USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

R

2016

2h 15m

History

Drama

War

Action

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After their ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the crew members of the USS Indianapolis face a harrowing nightmare as their ship goes down in the shark infested Philippine Sea.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

This slapdash war movie doesn't do justice to its compelling subject matter.

Nov 12, 2016

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Not exactly unwatchable, but it's also completely not worthy of watching.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 11, 2016

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

The film's leaden treatment of this incredible story somehow sucks all the drama out of it.

Nov 10, 2016

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

We get to experience this incredible story, starring so many of our local folks and landmarks, on the big screen.

Aug 23, 2018

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

Cage remains uncharacteristically subdued in the lead role. Or perhaps I'm misinterpreting his complete boredom.

Rated: D

Nov 10, 2016

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Chris Bumbray

JoBlo's Movie Network

One can't help but be mortified for Cage. A bargain-basement would-be WW2 epic with hilariously poor CGI and an abysmal script.

Rated: 2/10

Oct 14, 2016

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Mike O

Bad, weak, corny, lame. I can't believe they took an event like the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the worst single loss of life event in US Navy history, and did that to it. Deserved so much better. Cage was awful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/31/25

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Stephen C

Success in 2.25 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for War-Related Images and Brief Language!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Lew 8

Cheap garbage. Bad acting, cheap effects, and even the wrong shark species.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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CT 8

Not quite as tragic as the true life event itself, but a tragedy all the same. In the hands of a decent director, competent writers, and capable actors this could have been a classic war movie befitting the subject matter. Instead, we get a made for TV, B-movie that fails on all fronts. If you really want to learn about the tragedy of the USS Indianapolis there are some fine documentaries available. They're 10X more insightful and impactful than this nonsense.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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David H

I am not sure who has it worse. The viewers of this bomb or the men of the Indy. So much crap they had to make it last over 2 hours. Get the Imodium because something has to give

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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Larry D

I love war movies but this was terrible. Acting was B movie at best. Some of the scenes were just cringe worthy...A guy gets burned opening a door on the ship and there was no fire in the room to heat the door. The captain is somehow separated from the crew in the ocean...um how the hell does that happen when they all went down together. Just plain dumb. I want my 2 hours of life back from watching this train wreck.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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Synopsis

After their ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the crew members of the USS Indianapolis face a harrowing nightmare as their ship goes down in the shark infested Philippine Sea.

Director: Mario Van Peebles
Producer: Richard Rionda Del Castro, Michael Mendelsohn, Richard Salvatore
Screenwriter: Cam Cannon, Richard Rionda Del Castro
Production Co: Hannibal Pictures
Rating: R (War-Related Images|Brief Language)
Genre: History, Drama, War, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2017
Runtime: 2h 15m

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