The Hunt for Red October
Directed by John McTiernan
- RickJuly 31, 2025About as good of a Cold War movie as you could get. The story is great, the acting is fantastic, and the movie looks great. The best part about this movie is how limited the communication is. Every little bit of communication is slow, limited, risks being interpreted incorrectly, and often simply isn’t possible for long stretches. Sam Neill’s character…. Poor guy just wanted a round American woman who would cook him rabbit stew.
- ZokkiieJuly 27, 2025This is a solid Cold War thriller. Sean Connery is great as the Russian sub captain, and Alec Baldwin plays a surprisingly chill Jack Ryan. It’s not super action-packed, but the tension builds nicely, and the submarine stuff is way more exciting than you'd think. Feels a bit slow in parts, but overall, it holds up well. Pretty cool movie, worth checking out.
- Michael SurberJune 5, 2025Connery vs Baldwin. Who do you think would win? Well, not here! Actually one of the best Jack Ryan films and of course it sets up pretty much all that follow. Alec Baldwin was terribly miscast in the role but still manages to be fairly convincing as Ryan. Still holds up after all these years though. Connery is amazing as usual.
- ርልዪረMarch 5, 2025Quick take: Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin shine as Captain Ramius and Jack Ryan, respective. This classic played on lots of tried and true but not overdone dynamics: US/Russian competition, political lies, and Jack Ryan somehow knowing better than the entire US government (see Sum of All Fears, Crimson Tide, etc) What happens with the most famous Russian Captain decides to defect with the Russian federation's newest, most technologically advanced submarine - without 98% of his crew knowing oh and btw he let his superiors know his intentions before leaving? A killer movie, that's what. The good news is Ramius knows what he's doing. Having trained most of the Russian submarine Captains, their tactics he swats away like they're a fly short one wing. But how does he deliver a football stadium sized submarine to the US without raising suspicion, alarm, and getting destroyed? Enter Jack Ryan. Mr. Ryan (just, a CIA analyst, like in all his films), flies in on a helicopter with zero fuel, lies to the US submarine captain, and basically cons his way on to Ramius' ship. But the good news? He has a strong suspicion that Ramius wants to defect, and he's right. The rest of the movie is exceptional for Seaman Jones' amazing radio ear, interplay between the Russian ambassador and politician Pelt, male bravado, and Ramius' naval genius. You know how it's going to end, but you don't know how, and even on the 5th time watching it, I still get tingles. Highly Recommend. I may even live in Montana because of it.
The Hunt for Red October Trivia
The Hunt for Red October was released on March 2, 1990.
The Hunt for Red October was directed by John McTiernan.
The Hunt for Red October has a runtime of 2h 15m.
The Hunt for Red October was produced by Mace Neufeld.
This movie tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius (Sir Sean Connery), the skipper of the Soviet Union's newest nuclear submarine, the "Red October." Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) of the C.I.A. gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the "Red October" with him. The story is an action packed techno-thriller.
The key characters in The Hunt for Red October are Capt. 1st Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), Dr. Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), CDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas) (Scott Glenn).
The Hunt for Red October is rated PG-13.
The Hunt for Red October is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.
The Hunt for Red October has an audience rating of 8.8 out of 10.
The Hunt for Red October had a budget of $30M.
The Hunt for Red October has made $200.5M at the box office.