crimson tide

When Russia rebels gain control of nuclear weapons in the USSR, the United States retaliates by deploying the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine. Which is commanded by Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman), a veteran solider and Naval Great. Ramsey selects Lt. Commander Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington), to be his right man on this mission; Hunter is a Harvard graduate and prefers to use his brains to weapons unlike his Commanding officer. The USS Alabama’s …showed first 75 words of 363 total…

…showed last 75 words of 363 total…weapon or not launching it. At this point both men had to make decision and quick, Captain Ramsey believed that the interrupted transmission was to fire the weapon, which was a decision of uncertainty and of high risk. Because if Ramsey was wrong, then he would start WW3. However, Lt. Hunter uses the decision of certainty, and tries to convince Ramsey not to launch the weapon and wait for the response of the interrupted message.