In the tradition of DIE HARD and PREDATOR, director John McTiernan presents audiences with yet another techno thriller: THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. Sean Connery plays Captain Marko Ramius, a dissatisfied Russian commander who navigates his submarine towards America in an attempt to defect. Soviet intelligence claims that Ramius is a warmonger and that he plans to launch nuclear missiles at the United States. Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), an iconoclastic CIA agent, believes otherwise: American spies have determined that the submarine is powered by a stealth engine. In order to save the "caterpillar drive" and avoid a nuclear incident, Agent Ryan must board the Red October and assist Captain Ramius in its navigation to U.S. waters. Both murky and captivating, the underwater visual and sound effects are reminiscent of DAS BOOT. Once again director McTiernan produces a winning film with a jagged plot, a well acted script, and plenty of explosions.

Rating: PG (MPAA)

Rating Reason: n/a

Runtime: 135 minutes

DVD Code: Region 1 US, CA

Genre: Action/Adventure

Color: Color

Collector's Edition

Rating: DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Checkpoint
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS - English
Dolby Digital Stereo - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. John McTiernan - Director
Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Featurettes - 1. BENEATH THE SURFACE
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection

Sean Connery, Thomas Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Rae Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, Joss Ackland, Timothy Carhart

John McTiernan

Mace Neufeld

"...The payoff is electrifying..."
Rolling Stone

"...An elegy for those dear, dark, terrible days of the cold war....[Connery] makes it look good..."
New York Times

"...There's an amiable smartness to the underwater thriller THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER....The production is clean and effective....The undersea intensity is captured perfectly..."
Los Angeles Times