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Chuck Picerni, Jr.,
Chuck Picerni, Jr.,
Sean Connery,
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John McTiernan,
John McTiernan
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: Paramount
: Political Thriller, Seafaring
: 135 min.
: English, French
: English, Spanish
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The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a "thinking man's thriller," The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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by alexjb
February 12, 2005 - 10:25 PM PST
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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great classic sub movie. the cold war is quickly becoming a memory, but in Red October, the US and USSR were still jockeying for position, and every advantage mattered.
sean connery does a great job of course, as do sam neill and tim curry (yes! tim curry before he gained a million pounds!). alec baldwin is young enough that his acting is not annoying or over the top, and don't miss james earl jones :) good acting all around, and immersive visuals.
lots of quotable lines; the script is good- not shakespeare, but my friends and i love to throw the lines around at just the right moments. i can't speak to the authenticity of the sub technology, but it sure *feels* real :) there are sub dogfights, sub and sonar battle tactics, and how often do you get to hear soviet sub-troops singing patriotic songs? there's a very compelling secondary plot about the Soviet officers that really makes you sympathize with them.
don't worry about it if you didn't like the other Jack Ryan/tom clancy movies - this one stands really well on its own, and the jack ryan character doesn't dominate the way he does in later films. |
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