CLASSIC MOVIES: CRIMSON TIDE (1995)

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Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of The Internet Movie Database]:

On a U.S. nuclear submarine, a young first officer
stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger-happy captain
from launching missiles before confirming
his orders to do so.

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REVIEWS:

"What's unique about 'Crimson Tide' is that it doesn't offer clear-cut
choices between good and evil. [Gene] Hackman may be violating
procedures, but perhaps he has good reasons. [Denzel] Washington,
fearing to unleash war, may leave his country unprotected. Even the
ending is intriguingly even-handed. This is the rare kind of war movie
that not only thrills people while they're watching it, but invites them
to leave the theater actually discussing the issues. ....
'Crimson Tide'...[is] an uncommonly intelligent dramatization about
the choices, dangers and duties of nuclear warfare."

-- Roger Ebert; May 12, 1995

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