
In November 1984, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union creates a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. The Russian submarine Captain, Marko Ramius (Sir Sean Connery), defects. His goal is taking it to the U.S. to prevent the Russians from using it to start nuclear war against the U.S.... (Full plot summary below)
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In November 1984, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union creates a new nuclear submarine that runs silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system. The Russian submarine Captain, Marko Ramius (Sir Sean Connery), defects. His goal is taking it to the U.S. to prevent the Russians from using it to start nuclear war against the U.S.
Leave your thoughts about The Hunt for Red October.
| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerSolid if somewhat staid adaptation of the Clancy book. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThough Hunt shows fitful signs of life, it lacks the human drama of Das Boot, the technical dazzle of The Abyss and the old-fashioned brio of Run Silent, Run Deep. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThis Tom Clancy thriller gets the proper screen treatment here with this first-rate cast and direction by one of the genres best: Die Hard director John McTiernan. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe entire cast down to the smallest role is meticulously chosen. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA skillful, efficient film that involves us in the clever and deceptive game being played by Ramius and in the best efforts of those on both sides to figure out what he plans to do with his submarine - and how he plans to do it. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullIf any film in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series stands out as the best (or even a truly great movie), it's The Hunt for Red October. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThis is a Reagan youth's wet dream of underwater ballistics and East-West conflict. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseAs for the film's suspense credentials, you know it's time to get tense when James Earl Jones intones, 'Mother of God.' [Blu-Ray] |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThe first Jack Ryan thriller adventure is a supremely mounted film, well acted by Alec Baldwin and Sean Connery, and vastly enjoyable. |
| Three Movie BuffsScott NashIt is Sean Connery who really makes this movie work for me. |