Crimson Tide dvd movie.|
Crimson Tide buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices |
 |
List Price: $14.99 Our Price: $13.99 You Save: $1 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Letterboxed • NTSC In Theaters : 12 May, 1995 DVD Release : 04 February, 1998 |
| [ + Zoom ] [ Buy Now ] | DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
Crimson Tide description You can almost hear the studio pitch meeting echoing throughout Crimson Tide like the sonar on the soundtrack: "It's The Cain Mutiny on a nuclear submarine!" When radio communications problems aboard the USS Alabama prevent the sub from receiving its orders clearly during a tense confrontation with Russian warships, Navy officer Denzel Washington faces a huge ethical dilemma: countermand the orders of legendary Captain Ramsey (Gene Hackman) to fire nuclear missiles, or follow his command and risk launching an unprovoked nuclear war. It's really an actors' picture, and the fun is in the fireworks between Washington and Hackman, each of whose characters articulates solid reasoning behind his decision. There are no easy villains, and there's no easy way to tell right from wrong--that's what makes the nuclear stakes so terrifying. Director Tony Scott (who directed Quentin Tarantino's True Romance script) called in Tarantino to punch up the dialogue, which is why, for example, the sailors talk about Silver Surfer comic books. The digital video disc is in anamorphic widescreen; the sonorous underwater rumblings on the Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack will provide you with a good opportunity to show off your system's bass response. --Jim Emerson |
|
|
| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Proves that a movie can be great... |
| ...even without gratuitous sex and graphic violence. It has been almost 12 years since I first saw this movie, and I can still watch it today with great interest. The acting is superb, the dialogue convincing, and the plot intriguing. Director Tony Scott sets up the antagonism/contrast between the two main characters from the beginning. And each subsequent scene advances the building conflict until it reaches a boiling point when they disagree on how to handle an incomplete communique. Washington and Hackman give Oscar-worthy performances as Executive Officer and Captain. One of the most believable performances I have ever seen in a movie occurs just before the Captain is first relieved from duty. The movie is worth buying just to witness this confrontation!
And the co-stars are no acting slouches either. Stellar performances are given by James Gadofini (sp?), Matt Craven, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, Rocky Carroll and Danny Nucci. There are not many movies my husband and I agree on -- he likes action and violence while I like action but not 'graphic' violence -- but Crimson Tide is one that we have both enjoyed over the years. |
|
|