Oscar winner Sean Connery captains a supreme Soviet submarine in this adaptation of Tom Clancy's action thriller. Co-stars Alex Baldwin...
Oscar winner Sean Connery captains a supreme Soviet submarine in this adaptation of Tom Clancy's action thriller. Co-stars Alex Baldwin and Sam Neill, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard).
Heading straight for the US, the American government believes Captain Marko Ramius (Connery) intends to attack. One CIA analyst, however, isn't quite sure—with Russian commands also scrambling to find Ramius, perhaps he's defecting. With the sub closing in, they only have a few hours to find the captain and determine the truth of the escalating situation.
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88 %76 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %173,180 reviewsAudience score rating
"Looking magnificent in his captain’s uniform and white beard, Connery scores as the Lithuanian Marko Ramius, a coldblooded killer and a meditator on Hindu scripture."
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Variety
Variety"A 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."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"By this stage of his career it's impossible for Connery to falter completely, but though his performance is immaculately controlled, his work here consists entirely of the eyebrow thing -- there's eyebrow up ... and eyebrow down. Eyebrow up ... eyebrow down."
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The Washington Post
The Washington PostThe Hunt for Red October | Details
- Runtime
- 135
- Genre
- Thriller, War
- Country of origin
- USA
