The Hunt for Red October

1990 • 135 minutes
4.9
32 reviews
88%
Tomatometer
PG
Rating
Eligible
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Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) 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 him, too. The hunt is on!
Rating
PG

Ratings and reviews

4.9
32 reviews
Indraneel Kasmalkar
August 2, 2021
This is a really good movie, very intelligent, and sharp. But it deviates quite a bit from the book (no surprise, since the book is quite long, and it is hard to fit all the carefully crafted details in a 2-hour movie). If you liked the movie, you will be blown away by the book.
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Tray Aden
September 17, 2021
As much as I despise alec baldwin, still one if my favorite movies. Sean Connery never disappoints!!!
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Daniel Saunders
October 30, 2021
AS an eight year old I watched this and became a communist because Soviet subs rule
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