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The Hunt for Red October

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The Hunt for Red October (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 40

Fresh: 38

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In the tradition of DIE HARD and PREDATOR, director John McTiernan presents audiences with yet another techno thriller: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. Sean Connery plays Captain Marko Ramius, a dissatisfied Russian commander who navigates... In the tradition of DIE HARD and PREDATOR, director John McTiernan presents audiences with yet another techno thriller: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. Sean Connery plays Captain Marko Ramius, a dissatisfied Russian commander who navigates his submarine towards America in an attempt to defect. Soviet intelligence claims that Ramius is a warmonger and that he plans to launch nuclear missiles at the United States. Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), an iconoclastic CIA agent, believes otherwise: American spies have determined that the submarine is powered by a stealth engine. In order to save the "caterpillar drive" and avoid a nuclear incident, Agent Ryan must board the Red October and assist Captain Ramius in its navigation to U.S. waters. Both murky and captivating, the underwater visual and sound effects are reminiscent of DAS BOOT. Once again director McTiernan produces a winning film with a jagged plot, a well acted script, and plenty of explosions. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones

Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, Timothy Carhart

Director: John McTiernan

Director: John McTiernan
Screenwriter: Larry Ferguson, Robert Garland, John Milius, David Shaber, Donald Stewart
Producer: Mace Neufeld
Composer: Basil Poledouris

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Jul 29, 2008

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  • Dolby Surround - French

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10/18/08
David Ansen
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As for the film's suspense credentials, you know it's time to get tense when James Earl Jones intones, 'Mother of God.' [Blu-Ray]

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08/06/08
Peter Canavese
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02/09/06
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09/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
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The Soviet captain has a brogue. I'm okay with it. Sue me.

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09/15/05
Widgett Walls
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06/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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For all its flaws, it still holds water.

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06/13/05
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06/12/05
Jake Euker
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02/06/05
Philip Martin
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01/31/05
Greg Maki
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12/28/04
Michael Dequina
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Exciting submarine adventure w/Connery, Baldwin

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10/19/04
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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05/28/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Regressive old-fashioned thriller of a sort that mostly died out 20 years earlier.

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05/23/04
Ken Hanke
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04/12/04
Jules Brenner
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01/29/04
Spence D.
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Delivers its share of honest to goodness thrills.

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01/15/04
Dennis Schwartz
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Solid if somewhat staid adaptation of the Clancy book.

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07/27/03
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
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Politics aside, however, The Hunt for Red October is a thrilling edge-of-your-seat trifle that has admirably withstood the test of time.

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05/29/03
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
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