Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington star in this smash-hit suspense thriller from director Tony Scott. No-nonsense combat veteran Captain Frank Ramsey (Hackman) and his newly-instated first officer Ron Hunter (Washington) are caught in the middle of a global crisis. On board a nuclear submarine, they’re heading for Russia where radical nationalists are threatening to start World War III. But when they receive an unverified message to launch their missiles, Ramsey and Hunter clash over the validity of the orders. With nuclear holocaust close at hand, mutiny erupts on the sub - pitting the entire crew against each other in a showdown that will decide the fate of the world.