Timeout London  Make the most of your city   Men of Honor   Not
yet rated  Be the first...   Time Out says  You can't say Carl
Brashear doesn't deserve this solid, old school biopic. With
guts and pig headed determination this sharecropper's son signed
up for the US Navy in the early '50s, and worked his way through
the entrance exam to train as a salvage diver, becoming the
first ever black man to qualify. If the institutional racism he
has to overcome is hardly a surprise, this occasionally stodgy
film offers the striking reminder of the terrifying conditions
under which divers worked. Tough enough for any able-bodied man,
but even the loss of half a leg in a shipboard accident doesn't
deter Brashear from his dedication to duty. Gooding's central
performance certainly does the man justice, embodying the
strength of will never to take 'no' for an answer. Master
Captain Billy Sunday (De Niro), the hard nosed training
instructor under pressure to fail Brashear, understands what it
means to work your way up, an