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Article: Denzel Washington stars in military drama 'Crimson Tide.'(Cover Story)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 15, 1995
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Denzel Washington plays an ambitious, by -the-look executive officer of a nuclear submarine who frequently bumps heads with his commander, Gene Hackman, in the intense military drama Crimson Tide.
In the film about the potential for World War III and nuclear devastation, a nuclear missile base in Russia has been seized by a volatile rebel group and the whole world is on a frightening state of alert. The USS Alabama sub is sent to patrol the waters off the coast of the former Soviet Union. The Alabama has enough nuclear firepower to start and complete WWIII all by itself.
The tension mounts as the Alabama is given orders to launch its nuclear missiles at ...