I have just re-watched the movie Greyhound (2020) written by and starring Tom Hanks; which focuses on the Captain of a destroyer (from which the film is named) escorting a convoy from the US to Liverpool in early 1942.
It is the Captain's first escort mission; and the movie is seen from his perspective - its subject is really the responsibility of command in a life and death situation; and the depictions of anti-submarine war are exciting, and (given that there is a lot of CGI, inevitably) involving and convincing.
Overall Greyhound is a very good movie - which is well structured, paced, and framed - and avoids the usual tedious war movie tropes. Only c.90 minutes long (like most of the best movies!), it is never hurried, but nonetheless packs-in a deal of detailed incident.
The Captain's devout Christian faith is presented sympathetically and as integral to his admirable character. I found the service in which he presided as three sailors were buried at sea (in a brief gap in the combat) moved me to tears.
After watching it for the first time, I read the CS Forester book - The Good Shepherd - from which Greyhound was derived; and would also recommend that as excellent.
One difficulty is that Greyhound was sold to TV's Apple plus during the Birdemic - so that it never got a cinema release, and was never properly distributed. How to watch it without subscribing to yet another streaming service is a problem; for which those interested will need to seek a solution.
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