Crimson Tide - Mutiny

Not posted anything for a few weeks, I've been away on holiday but the blog is still alive.  Here is the central scene from Crimson Tide in which Denzel Washington's XO conflicts with his captain (Gene Hackman) over the meaning of a message they've been sent to launch nuclear missiles:



There's a lot of testosterone in that scene, and a lot more in the film as a whole when a struggle plays out on the nuclear submarine between various factions each intent on doing what they see as right.  Crimson Tide is one of those films that will probably be forgotten about as the years of cinema roll by, but it's really very good, with a simple premise, interesting characters and a good cast (throw James Gandolfini and Viggo Mortensen in for good measure - each before they were famous for the roles we best know them).  The film is a political and psychological drama that asks questions about the nature of war in the modern age and questions the legitimacy of nuclear weapons in the post cold-war era.

Remember - Denzel Washington doesn't do bad films.