At
the height of Hitler’s infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S.
Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it.
Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American
survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when
they’re forced to join their German captors to fight for their very
lives.
Ian plays Danny Miller, the youngest of the crew members.
From johnbrister.com
Winding
down their tour of duty, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish is ordered to
investigate possible U-Boat activity in their vicinity. After months at
sea the men are weary, including Captain RAND SULLIVAN (Scott Caan) and
Chief of the boat, NATHAN TRAVERS (William H. Macy), but realizing the
young crew look to them for guidance, they put aside their reservations
and embrace the order. They intercept and destroy an enemy U-Boat, but
the victory is short-lived as the Swordfish is attacked and sunk by
Fregattenkapitan JONAS HERDT’S (Til Schweiger) U-429. After much
deliberation Sullivan, Travers and a small group of American survivors
are brought aboard the German U-boat as prisoners of war. But as Herdt
sets course for a German refueling station, First Watch Officer
GERHARDT CREMER (Thomas Kretschmann) discovers that one of his men is
infected with meningococcus, an extremely contagious strain of
meningitis, which if untreated, kills in a matter of days. U-429
reaches the rendezvous location only to find that the refueling station
has been destroyed by an American warship. Herdt retaliates with a
torpedo attack, which is heroically halted by the Americans on board.
Their position compromised, U-429 retreats below the surface, but not
before the American warship launches a full-scale depth charge attack
against the German sub, resulting in a number of casualties on board,
including Sullivan. Waiting out the attack at the bottom of the ocean,
hours turn to days, and the disease quickly spreads through the sub,
killing two thirds of the German crew. With the death toll rising,
Herdt realizes that if they are to survive they have no choice but to
enlist the aid of the American captives. But not all of Herdt’s men
support this unorthodox alliance, and when they learn of their
Captain’s plan to surrender to the American Navy, Herdt’s detractors
revolt and try to scuttle the sub. Working together, Travers and Herdt
are able to quell the uprising, but Herdt is killed. Now hunted by Axis
and Allies alike, Travers and Cremer vow to stay the course and get
their men safely home. They ultimately make contact with an American
destroyer, but before their surrender can be verified and their safety
assured, the transmission is broken by a German U-boat. Low of fuel,
air, and torpedoes, Travers and the valiant crew of U-429 make one
final stand, engaging the U-boat in the most dangerous and courageous
battle of their lives.
