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- An initial view finds no overacting apart from the niece; Crenna’s dramatic husband performance is then nominated and accepted. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Richard Crenna; David Morrell; Vietnam action movies; hunting knives; early-'80s movie graphics; exploding ammo
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- Stallone is not yet at Apex; 1985, with Rambo II and Rocky IV, was his apex. — Bill Simmons
- Dennehy, the number-two star of a major hit, is a case that can be made either way. — Bill Simmons
- Crenna definitely, since he kept playing Troutman in sequels and a parody. — Bill Simmons
- David Morel too, since all his books became bestsellers afterward. — Brian Koppelman
- Crenna's many TV movies and the high-difficulty exposition role he made look easy are discussed. — Brian Koppelman
- Vietnam action movies are accepted, and hunting knives are called a great call. — Brian Koppelman
- Early-'80s movie graphics and opening credits are added. — Bill Simmons
- The deleted-scene Pet of the Month model could maybe go in too, said hesitantly. — Bill Simmons
- Exploding ammo is the last addition. — Bill Simmons
What’s Aged the Best?
Sub-descent montage; Denzel's lines; real-time final hour; Jason Robards cameo; EAMs; opening and closing title cards
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- Tony Scott makes a two-minute montage of the sub slowly descending riveting with Hans Zimmer's score; only Spielberg or McTiernan, who made Hunt for Red October, might have pulled it off. — Bill Simmons
- Denzel's line 'in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself' is one of about seven such Denzel lines. — Bill Simmons
- Viggo lights a cigarette when he decides to refuse the launch, and many sailors smoke Marlboro Reds underwater with no smoking section. — Bill Simmons
- George Dzundza's IMDb highlights include The Deer Hunter, No Way Out, Basic Instinct and Law & Order; a lowlight is co-leading the 1985 TV movie The Rape of Richard Beck with Richard Crenna. — Bill Simmons
- The Richard Beck plot summary is read, a 35th-anniversary episode is joked about, and early-80s cocaine is blamed for bad decisions. — Bill Simmons
- The last 60 minutes play basically in real time, with Weps doing the clock; it may have inspired Snake Eyes. — Bill Simmons
- Jason Robards, uncredited, comes flying in off the top rope for about 90 seconds. — Bill Simmons
- The EAMs are cinematically great, with messages three people must read aloud and confirm and run down the hallway; it is also disturbing that nuclear war hinged on them. — Chris Ryan
- The opening title card names the three most powerful people in the world, including a nuclear submarine captain, and the closing card says captains lost launch authority on January 1, 1996; Bruckheimer pitches the card almost word for word in a featurette. — Sean Fennessey
- Don Simpson is joked to be number four; David Stern would belong in the top three. — Sean Fennessey
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