The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Siskel and Ebert 1990 Ratings (167 movies items)

"Two Thumbs Up Siskel: Up Ebert: Up"

Films and the critics who hate them (741 movies items)

"A leviathan bore, big, clunky and ponderously overplotted. - Hal Hinson, Washington Post"

My Movie Diary: 3/13 (Closed) (50 movies items)

"3/3/13 Rewatch Of all the Jack Ryan movies this is my favorite. This film is loaded with incredible actors and is also the best submarine movie I've ever seen, too (and I love a good submarine movie!). Baldwin, Connery, Glenn and the rest serve up an instant classic on a silver platter! It should have won the Oscar that year, as it was far better than Dances with Wolves (and the other nominees) but instead it was snubbed (for all the main categories!) and only received nominations for Film Edi"

Favorite Films of All Time (1999 Edition) (450 movies items)

"Debut"

A Complete review of John McTiernan's work (11 movies items)

" Cast : Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Stellan Skarsgård What was it about? In 1984, the USSR's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect, or to start a war? My two cents: For John McTiernan, it was a 3rd huge success in a row and he was, back then, one of the most highly regarded directors in Hollywood. Personally, since this movie was regarded as a great thriller, I was expec"

My Top 25 : 1990 (35 movies items)

" "Helicopter Pilot: Fuel status says we turn back now. Jack Ryan: Wait a minute. Fuel status? You have a reserve, don't you? Helicopter Pilot: Yes, sir. I've got a ten minute reserve... but I'm not allowed to invade that except in time of war. Jack Ryan: Listen, mister, if you don't get me on board that goddamn submarine, that just might be what you'll have! You got me? Now you have ten more minutes' worth of fuel, we stay here ten more minutes!" "

“1984 a Russian submarine, Red October, state of art one with a unique propagation system thar make it hard to detect by sonar, hits the water. Captain Ramius and his crew officer were on test mission, but the captain and his close aisdes had other intention. Defection from Russian Navy, hand over the masterpiece to USA and get political asylum.

The cat and mouse game started between Russian and Americans and also with in crew. With both American and Russian on the hunt for Red October, however one Men was clever enough to figure out the true intentions of captain Ramius.” read more

Top 10: Sean Connery (15 movies items)

"My favorite Connery film of all. Scott Glenn, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill and James Earl Jones round out a stellar cast for one of the most interesting films I've seen. If by some wild stretch of the imagination you haven't seen this film...you should. "

HV Presents: 100 Greatest Movie Themes / Scores! (100 movies items)

"Basil Poledouris The Main Theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajfvO5cvk-g"