Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. If they don’t quickly hang or jail anyone who says the emperor isn’t just naked but flabby, their regimes collapse fast. So do Putin and similar tyrants. 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. We're capable of launching more firepower than has ever been released in the history of war. Of course they didn’t all think of it independently. The more I watch this movie the more interesting the story line actually becomes to me. Viggo went on to do the Lord of the Rings trilogy, his career has more or less been on a low simmer since then. Verified Purchase. A sub commander and his officer clash over missile-launching orders. John Robson: Beware the yellow ducks — Russia's humorous anti-corruption protests have teeth If you panic and start clubbing people wielding little rubber duckies, you look afraid and brittle. Tony Scott did the directing along with Jerry Bruckheimer as co-director. Not so much because those who laugh have ceased to be afraid; the Soviet Union had hysterical political jokes and a pervasive choking atmosphere of fear. 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. But such humour illuminates like lightning. Leave it to Hollywood to mess up a decent flick. So they called us. He gets tugged between Denzel and Gene's characters as they fight each other for control. He was/is the brother of Ridley Scott who did a little space movie called Alien. Personally, I don't find it credible that anyone with the manifest personality defects of the captain would get within a thousand miles of commanding a nuclear sub, but then I never dreamt that the US would ever put Trump in the White House. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. Please try again. Tony also did another fairly popular movie you might know called Top Gun, another military themed movie that made the American Navy and their fighter pilots look the badazzes that they are (again going up against the russians). It’s quite another to panic and start clubbing and pepper-spraying people wielding little rubber duckies. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Please try again. Please try again. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. John Robson: Beware the yellow ducks — Russia's humorous anti-corruption protests have teeth. For one purpose alone: Keep our country safe. the last line of defense. Ramsey: Little ducks, there's trouble in Russia. Boat [COB]: At the time I didn't much care for it. There's a problem loading this menu right now. COB: Dismiss the crew! Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. And all I ask is that you keep up with me. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander (Hackman) and his brilliant executive officer (Washington) clash over the validity of their orders ... battling each other for control of the sub! Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. . This dvd has captions, an on the set of clip and a making of featurette, no director commentary, the blu-ray is crisp and clean and will provide nice viewing and if you don't like my review please keep it to yourself cause I have a fragile ego. Politics, being so devious, seems to lend itself to amazingly intricate humour. Capt. Hackman and Washington are great Ending very predictable, Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2020. Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Full of suspense and challenges you to consider impossible decisions and the validity of nuclear deterrence. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Who live in a fine, We live in an interconnected world and people saw the symbol, thought it was clever and realized little yellow ducks are easy to get.