Crimson Tide is a 1995 Hollywood film starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and directed by Tony Scott. It is a typical submarine film, focusing on the tension that occurs between the men who must share the limited and dangerous space of an underwater nuclear sumbarine. In the film, this tension occurs between the characters played by Hackman and Washington, who represent in the film the ideas of old and young, tradition and change, and also white and black. However, the ending of the film tries to see the value in both sides, and reaches a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
With an all-star cast and a compelling subject --- nuclear war with an unpredictable adversary -- CRIMSONTIDE is worthy viewing for any teen considering joining the military.
When the film was released in 1995, filmmaker Tony Scott couldn't have known terrorists would attack the U.S. and the whole country would be on high alert.
CrimsonTide is a coming-of-age story inside a melodrama inside a pretty impressive war movie.
While the sub attack scenes in CrimsonTide strike me in somewhat the same vein, I believe they're much more defensible if simply because a) they make sense within the context of the story; and b) they prove to be essential in the advancement of the plot.
CrimsonTide appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
The movie consistently displayed a solid sense of environment, and the sub attack sequences brought the rears into the picture to a positive degree; they made the viewer a part of the action.
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