While not much dialogue happens in this film, you can see everyone's expressions on their faces, and those expressions tell better stories than words. Director Wolfgang Peterson gives us some great characters. So many times we have seen wars play out on land, and while there is only so much you can show with a land fight, the war field on the open sea allows for so much more creativity. The ocean is almost like fighting in another world. I think it has to do somewhat with my passion for sci-fi. I don't know why I love this genre so much. Both of them rank as my top action films.
I loved The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide. Everyone needs to realize that I have a fascination with submarine films. If I had the time to take this movie door-to-door and sit down with everyone in America to watch this film, I would.
