In the typical Don Simpson-Jerry Bruckheimer mould(the partnership yielded Top Gun and Days of Thunder, among many other films), this 1995 drama is a combination of one-dimensional but enjoyable performances, lots of high-tech nonsense taking place onscreen, and mechanistic movie-making at its loudest and most seizure-inducing. Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington play nuclear submarine officers squaring off over the former's apparent intention to do some unauthorized damage to an enemy. Tony Scott (Top Gun) directed, bringing his lustre and pop commercial sense to go with all that Simpson-Bruckheimer eye candy. --Tom Keogh
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Very well acted and good soild story too This film is set upon a submarine, essentially is about the conflicting opinions of a Captain (Gene Hackman) and his First Officer (Denzel Washington) over a set of orders, the first of which they concur on and a second set which are incomplete, they have totally different takes on what to do, or not. Both leads are on fine form, particularly Gene Hackman, with good support from James Gandolfini and George Dzundza, there's a good level of tension throughout most of the film as a power struggle ensues... more info
The ultimate fail-safe movie. There have been a number of films about the USA going to the edge of nuclear war by accident, but the action has usually centred around the big decisions in the Pentagon, or in a bunker in the mid-west. This film traps the viewer in a submarine with the crew of the USS Alabama, trying to resolve a message fragment that might be cancelling the nuclear strike they have been directed to deliver.
Washington and Hackman circle around eachother like predators, with a concealed undercurrent of racism beneath... more info
Tense thriller Director Tony Scott does an extremely good job in making this into a great thriller. When a film is set almost entirely on board a submarine it can't be easy to come up with enough excitement to fill two hours. Fortunately thanks to great performances from Hackman and Washington, and a great supporting cast Scott manages to pull this off. It's hard work building up the tension in the first hour without losing the viewer but it's achieved here thanks to a few action set pieces and a bit of pop culture... more info
Scarily realistic Crimson Tide is a film about a Nuclear US Submarine, call sign ALABAMA. Gene Hackman is the Captain, Denzel Washington is the ExO (Executive Officer). The ALABAMA is ordered to bring an end to a rising in Russia, the man responsible gets his hands on some Russian Nukes belonging to the Govt. The ALABAMA suffers a problem with its communications equipment, and as a result cuts half a message off and doesn't recieve any more. Thus the Capt. and ExO have a disagreement over whether to launch their Nukes or... more info
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