The Hunt For Red October on Blu-ray & DVD (1990)

The Hunt For Red October

1990

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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The first of several films based on Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan technothrillers, Hunt for Red October stars Alec Baldwin as eccentric CIA analyst Ryan and Sean Connery as Soviet submarine commander Marko Ramius. Ramius sets the plot in motion when he murders his political adviser, burns his orders, and steers his sub Red October towards American waters, hoping to defect. The CIA, aware that the Red October was about to embark on an evasive mission to demonstrate its ability to avoid detection and fire its nuclear missiles upon U.S. installations, believes that Ramius is insane, and that he plans to start World War III. To cover their own behinds, the Russians back up the CIA's suspicion. Only Jack Ryan believes that Ramius' mission is not as apocalyptic as it seems -- and it is Ryan who is assigned to infiltrate the Red October to prove his theory. The sort of film that in an earlier era would have been called a thinking man's thriller, The Hunt for Red October ushered in a new series of Hollywood-produced post-Cold War adventure films, including 1995's Crimson Tide.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Hunt For Red October details

Formats:	PG DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Andrew Divoff, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Peter Firth
Director:	John McTiernan
Genres:	Action/Adventure - Superheroes, Thriller - Romance
Studio:	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	100 Top Thrillers, The Tom Clancy Collection

Name	Discs
The Hunt For Red October	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	2 hours 9 minutes
Rental release:	06 Nov 2000
Main languages:	English
Dubbed:	German, Czech
Subtitles:	Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Hearing impaired subtitles:	English

Name	Discs
The Hunt For Red October	PG Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	2 hours 10 minutes
Rental release:	26 Sep 2011
Main languages:	English

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My Favourite film EVER...

By Clive#5 from HAYES , 04 Aug 2004

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My Favourite film EVER!

From a book by my favourite author as well.

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This one keeps you on the edge of your seat as Marco Ramius (Sean Connery) runs from the Soviet Navy in the latest submarine built by them.

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It runs silent but one man has a notion that it is not a threat, Ramius and others may be trying to defect and bringing with them a prize no one dreamed of.

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Alec baldwin plays Ryan the CIA analist who comes up with the defection idea and then sets about trying to make it happen. (Baldwins error is not making the follow up films in the Clancy series)

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Gripping fast paced action!
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Not my thing

By gianino (618 reviews) from London , 12 May 2013

Too long and boring personally. Good cast but the plot was boring and it went on forever. I don't even know why I rented this because it's definitely not my sort of movie
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Masterful film making

By Sparkyatoz (3 reviews) from Cardiff , 07 Nov 2012

It doesn't get better. Master class in film making especially when you consider this was made before luxury of CGI. Without these gimmicks McTeirnan concentrates on the characters and situation of Clancy's novel rather than too much emphasis on visual impact. That said the 'Beneath the Surface' biop of the film provides fascinating insights into the production of visual effects and clever nuances of the artificial (for most part) sub envinronments.

Blu-ray adds little to the experience in my view.

Watch it ...and watch it again (with director's commentary) to really grasp masterful film making.
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SUPERB and then some.

By AlFaeAirdrie (1 review) , 19 Oct 2012

If you still have this film on video and are no sure whether to buy on blu-ray then rent it first and, after watching it, go buy it. One of the best films ever made.
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The Hunt for Red October

By chrisclarkgold (1 review) , 21 Aug 2012

Good film when I first saw it. Still good today though the Special Effects have aged a bit. Recommended for an entertaining view.
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scots elvis

By scotselvis (2 reviews) , 28 Jun 2012

i think it is a great film. i especially like Sean Connery in the title role i also like the submarines in it
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