Men Of Honor
129 minutes,
USA (2000), 15
Average user rating 
(4.4 / 30 votes)
(4.4 / 30 votes)
A poor African-American battles the postwar prejudices of the US Navy to become the first black Master Chief diver
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Men Of Honor Review
A poor African-American battles the postwar prejudices of the US Navy to become the first black Master Chief diver
Will someone please give De Niro a decent role? After Meet The Parents and 15 Minutes, Men Of Honour from 2000 saw him continuing his run of hack work. De Niro plays Master Chief Sunday, a redneck Navy diver whose reckless bravery results in his retirement from active duty. In a training role, he meets the similarly stubborn Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr).
Like Born On The Fourth of July or Remember The Titans, Men Of Honour is based on a true story. But there's something Forrest Gump-like about Brashear's compulsion. After enlisting in the newly desegrated Navy, he fights his way into an elite, all-white dive school.
Using his Cape Fear accent, De Niro chews his way through his lively dialogue ("A one night stand may be over by morning but syphilis lasts a lifetime"). Despite Sunday being a caricature, he is sufficiently sympathetic and mouthy to be watchable. Gooding Jr's Brashear is a good foil, despite the gushing testosterone.
Like Born On The Fourth of July or Remember The Titans, Men Of Honour is based on a true story. But there's something Forrest Gump-like about Brashear's compulsion. After enlisting in the newly desegrated Navy, he fights his way into an elite, all-white dive school.
Using his Cape Fear accent, De Niro chews his way through his lively dialogue ("A one night stand may be over by morning but syphilis lasts a lifetime"). Despite Sunday being a caricature, he is sufficiently sympathetic and mouthy to be watchable. Gooding Jr's Brashear is a good foil, despite the gushing testosterone.
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