Crimson Tide (1995)
 


Genre:Action
Released: May 26, 1995
Director:Tony Scott
Distributor:Walt Disney Video
 
Starring:
Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza
 
Synopsis
Two leaders with different philosophies about battle and leadership wage
war with each other in this tense military thriller. Capt. Frank Ramsey
(Gene Hackman) is the commanding officer of a nuclear submarine, the
U.S.S. Alabama. Ramsey is a distinguished veteran near the end of his
career, and he leads his men with an iron hand; as he puts it, "We're here
to preserve democracy, not to practice it." Ramsey is assigned a new
second-in-command, Lt. Cmmdr. Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington); Hunter
is much younger than Ramsey, Harvard educated, and believes the goal
of the military in the nuclear age is to prevent war, not fight it. While at sea,
word reaches the Alabama that a splinter group of Russian forces have
seized missile silos, and the ship is put on red alert. The Alabama has
orders to fire, but as it is receiving a new incoming order the radio
malfunctions. It's Ramsey's contention that an order is an order and they
are to move forward with the attack, while Hunter feels if there is any
question at all about their mission, they should wait until they can receive
further instruction, with Hunter going so far as to threaten mutiny against
Ramsey if the missile strike is carried out. Quentin Tarantino and Robert
Towne both contributed to the screenplay without credit.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide 


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