Crimson Tide (Movie Review)

"Yeah, horse's are fascinating animals. Dumb as fenceposts but very intuitive. In that way they're not too different from high school girls: they may not have a brain in their head but they do know all the boys want to fuck 'em."

Ok, where to begin, this movie stars Gene Hackman as Captain Ramsey of the Alabama nuclear submarine, and Denzel Washington as Lieutenant Hunter a newly appointed man to the Alabama. The movie is about the tension between Russia and the United States, the movie is kind of like a "what if scenario" and does a damn good job of it also. Quick Summary of the events Rebels in Russia take over key nuclear silos and threaten to launch them, and at the same time the rebels simultaneous start a Civil War in Russia causing massive government disorder in their country. So the President asks Captain Ramsey to go undetected towards the western cost of Russia in case they might have to use one of the warheads to take out the base the rebels have taken. While all seems all fine and dandy, and Ramsey asks Hunter to join his ship as his second in command, questions start flying. Lt. Hunter dissaproves of Ramsey actions on his ship, which causes a stir in the ship which then causes massive questioning among the captains and crew. Then later in the story there ship gets a EAM (EmergencyActionMessage) to rise to a appropriate level in order to launch the warheads at the target. However while in the action an enemy sub spots them and almost destroys the Alabama. While fighting, Lt. Hunter was in the process of getting another EAM but because of the fight the message wasn't able to finish. So with no correct message, both Ramsey and Hunter duke it out, Ramsey believes they should just Launch the missiles now because that's what the message before said, While Hunter is all like Fuck you we were the process of getting a message we need to reestablish connection, because for all we know they could have resolved the problem, and then we fire a nuke on Russia which will then cause a nuclear Holocaust.



The movie is very well executed especially the dialogue between Hackman and Washington, both try to out do each other in the movie with witty history questions, and horse knowledge. I Highly recommend this movie, sure the models of the submarine are a little silly, but dang the tension that builds between the captains and crew mates are one hell of a rollercoster ride. Oh, random looking through IMDB looks like Quentin Tarantino help write some of the dialogue between Hackman and Washington, lawl.