Submarine warfare traps a German crew in a slow-burn of gritty tension, fighting for survival below the surface.
Tense and bleak. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is devastating.
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Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
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A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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