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Tony and Denzel together. You love to see it.

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When will we get our next great submarine movie

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Back when I was employed I'd get home late, around 12:30 AM. I'd make some food and, if I didn't have to work the following morning, watch a movie, usually going to sleep sometime around three. Now, my kids wake up around 8:30, which means I have to get up around 7:00, so staying up late is tough. I usually can't make it much past 11:30 PM before falling asleep. This is one reason why I've been watching so many Hong Kong movies over the last couple of years: because they're rarely more than 100 minutes long, I can fit one in between when the wife goes to sleep at 10:00 and I fall asleep at midnight.

Last night, I started this late, finding it buried on Instant Netflix sometime around 10:45 PM. I watched the whole thing, finishing around 1:00. I never felt the least bit sleepy.

Review by comrade_yui ★★★★★ Liked

the greatness of an actor is found in that weird way that denzel washington here pronounces 'nuclear holocaust' -- noo-clear HOE-low-CAWST. he doesn't just say the term for total radioactive extinction; he says it his way.

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Somehow this is only the second greatest submarine movie ever made.

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More a movie about military protocol than one about nuclear war which from a dramatic standpoint is a good thing because otherwise it would be heavily stocked towards Washington as the guy who don't want to launch nukes. That also means that as great as Washington and Hackman are, two of Hollywood's finest stars getting much meatier parts than most 90s blockbusters offered, this is less about how they go after each other as it is about how every character actor reacts to them. Something close to 1/4 of Crimson Tide is composed of tight Dutch angles of sweaty men under heavy artificial lightning as they take stock of its stars latest actions, There's a deep bench of good actors…

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Cold War nuclear paranoia/anxiety, the Caine Mutiny and nuts-and-bolts machinery of WWII submarine movies like Hunt for Red October!

With Denzel Washington in incredible form (as he always was for Tony) as the young, ambitious and rational anti-war executive officer who needs to forcefully relieve his hotheaded, cigar-chomping veteran skipper Gene Hackman of duty during a stressful and confused incomplete order to either prevent or start a nuclear war; neither are 100% sure. Their commanding rat-a-tat-tat's about military protocol and ethics at one another would probably be electric throughout entirely on…

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fuck this movie is good

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Red. Blue. Green. Black.

One of my favorite films. I could watch it a million times and never get bored. Tony Scott’s trademark 3/4 close-ups are some of the greatest shots in all of cinema.

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In the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself. 

Tony Scott!! Sunsets and sonar!! Rest in peace Gene Hackman, this was submitted on Twitter a while back on a post where I asked about dad movies which has now been made into a list

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kirby silver surfer is the only real silver surfer

Review by Michael James ★★★★

For a movie that gets set in a submarine for almost its entirety, it never feels claustrophobic nor boring. Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman are at their exceptional best, going at it against each other and dominating it scene after scene. The clash of ideologies between masculine forces is nothing new, but the setting, execution and performances place it in another league. With a clever script and powerhouse performers, Tony Scott masterfully delivers a highly exciting intense action thriller.