USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

R

2016

2 hr. 15 min.

History

Drama

War

Action

List

17%

12 Reviews

Tomatometer

30%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

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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Paul S

Just plain terrible. It must have been incredibly difficult to turn such an amazing story into such a horrible film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Bruce S

Wow. Just Wow. Why would anyone finance or allow such a train wreck of a movie to make it to the public? Just the worst movie you should never watch. Your kids just made a better movie in the backyard last week. Oh, they didn't make a movie, you say? Yea, what they did not make was infinitely better than this.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Kristoffer K

It's like one of the most tragic stories of WWII was written by the same people that wrote high school musical 🤦‍♂️

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/18/23

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Elizabeth M

I thought the movie was fantastic, riveting. I also learned a lot. Great action film and drama. I don't get the negative reviews at all. Nicolas Cage was wonderful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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JT C

I thought the movie was great and educated me on a bit of history I wasn't as familiar with. To each his own on ratings but from my perspective the negative reviews are dead wrong. I'm guessing they watched it for a Jaws/Shark week thriller. While sharks a definitely a feature the story is of valor from WWII. To the greatest generation I salute you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/23

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Greg R

Thousands. Thousands of movies. This is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. Ever. The worst. Worst movie ever.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/26/23

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Mario Van Peebles

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Nicolas Cage

Captain Charles Butler McVay III

Tom Sizemore

McWhorter

Thomas Jane

Chuck Gwinn

Matt Lanter

Bama

Weronika Rosati

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Frank Scheck

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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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Roger Moore

Movie Nation

Overreaching, muddled and not reliably accurate

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 7, 2016

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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
Executive Producer: Lindsey Roth, Jamal Sannan, Martin J. Barab, Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh
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

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