Name: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Genre: Action, War
Released: 2016-09-22
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, Matt Lanter, Thomas Jane, Emily Tennant

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage backdrop

2016·Action·2h 8m

6.8

★

The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.

Directed by Mario Van Peebles

world war ii

shark attack

based on true story

naval warfare

pacific ocean

1940s

naval disaster

hallucinations

open-sea survival

atomic bomb delivery

torpedo attack

naval battlefield

wartime secrets

ocean isolation

military tragedy

moral burden

Trailer

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Cast

Nicolas Cage

Captain McVay

Tom Sizemore

McWhorter

Matt Lanter

Bama

Thomas Jane

Chuck Gwinn

Emily Tennant

Clara

Craig Tate

Garrison

Cody Walker

West

James Remar

Admiral Parnell

Max Ryan

Lt. Chuck Gwinn

Currie Graham

Captain Ryan

Callard Harris

Lt. Standish

Brian Presley

Waxman

Crew

Mario Van Peebles

Director

Cam Cannon

Writer

Laurent Eyquem

Original Music Composer

Robert A. Ferretti

Editor

Andrzej Sekula

Director of Photography

Richard Shelby

Thanks

Melissa Wulfemeyer-Valenzuela

Casting

Popular Reviews

45 reviews

Wyatt

4.0★ · 09/13/25

CGI so terrible it’s charming and an utterly forgettable Nic Cage role. I admire how ambitious it was but I was still bored out of my mind. I appreciated the inclusion of the trial of Captain McVay, had no clue that happened! In spite of me giving this film a hard time, I got a little teary-eyed by the end, I just can’t believe they fucked that man over like that.

Nathan

2.0★ · 07/29/24

Absolute snoozefest.

mrosi

2.0★ · 01/01/24

The kind of movie you watch with your grandpa on a random Sunday after church on a crusty 12-inch TV.

He will fall asleep halfway through and you’ll forget about it by the next day.

Birdy

5.0★ · 11/14/23

I'm over this, it was fine, just another tragic story turned into a terrible movie

Suse CPRO

3.0★ · 10/30/23

No amount of sharks could make up for how emo the last 30 minutes made me