The Hunt for Red October

  • 1990


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Average Rating 4.0/5
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4.0
This 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 Jo .. Austin Chronicle
3.5
Since its more suspenseful than it is not, it proves itself cinema worthy after a few exciting undersea scenes act to alleviate long stages of tedium. Sover
2.5
Ryan is so short of substance viewers may find it hard to remember that hes the movies hero. Tv Guide
2.5
Like many such efforts, this leaden 1990 cold war thriller, adapted from Tom Clancys best selling novel, tries to make the CIA more competent and soph .. Chicago Reader
4.0
Review Our Score by John Ferguson This submarine drama marks the first screen appearance of Jack Ryan, the US agent subsequently played by Harrison Fo .. Radio Times
2.5
Fair enough.But whatever the historical perspective, were still watching a better dead than red movie in the era of glasnost and perestroika. Rolling Stone
4.0
Excitement was nowhere in evidence.Audiences are famously unpredictable, and the very next showing might have found everyone roaring with laughter, ga .. Cs Monitor
3.5
Still, Clancys tone if not his saber rattling premise has been updated to incorporate the end of the Cold War.For all its sleek bombast, the film neve .. Ew
3.0
Now that Soviets are so hip and lovable, and Hollywood is falling embarrassingly behind international relations, this submarine thriller may be one of .. Empire
4.0
The tight writing and strong acting make much of essentially watching a chess game in which players try to guess the others next moves. Common Sense Media
4.0
The films central fear of superpowers engaging in nuclear war, while seemingly quaint in light of todays more insidious terrorist threats, has added r .. Slant Magazine
3.5
To go deeper into plot waters would reveal too much in this submarine thriller; if you dont like to be vicariously underwater for a long time, be prep .. Washington Post
4.5
No: few movies have assembled this many delicious men in one place and put them in such lovely uniforms. Flickfilosopher
4.4
The most detailed bonus feature is a feature length commentary by director John McTiernan. Groucho Reviews
4.4
But with a sharp eye for building tension and edgy editing that forces audience attention from distraction, McTiernans Hunt should more than satisfy i .. Deseret News
4.4
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October The Hunt for Red October was one of the last great cold war inspired films.Like its inspirat .. Three Movie Buffs
3.5
The movie finally is never very convincing.Even the special effects arent great. Ny Times
3.5
You may not be limp from accumulated tension when this hunt is over, but its cautiously upbeat global message leaves a satisfying glow and it operates .. La Times
2.5
Needless to say, this material hardly offers McTiernan the same opportunities for spectacularly staged action as Die Hard, though McTiernans widescree .. Articles Chicago Tribune
4.4
Our Flick of the Week is the eagerly awaited The Hunt for Red October, based on Tom Clancys best selling pre glasnost novel about an international tug .. Articles Chicago Tribune
4.5
So what if the past 45 years or so have been fallow times for undersea warfare.Stick a broom on the projector and sail back into port, everybody; this .. People
5.0
The result is a beautifully mounted, intelligent and often inspired piece of filmmaking. Articles Sun Sentinel
3.8
Dutch cameraman Jan De Bonts cinematography makes the underwater action as exciting as the space battles in Star Wars, and Basil Poledouris underlines .. Seattle Times
3.5
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER Directed by John McTiernan Screenplay by Larry Ferguson and Donald Stewart Back in 1983, before Gorbachev, before glasnost, b .. Content Time



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