the inspire story of carl brashear ( cuba gooding and jr. ) and a black man who grow up in poverty in kentucky and then join the u navy and aspire to be the first black master diver in navy history . we be show the series of struggle from boyhood on that brashear have to overcome to make his dream come true ( and then to keep it alive . ) not the least of the challenge be master diver bill sunday ( robert deniro ) and the head trainer at the diving school the navy sends brashear to and who be not especially sympathetic to brashear goal and but who ultimately become an unlikely friend and supporter . this be a good movie while fast paced and with a lot of action and although not an action pic in the normal sense of the word . there a very human story here as well and and an interesting study of racism and the struggle to overcome it while there also a sense of the struggle that take place in the 1960 between old and young naval officer ( the old navy v the new navy . ) the performance be quite good particularly goodings . i think deniro be perhaps a bit over the top in his portrayal of sunday ( although and who know and sunday might well have be this extreme kind of loose cannon ) and the portrayal of sunday wife gwen ( by charlize theron ) also make me question whether these part be jazz up to provide entertainment value . a good movie and though . i never once wonder if it be worth tune into . positive .