The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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!
- John McTiernan
- Jerry Ballew
- J. Tom Archuleta
- Steve Danton
- Beau Marks
- Todd Turner
- Luca Kouimelis
- Tom Clancy
- Donald Stewart
- Larry Ferguson
Rating: 7.392/10 by 3096 users
Alternative Title:
Caccia a Ottobre Rosso - IT
A la poursuite d'Octobre Rouge - FR
Caçada ao Outubro Vermelho - BR
Jakten på Rød Oktober - NO
Το Κυνήγι του Κόκκινου Οκτώβρη - GR
Переслідуючи "Червоний Жовтень" - UA
猎杀红色十月 - CN
Polowanie na Czerwony Październik - PL
ล่าตุลาแดง - TH
Lov na Crveni Oktobar - HR
追擊赤色十月 - HK
追擊赤色十月 - TW
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Pусский
Runtime: 02 hour 15 minutes
Budget: $30,000,000
Revenue: $200,500,000
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, submarine, cold war, intelligence, u.s. navy, defection, jack ryan, ex military, 1980s, political thriller, nuclear submarine, soviet/russian navy, intelligence service, cia analyst, russian submarine, intelligence analyst
**_Submarine strategies with Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin and Scott Glenn_** Just before Gorbachev’s rise to power in the USSR, a notable naval commander (Connery) takes a technologically advanced submarine on its maiden voyage to conduct missile drills off of America's east coast. Something happens to draw the ire of the Soviet brass while a CIA analyst (Baldwin) believes the captain might be defecting. James Earl Jones, Sam Neill and Courtney B Vance are on hand. Based on the 1984 Tom Clancy novel, “The Hunt for Red October” (1990) is a well-done Cold War thriller and the first of currently five movies involving the character of Jack Ryan. The next two are “Patriot Games” (1992) and “Clear and Present Danger” (1994) featuring Harrison Ford in the role. Then Ben Affleck would take over for one installment, “The Sum of All Fears” (2002), before Chris Pine’s “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (2014). To appreciate this movie, you have to be in the mood for military-oriented drama/suspense rooted in global politics and an all-male cast (except for a cameo by Gates McFadden). Like “Ice Station Zebra” (1968), the scenes mostly consist of men dialoguing & strategizing in the cramped quarters of submarines or vessels; as well as political rooms/offices. A saboteur is no doubt lurking nearby. The movie runs 2 hours, 15 minutes, and was shot in America, e.g. Port Valdez, Alaska (opening sequence); Lake James, North Carolina (closing scene); the state of Washington (Port Angeles & Keyport); naval bases in Los Angeles and Connecticut; USS Blueback; San Diego; as well as Liverpool, England (standing-in for Moscow). GRADE: B
