On a US nuclear missile sub, a young firt officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy capta...
On a US nuclear missile sub, a young firt officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his order to do so.
When some Russian rebels takes control of some ICBM's, the American mobilize. Among the vessels sent is the nuclear sub, the Alabama. But before they leave they need a new X.O. and among the choices is Commander Hunter, who hasn't seen much action. But the ship's Captain, Ramsey OK's him. While on the way, there was an incident and Hunter disagreed with how Ramsey handled it, it's evident that Ramsey doesn't think much of Hunter because Hunter was college educated while Ramsey worked his way up. They're given order to attack but when they were in the process of receiving another order, the ship's communication were damaged, so the entire message was not received. Ramsey decides to continue with their previous order while Hunter wants to reestablish contact firt. That's when the two men butt heads that ends with Hunter relieving Ramsey. Later when some men die, some of the officer feel that Hunter is not up to the task so they team up to retake control. But Hunter has taken ...
