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Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

Danger runs deep.

EN116 min 7.212 May 1995
ActionThrillerWar
PlotAfter the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship able to stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsey insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.
Budget: $53,000,000Box Office: $157,387,195
terrorismcommandingnuclear submarinedirectnuclear missilepost cold warembassysubmarinebattle for powermissileaircraft carriersuspenseful

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John Chard
There are few better sights in 90s cinema than watching Hackman & Washington go at each other the way they do here, starting off as just a fractious relationship, it then explodes into a war of belief and wills. Then there is Denzel Washington as Ron Hunter, eloquently spoken and a voice of reason, his ruggedness coming to the fore as the submarine starts to implode.
CinemaSerf
Tempers flare and when a rogue Russian sub opens fire on them, things pass a point of no return. Sadly, at this point the drama becomes all to farcical as the tautly directed opening scenarios between the two men become absurdly tribal antics onboard - to the point where the last half hour or so just beggars belief.

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Kevin Allen@moviebuff782145 opinions · User since 2010
★★★☆☆ 5.9
The visual style is competent but uninspired. Good in parts, uneven in others. A rental, not a theater visit. …
28 November 1996User Review
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