Film

The Hunt for Red October

Name: The Hunt for Red October
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: 1990
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones

The Hunt for Red October is the platonic ideal of the techno-thriller: men in cramped metal tubes speaking softly about torpedo bearings while the fate of the world hangs on a chess match nobody else can see. Connery's accent is preposterous, the sonar pings are hypnotic, and the tension never needs a single explosion to work. Pure, patient, grown-up suspense.

TMDb rating

7.4

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