Hunt for Red October

Pros: Good story and acting; suspenseful.
Cons: A few minor technical errors; Alec Baldwin's acting

Saturday, January 19, 2002, 9:43 a.m.: Here I am, in my home office/den, doing my usual Saturday morning housekeeping. This morning, I’ve decided to re-organize my bookshelves a bit. Time to dust off all my books, DVDs, and VHS tapes, and...

Pros: Connery, Baldwin, Supporting Cast, Direction, Score
Cons: Undersea shots unconvincing compared to other submarine films.

The Hunt for Red October is the first film adaptation of one of Tom Clancy's pulp novels. I've read a couple of Mr. Clancy's novels and can safely say they are not Shakespeare-class writing. Besides, who says the book is always better than the...

Pros: Well crafted movie, full of well crafted action and suspense; well acted.
Cons: DSVR storyline

I can still remember as if were yesterday the first time I saw the Tom Clancy classic Hunt for Red October. I was in the U.S. Navy stationed in (what was then) West Germany, at the Joint Intelligence Center, Headquarters United States European ...

Pros: tension-packed, believable movie with fantastic acting by four sexy guys.
Cons: nothing

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Can three sexy guys make a fantastic movie without having a woman in it? You bet!

Can three sexy guys make you...

Pros: Sean Connery as Ramius, Alec Baldwin as a young Jack Ryan, good supporting cast.
Cons: The underwater shots look like films of blueberry jello!

Adapted from the first of Tom Clancy's blockbuster books, this is one of those adventure flicks that designed for guys who have a strong yen for machismo. But unlike most 'guy' films, this one actually has a plot, a wee bit of character development, and...

Pros: Fine performances by Baldwin and Connery.
Cons: Movie-wise, no. See review for quibbles.

One of the things I've learned about screenplay writing is that adapting a book, particularly a popular novel, is not always an easy task. Syd Field's book, Screenplay, devotes an entire chapter to the subject of adaptation. Field points out, and I am ...

Pros: Fun story. Good pacing,. Good-to-excellent SFX. Very good cast.
Cons: Not especially deep on an intellectual level, but that's not what you came for anyway.

Back in the 1980's there was a guy selling insurance in Virginia who nurtured the classic American dream of writing the Great Modern Spy/War Novel. After everybody and his brother in the mainstream publishing industry rejected the manuscript it was ...

Pros: Good dramatic tension, great soundtrack, solid cast
Cons: Leans toward being an action thriller which could mean wasted potential

...then the name is "Hunt For Red October." Just intelligent enough to outmatch the typical brainless burst of Hollywood hot air, and with solid performances by the cast, this undersea thriller is faithful to Tom Clancy's novel and makes for a...

Pros: Good Action
Cons: A little far fetched

First of all I know this movie has been out for awhile and I don’t pretend to be a movie critic, yet I felt the need to share my opinion on this movie because one, I’m a HUGE Sean Connery fan and two, I really liked this movie. I won’t delve...

Pros: read the review
Cons: read the review

"The Hunt For Red October" is a very technical, almost mathematical story about the modern cold war, and amazingly it is more exciting and suspenseful than most movies of the genre because it never sensationalizes. This is one of the definitive examples ...

Pros: Engaging story, excellent performances, impressive visual effects.
Cons: None.

The 1990 film adaption of the best selling Tom Clancy novel "The Hunt for Red October" is, plain and simply, a great film. Sporting top-notch acting performances, a storyline that grabs you and never lets up, and some highly impressive visual effects,...

Pros: Good Acting
Cons: None

I first read the book while working on a boat in North Atlantic. We were on a small ship 190' which, was used to haul selected cargo items between Norfolk Naval Station and the NAS Bermuda. We were actually a civilian ship on a long term Military Sealift...

Pros: Excellent plot, cast, effects, sound, etc.
Cons: a few minor roles, like Ryan's family, could have been done better or left out

Before the 'Stealth' bomber became a household word, Tom Clancy invented the 'Stealth' sub. Unfortunately, it belongs to the other guy.

A Russian Super Sub, captained by a seasoned veteran, is headed towards the American coast. The entire...

Pros: Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius; screenplay was faithful to parts novel that were used
Cons: Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan; movie missed 2/3 of the novel

The Hunt for Red October movie is based on the Tom Clancy novel of the same name. Based on true events, Tom Clancy pieced together enough of them to show a plausible and chilling scenario; the movie follows the book in this regard. Sean Connery...

Pros: excellent audo and video, an exciting and fast-moving plot
Cons: occassional lapses in the subtitling leave you wondering what is being said

My first exposure to the film version of "The Hunt for Red October" was during a television broadcast. I had read Tom Clancy's novel (with some difficulty...I am not particularly a fan of Clancy's writing style) but missed the film in the...