welcome back to movie recap today i'm
going to show you a 2020 american war
film called greyhound
spoilers ahead
watch out and take care
the movie starts with the speech of
winston churchill and franklin roosevelt
during world war ii it shows the group
of ships in the north atlantic in
february 1942 and there's a warplane
covering the convoy of ships from the
united states going to europe called the
black pit
after that the air escort needs to leave
the ship and return to the headquarters
the convoy is hx25 its destination is
going to liverpool
it has 37 troops and supply ships
escorted by four light warships led by
the greyhound the captain is inside his
cabin down on his knees praying to god
for protection it's u.s navy commander
ernest ernie krauss
two months earlier in san francisco
california it's christmas time december
of 1941
ernie is sitting in the hotel's lobby
waiting for evelyn's love of his life
when he sees her coming he immediately
stands up and welcomes eve to the place
she finally sees him
they sit down on a couch nearby and give
gifts to one another ernie gives eve a
christmas tree decoration and there's an
imprint on it yesterday today and
forever which comes from the bible
she's happy about the present and she
says to ernie that she will put it on
her christmas tree
however eve gives two gifts a pair of
slippers monogrammed and the other is a
tiny toy warship
ernie gets confused about what it means
and eve earnestly explains that it will
remind him that the greyhound mission is
his first ever leading ship
ernie tells eve that they will go to
norfolk eve gets confused too because
she thought they would go to treasure
island
ernie takes a ticket out of his coat and
asks eve to come with him to propose to
her on a tropical island
but eve refuses his offer
back in the present day ernie is
preparing for his morning it's wednesday
four noon watch from 0800 to 1200 50
hours to air cover when ernie gets on
board he asks how the night shift goes
and the officers tell him that two men
have quarreled a night before fleuser
and shannon
also the main butler and chef on board
george cleveland tells ernie that he
will be going to prepare his breakfast
minutes later ernie commands other
officers to call flucer and shannon into
his office and let them explain what
happens when the two of them are inside
they feel the intensity of captain ernie
both of them apologize for what happened
and promise not to do it again
luckily for them ernie gets an emergency
to go to the bridge because the other
warships harry and eagle are being
attacked he responds quickly and tells
another warship dickey to be alert to
everything that may happen
they continuously discuss over the radio
and all the men aboard are attentive and
looking side by side they are now calmly
panicking and ernie commands harry to
stay in his position
one of the officers whistles and ernie
announces that they're in trouble they
detect a german submarine near them
the radio man under keeps on updating
how many miles the submarine is from
them and its location
though sometimes they lose signal in the
sub itself because it keeps on
submerging
they can't detect it consistently until
there's a range unknown from their
detector when they realize that the ship
is almost there with them they hardly
turn around to avoid an explosion or
collision with the submarine
they consider it a slow speed under the
60 revolutions per minute speed of the
submarine and 1 100 yards away
but they don't have time to slow down
and be content with what's happening
since the 1100 yards are becoming 1000.
ernie commands them to get into the
standard rudder to avoid the submarine
under them it pisses them off since
there is no apparent contact from the
submarine's location but it surprises
them when it's already under them the
hydrophone sounds are powerful making
the officer in charge put down his
headphones and warn everybody
ernie commands to release the rolling
fire from their ship and it blows hard
no oil leaks and debris are floating in
the sea they almost lose hope since
there is no contact with the submarine
again but the men on the upper deck
shout that an oil leakage and debris are
floating into the water
they are giving them a signal that they
have successfully defeated the submarine
all celebrate with happiness and ernie
congratulates everyone especially
epstein
when the first attack is made lieutenant
nistrom comes to him and he reports the
update about their ship in the other
ship's situation
on the other hand cleveland notices that
ernie hasn't eaten any of the food he
prepares though he keeps on changing it
from time to time
but ernie's mind is busy since it's his
first u-boat victory
a few moments later the rest comes to an
end because two ships along with their
convoy are on fire despotico and kadena
they notice a torpedo coming underground
and they realize that the germans are
not done yet it's another attack from
them ernie talks to the other ship again
and they rescue the kadena
on the other hand epstein hears distant
noises again from the underwater
until one by one the ships of harry
dickie and eagle are calling to
greyhound that they are also detecting
submarines under their radar six german
submarines slowly appear
the signal these submarines and the
commodore's message that the german
troops are already near three miles
ernie commands to shoot them but it just
submerges they aren't able to put it
down
unluckily the radar is not working
properly anymore and rudel did
everything he could
still on wednesday but under the dog
watch it means that it's from 1600 to
2000 36 hours to air cover they need to
slow down because they might blow the
turbine causing them to blow the ship
there are distress rocket signals from
afar
even at night the submarines are still
attacking them and the greyhound strikes
it too they keep on shooting until later
they realize that allies are shooting
one another ernie commands them to cease
also a gigantic u.s ship draws near to
them and it is so close to the point
that they almost collide with each other
another one of their ships blows off
the submarine releases a pill thrower
and it's like a false bomb so that it's
the only thing that can hear from the
radar they keep on shooting because they
think there is something under water
later they realize it's like bait on the
other hand the officers tell ernie that
there are survivors from the destroyed
ship swimming toward them
it takes him a minute to decide whether
they will rescue these men and they
choose to save them
charlie tells him that there is another
ship that blows it's the southland they
give a distressed signal shot 28 men are
safe from that ship and being rescued
then the captain from harry is calling
to greyhound again updating them that
the target is out of the perimeter
after the call ends the captain of the
german submarine grey wolf reaches their
radar and gives them a message that they
will kill them no matter what they need
to accept that they're losing with that
message that ernie pisses off the night
ends with all of them firing at each
other
the following day thursday under the
morning watch from 040 to 0800 26 hours
to air cover
the leading officers gather around the
office and they inform ernie of the
casualties the night before there are
five ships destroyed vasco southland
corning palm baron and powell
two ships are separately damaged there
are 24 survivors and 210 confirmed
deaths the event gives ernie a deep
tragic feeling about the losses of lives
as he looks outside the window a call
from harry telling that the target has
been cited and it's attacking again
the problem is that they don't have
enough fire to cover all the ships
behind them says mr fipple ernie calls
charlie to break the protocol for them
to protect and survive the war from the
other side of the ship epstein is
warning them again that the german
troops are going near again they
successfully shoot it but it isn't
enough
the captain from dickie is directly
telling ernie that they will do their
part to shoot the enemies when dickie
attacks grey wolf
greyhound was able to miss the two
torpedoes that grey wolf released to
them dickie reports that they shoot the
submarine they're unsure about it
because it only looks like damage
after all it slowly submerges
dickie helps them again because they
can't shoot the submarine properly since
it keeps on the low underground and
their canyon stay still
they get attacked by the submarine at
one side of greyhound but they
counter-attack putting it down this time
when they're in the office bill reports
to charlie and ernie about the
casualties
six of their men are the casualties
three got injured bonner meyer and for
brick who's in critical shape
the worst is that three people died
pisani marx and cleveland
they did not go to an attack in the
meantime and paid their respects to
their fallen soldiers
all of the crew aboard gathers around up
on the deck and they give the three men
a gun salute in memory of the sacrifices
of their lives
they exile the bodies into the ocean
after that funeral service ernie conveys
that eagle has been hit along with
kadena
also he asks for some updates but kong
gustav blows off too with no survivors
he sadly puts down the phone as he says
goodbye from greyhound
between 2000 to 2400 14 hours to air
cover on the same day carling says that
he's ready to relieve harvard they
change positions since they're all
exhausted and tired from what happened
for the past 24 hours
ernie looks out the window and sees a
destroyed ship being rescued in its
survivors a call from eagle reaches
greyhound asking for permission to
abandon the ship and ernie approves it
and thanks the ship for sailing with
them
since he died yesterday the new butler
named pitts was mistakenly called ernie
as cleveland
ernie calls charlie out of the deck and
they discuss their next plans because
they can't attack the german ships
anymore since all of them including
dickie and harry are out of fuel and low
charges
he asks for help from the admiralty to
get a backup air cover to attack the
german submarines
they are telling them a message that
they need help urgently
while waiting for the reply the captain
of grey wolf speaks to their radio again
warning them that they're all going to
die and they will attack them at their
most unexpected time
luckily they get an immediate response
from the admiralty which says it's on
its way but they need to wait for four
hours
friday morning 0-800 to 1200 three hours
to air cover ernie asks the messenger to
get his slippers because his feet are
worn out full of blood and wounds he
uses evie's monogrammed when he changes
his slippers two targets are waiting for
them and it's german submarines again
it's less than 100 miles away from them
and the grey wolf says again that all of
them are going to die today after that
ernie asks the messenger for more coffee
the attack begins again
since they don't have enough load to
their guns and canyons they give their
best to avoid the two torpedoes fired at
them
luckily one of the torpedoes collided
with their ship but it didn't blow up
when they see an opportunity they give
their last shot to the gray wolf until
they successfully hit the head and it
floats and they fire continuously until
the whole ship blows off
they're happy to turn it down
successfully but the fight is not yet
done since there's another german ship
waiting at the other end
greyhound cannot see where the second
submarine is and they almost don't have
a load with them but fortunately the air
cover comes and helps them fight against
the submarine
the air cover releases bombs from its
wings making the sub blow off and
defeated
they successfully kill all the enemies
before their journey ends an hms diamond
a british ship approaches them
the captain speaks to ernie and
congratulates him on his first time in
victory diamond asks him if they want to
go until londonderry but ernie says they
need to stop the convoy since they're
out of fuel
diamond understands his decision and
they get people out of the stranded
ships like harry dicky and eagle
after a long three days he can go back
to his back and rest and he lets carling
take the lead which surprises everyone
on the ship
as he is about to go to the cabin he
looks outside the deck because of the
noise it's from the soldiers from other
warships riding the hms diamond they
shout with gratitude towards greyhound
ernie almost cries as he looks at the
survivors and soldiers
the movie ends with ernie cleaning
himself first before he goes to bed and
he prays to god again thanking him for
being able to survive
after that he goes to his bed and sleeps
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