内容描述苏联发生政变时,叛变者控制了一个核子飞弹基地,威胁要攻击美国。美国政府急命阿拉巴马号核子潜艇准备反攻,但就在是否要下达攻击令的关键时刻,潜艇的通讯系统发生故障,无法判断攻击令的真伪。哈克曼饰演的潜艇指挥官决定发射,但新来的副官华盛顿却认为事关重大,应确定讯息再说,不惜为此发动兵变囚禁上司。
A mutiny transpires inside the USS Alabama submarine carrying nuclear weapons on its mission to pre-empt a possible nuclear strike from radical Russian militarist in revolt, Tony Scott’s CRIMSON TIDE inculcates a valuable lesson in the face of a conflict of wills, between the sub’s commanding officer Captain Ramsey (Hackman) and new XO Lieutenant Commander Hunter (Washington).
A standoff is caused by an incomplete radio-transmitted Emergency Action Message, and it is a toss-up, Ramsey favors for continuing the missile-launching directive received from a prior message, but Hunter thinks it is better to mark time before they can decode the entire message, in case the second message is a retraction. Hunter’s suggestion sounds rational and judicious, yet Ramsey is gung-ho in attacking the Russian nuclear installation as the clock is ticking (pursuant to the theoretical time left for Russian to fuel their missiles), that is the breaking point and in the ensuing sides-choosing game, Ramsey and Hunter each has their adherents, but the rub can be boiled down to one’s belief in war or peace, whereas Ramsey’s action is to gain an upper hand of an impending nuclear war, Hunter chooses to fight for the possibility that the damning war can be avoided. On the strength of which, one can fairly divine which outcome the film opts for.
By design, CRIMSON TIDE is exclusively a boy’s club once the expedition starts (it takes about 10 minutes), and its point-of-view never leave the sub during the whole enchilada, ergo, a shroud of claustrophobia (under Hans Zimmer’s sonorous synth score) is one of the corollaries , along with masculine duties and patriotic manifestation (humbling the enemy with the torpedo-dodging skill is a pat self-congratulation), but as Scott’s track record attests, holding the tension on point amidst swift actions and kerfuffles is right in his element (coupled with rapid editing and mock foley fidelity of manning a juggernaut), plus playing a blustering Hackman off against a four-square, unbowed Washington turns out to be a highly entertaining barn-burner, alas, it is up to Viggo Mortensen’s Weapons Officer Peter Ince, to sustain the most arduous, nail-biting affliction when the crunch hits.
Interleaving references of Star Trek and comic books as a mood lightener (purportedly courtesy of Quentin Tarantino’s uncredited tinkering of the script) is a smart move, but the film’s real zinger is its tactful examination of the generational divide and bigotry under a male-oriented bell jar, while Washington’s dark pigmentation distinguishes himself as a well-deserved, racism-flouting victor, but betrayed by the subservient character of Lieut. Darik Westerguard (Carroll), the only other black officer in the top tier, who squarely goes to the mat for Ramsey, Scott’s film is not as blithely colorblind as it seems prima facie, more interestingly, through Ramsey and Hunter’s banter about the provenance of Lipizzaner (the right answer is neither Portugal nor Spain, but the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria), the apposite shorthand of men’s own intrinsic limitation, we are alert to that any scale of man-made disaster can be triggered by a single individual’s monomania, which unwittingly renders the supposedly reassuring coda, that only POTUS has the say-so to unleash a nuclear holocaust, in much distress and fear of the year 2020.
referential entries: Tony Scott’s UNSTOPPABLE (2010. 7.3/10); René Clément’s THE DAMNED (1947, 7.3/10).
叙事的张弛做得太差,到两方矛盾激化的时候才开始像部像样的类型片,而且觉得托尼·斯科特不是很适合拍封闭空间,倒不是说他拍不好,而是让电影丧失了《国家公敌》《危情时速》里那样势如破竹的运动节奏,只能通过频繁的空间变换和倾斜镜头来弥补“运动”和其爆发出的能量的不足。
my fav type. moral justice and national security. my heart was at my throat the whole time.
缅怀托尼·斯科特,愿死亡给你带来真正的宁静。
“最大的敌人是战争本身。”密闭舱内的权力争夺,潜艇之间的明枪暗箭,内外俱急高潮迭起。季默的配乐拿到格莱美奖,优质主旋律商业动作片
还是冷战时代好啊,哪怕是后冷战,想拍啥都是世界大战的味。不像现在动不动那恐怖分子说事,小打小闹。杰里·布鲁克海默的戏就是这么刺激,娱乐之下不忘美式主旋律下,顺便把各种武器拍的绚烂无比,这片就像核潜艇版的壮志凌云。迈克尔·贝大概就是被他老人家培养出来的。
剧情很紧凑节奏也很快,会跟着一起很紧张的电影
这部电影让人无法放松,它优秀的剪辑和配乐辅助塑造了无法抵抗的节奏,即便你能猜得出结果,也毫不干扰享受过程。虽然电影的故事以准战争状态下的核潜艇为背景,但其实这是一个突出展现矛盾的剧本,它本身与战争没有多大关系,而在表现冲突方面,这是一部让人片刻不得安宁的电影。
永远只会拍摄类型片的导演托尼·斯科特选择了一种最不类型的人生,他在今天中午于LA跳桥自杀
后冷战背景,潜艇内的哗变,再加上对核武器的思考,剧本还是很扎实的,一开始就通过对是否应该向日本扔原子弹这一问题的不同回答,迅速埋好了正副舰长日后对立的伏笔,华盛顿和哈克曼的对手戏也张力十足。
让什么动作大片不需要故事之类的话见鬼去吧,没有故事没有人物,哪来的张力
这不像是一部动作片而更像一部战争伦理剧,多重转折主角角力看着实在有够过瘾的。
过程惊心动魄~~~~~不错,影帝的表现的确完美
因为有Denzel Washington,所以看了,对于好莱坞的关于潜艇题材的很多,但是喜欢的很少,潜艇毕竟是有关军事的,而专业术语太多,看的时候懵懂而已^_^前半部分一直处于稍微沉闷的气氛下,终于两舰长发生分歧后,片子就进入紧张,惊悚的氛围中,不错的潜艇题材的军事片,对了,片子中的美国主义也不少哦~
真要给五星了!丹叔果叔都是正当年,前者嘴角眉梢全是戏,眼神无法逼视!后者那个大长睫毛啊!满眼大熟脸儿.摄影绝赞尤其在果叔那张脸上得到淋漓尽致的体现!超流畅节奏全片无down点.外加hans原声加持.真没缺憾了.ps,DW作为tony御用基本没让人失望过,pacino按原计划演船长就好了那就是神对决!酱油小ryan真嫩!
惊心动魄! 茫茫深海中 与敌方潜艇斗智斗勇 更激烈的是自己潜艇内部的政变和反政变!!。。。 从此 核潜艇舰长无权发射核武器 全部移交总统!!!
哈克曼饰演的潜艇指挥官决定发射,但新来的副官华盛顿却认为事关重大,应确定讯息再说,不惜为此发动兵变囚禁上司
最大的敌人就是战争本身。一部纯粹的男人戏,就是喜欢Danzel Washington。
好流畅的一部商业片;话说当年第一部有意识主动接触电影就是从哈克曼的《全民公敌》开始的,当时就觉得小宇宙比史密斯的强多了。是《故事》还是《电影剧本写作基础》中老提到该片了,关于人物设置和戏剧冲突和选择(两个主角都很丰满)。PS:我怎么老是在想《寒战》中的郭和梁呢,很像吗?
张力十足。这个故事放九十年代可能观众还能有共鸣,但现在看就没什么意思,没法深究。海军这次没支持拍摄也是可以理解的……
在史考特弟的软磨硬泡下,昆汀当了回未署名的剧本医生,活生生地在军事片里加入大段流行文化梗儿:一、出发大巴上的潜艇片知识竞赛,二、因Jack Kirby和Moebius版《银影侠》漫画引发的斗殴,三、《星际迷航》鸡血大法。当然,丹泽华盛顿也因此有机会在片场逮住昆汀,当面质问他在电影里老用nword是怎么回事。