The Hunt for Red October

1990 "Invisible. Silent. Stolen."

The Hunt for Red October

7.5 | 2h15m | PG-13 | en | Adventure

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

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7.5 | 2h15m | PG-13 | en | Adventure , Action , Thriller | More Info

Released: March. 02,1990 | Released Producted By: Paramount , Nina Saxon Film Design Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.paramount.com/movies/hunt-red-october

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Cast

Sean Connery , Alec Baldwin , Scott Glenn

Director

William Cruse

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Paramount , Nina Saxon Film Design

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johnny-burgundy The Hunt for Red October (1990) This is a classic espionage thriller. It stars Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill. The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. The film grossed $200,512,643 worldwide. It was well received by critics and audiences gave the film an average grade of A. The Hunt for Red October was nominated and won several awards in 1991. The film was also nominated for AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills. The Jack Ryan character was the first real attempt at an American equivalent to a James Bond. Later the advent of the Jason Bourne movies took on that function. Unlike Bourne or some versions of Bond, Ryan is more of a fish out of water. He is an analyst thrust into the action. The difference from the others is his mind is his weapon in this film. This is a solid psychological thriller, that hold up considerably, despite our knowledge of the subsequent films.

areatw 'The Hunt for Red October' is a solid production all round. The cast is excellent, the script and writing very good, the whole film is constructed in a very effective way and it has no problem building suspense. It's one of those films that is very difficult to fault, yet doesn't leave much of an impression. Solid and effective but quite unremarkable and dare I say forgettable.It's a strange one when you sit through a film, seemingly enjoying it in the moment, only to feel underwhelmed on reflection. The only explanation I can think of for why I feel that way about 'The Hunt for Red October' is the somewhat bloated running time. While the film is effectively suspenseful and never in danger of becoming boring, maybe it would have been more viewer friendly if it hadn't exceeded the two hour mark.

leplatypus usually, i don't watch military movies; I can't stand Baldwin, Skarsgard; I find that Neill has never been so tight ass than here; As in the novel, i find that it's stupid that a desk-man can guess all the plot and that this best soviet silent submarine is not that much against American witty; However this is a great movie: it doesn't happen often but this time the visual impact leaves the words far behind! In spite of being a cramped place, this inner world is particularly well done and lighted! The action never get down and there is a lot of care for any locations and a lot of intelligence in framing the action... For sure, the old guard with Connery and Jones shows what experience means and all this wonderful package is really sublimated by Poledouris score and hymn. I don't know how Clancy rated this adaptation but for me, this movie is among the best ever about cold war!

moiolentoukoharjola Overall entertaining and interesting!But as someone who knows a bit of Russian, it is immediately clear that Connery didn't spend even an hour studying the language for this movie and is just repeating what he was told to say. It's a shame, if he had even tried with pronunciation, the movie would have been that much better. Because now his Russian sounded more like grunts and gibberish than communication