men of honor star cuba gooding jr. and a real life navy diver carl brashear who defy a man navy to become the first african american navy diver . sometimes by his side and sometimes his adversary there be one man who carl brashear really admire . his name be master chief billy sunday ( robert deniro ) . sunday in a lot of way push and aggravate and help carl become the man he want to be . i love cuba in this film . his portrayal here be a liberate and as powerful a denzel washington be in the hurricane . through every scene we can see his passion and motivation and stubbornness to achieve his dream . we can see the struggle within in him a he embark to make his father proud . i also love how the director create and bring forth a lot of tension in some of the key diving scene . brashear encounter with a submarine during a salvage mission be heart stop and brilliant . the only fault i could see would have to lie in the support cast . cuba and deniro character be very intricate and exciting to watch . which do make you a little sad when they have to butt head with such two dimensional support character . the evil lt. cmdr . hank and sunday wife ( charlize theron ) and the eccentric diving school colonel ( hal holbrook ) and cuba love interest be the character i find to not have very much depth . what could have make these character more substantial and more effective be a little more time to develop them . why be that colonel always in his tower . how come sunday wife be so bitter and always drunk . another curious question have to be this . what happen to carl brashear wedding . i mean if this film be chronicle this man life wouldn not his wedding be an important event . maybe it just me . men of honor and however and be a perfect example of the triumph and faith that the human spirit envelops . this film will inspire and make you feel for this man struggle . which i do believe be the reason this powerful story be tell . my hat go off to you carl brashear . i really admire your strength .