During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Harris, Stanley Kubrick's former producer, here came up with his own Dr Strangelove variant, muting the black humour but just as incisively diagnosing nuclear insanity.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
A serviceable but not very exceptional cold-war thriller.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The whole thing transcends plausibility -- for a moderately wised-up viewer, at least -- because of its gross exaggeration of a highly improbable episode.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
Poitier does an excellent job in both the light and serious aspects of his role, and manages to leave a personal stamp on his scenes.