must safely navigate and defend the convoy from a pack of relentless German U-boats without protective air cover.

I thought Greyhound was good. The battle scenes of them trying to hunt down the U-Boats were intense, and I thought it was awesome getting an inside glance at how those Destroyers run from the inside. Every man has a purpose, whether that be steering the ship, relaying information from the radar techs, or even fetching the Captain’s slippers from his cabin. I feel like I’ve seen previous movies about battleships, like Battleship for example, but in Greyhound it felt more like you were there in the ship with them, experiencing the stress and chaos of battle.

There wasn’t really any character development in this movie and most of the dialogue was just commands, but I still enjoyed it. Obviously I don’t know, but it seemed like a fairly accurate depiction of what it might have been like crossing the U-boat infested waters of the Atlantic during WWII. I was thinking back to all of the WWII movies I have seen – Saving Private Ryan, Fury, Hacksaw Ridge, Dunkirk, Unbroken and others – that these all occurred in the same war at relatively the same time. This just goes to show how big WWII was and how it was a conflict that affected the entire world.

Greyhound was directed by Aaron Schneider and was released on Apple TV+ on July 10. The film was based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester, and the screenplay was written by Hanks.

Overall, I’d rate Greyhound 4/5 stars. I enjoyed it for what it was and didn’t go in with high expectations. Although, anything with Tom Hanks is usually pretty great.

If you happen to already have Apple TV+, I’d definitely recommend giving this a watch. It’s only an hour and a half, but don’t be mistaken; it had plenty of action. If you don’t have Apple TV but enjoy war flicks, I still recommend giving it a shot. Maybe consider subscribing for a month and seeing everything else the service has. We recently started For All Mankind, which seems super interesting as an alternative history, similar to Man in the High Castle.