Greyhound takes place during World War 2 and stars Tom Hanks as the Captain of the ship called Greyhound which is on convoy escort duty through a place known as the Pit where allied ships are without air support and vulnerable to German U-Boats and Greyhound will be no exception as it tries to navigate the choppy waters.
Greyhound is a tightly made World War 2 submarine thriller that I found quite enjoyable and a lot of that comes from firstly how tight this movie feels, the film only lasts about 95 minutes or so but it doesn’t waste a moment of it, info is nicely given to the viewer while the ship is going through the waters while the action moments are nice and exciting.
Also one thing I did like about the films direction was that it makes nice use of the tight close up shots, yes you do get some wide shots particularly during the battle scenes but the scenes inside the ship are shot nice and tight and it really adds to the effect of what the crew of that ship went through especially with the technology they had at their disposal at the time.
Secondly Mr Hanks effortlessly anchors this movie and he’s virtually in every scene yet he’s never boring during this film, he’s calm, collected and its hard to imagine the movie without him.
There is one thing that also comes to mind while thinking on this movie and that is this is one that I really really wish I got to see on the big cinema screen with a great sound system (this was one of many that was delayed due to current events) as while watching it at home on my 4K TV was nice and all but this would’ve been a real treat on a booming cinema sound system with the various gun battles and crashing waves and depth charges being dropped you would have really felt it in a dark cinema but alas things went the way they did.
And so that was Greyhound it’s a good solid WW2 submarine thriller brilliantly anchored by Mr Hanks and one that I wish had gotten a cinema release, 3 out of 5.
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