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Reaganfan

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This is a great movie to watch. Love the music and it had a great cast and a good Storyline. This is the very first Jack Ryan Movie. Alec Baldwin plays him before Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck did. If you like james Bond (By the way IS playing the...
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This is a great movie to watch. Love the music and it had a great cast and a good Storyline. This is the very first Jack Ryan Movie. Alec Baldwin plays him before Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck did. If you like james Bond (By the way IS playing the bad guy) You'll like this movie. I give it five stars.

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Posted mar 12, 2008 3:59 am pt

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A very good movie, ten years ago I would have given it 5 stars, but it doesn't hold up to time that well. Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin and Scott Glen are great in the film. It's not as good as it once was, but it's still worth seeing.

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Posted aug 7, 2007 7:15 am pt

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+ the few gigantic scale scenes - boring story - lots of talking about cordinates - characters are depthless - scenes drag on forever - majority of the movie is spent in dull looking rooms

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Posted jun 24, 2007 5:12 pm pt

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+ the few gigantic scale scenes - boring story - lots of talking about cordinates - characters are depthless - scenes drag on forever - majority of the movie is spent in dull looking rooms

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Posted jun 24, 2007 5:12 pm pt

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Great action/drama movie. The story is strong and interesting. The submarine is really cool, and adds a lot to the movie.

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Posted may 19, 2007 9:37 am pt

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I admit, I love submarine movies, and don't go there, Dr. Freud! Subs are cool; the idea of a completely self-contained city under water fascinates me and I really enjoyed the sonar lessons (skimmed over in the film but in great detail in the...
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I admit, I love submarine movies, and don't go there, Dr. Freud! Subs are cool; the idea of a completely self-contained city under water fascinates me and I really enjoyed the sonar lessons (skimmed over in the film but in great detail in the book). Of course I have never been on a sub and would probably hate it if I were, so for me, I'll stick with the fantasy. The film is based on the Tom Clancy book and it does a good enough job of following the story. Russian sub captain (Sean Connery) decides to give the brand new sub model to the US, but can't communicate his intentions. Will they figure it out before they blow him out of the water? Yes, thanks to Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin). I have watched this so many times I have the dialogue memorized. "Give me a ping Vasily!" Hey, who can't believe that a Scottish guy with a rug is really a clever and sensitive Russian sub skipper? There is a lot of good action and I have to say I love everything about this movie except for Alec. No wonder Harrison Ford played the role in later films. Clear and Present Danger is my favorite of that bunch, but The Hunt for Red October gets the Island Seal of Approval!

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Posted may 18, 2007 3:21 am pt

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The Hunt For Red October reveiew.

This is a pretty good movie it can be at times a little bit dull and boring but mostly a good movie with a fantaic story and Connerys best role since James Bond the movie gets a rating of 3 stars...
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The Hunt For Red October reveiew.

This is a pretty good movie it can be at times a little bit dull and boring but mostly a good movie with a fantaic story and Connerys best role since James Bond the movie gets a rating of 3 stars from me THE END.

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Posted mar 10, 2007 11:43 am pt

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"The Hunt For Red October" may be one of the very few movies that was a good adaption of a book. Honestly, this is such a classic movie starring Sean Connery and I will always sit through the movie if I see it playing on television.

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Posted feb 20, 2007 11:32 pm pt

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This may be the classic of all the classic submarine movies. With a great cast of actors, action, and an interesting story line, this movie did not disappoint by any respect. The cold war could be displayed by this one single movie. Connery's...
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This may be the classic of all the classic submarine movies. With a great cast of actors, action, and an interesting story line, this movie did not disappoint by any respect. The cold war could be displayed by this one single movie. Connery's and Baldwin's performances were memorable and give this movie it's greatness.

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Posted jan 3, 2007 7:44 am pt

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Loved it so much. I can watch this movie a thousand times and never get tired of it. the story is great ( and supposedly real) and full of action and suspense. With a great cast and crew, this movie is a success.

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Posted dec 9, 2006 3:31 am pt

• [+] Variety
  
  90
  The Industrial Light & Magic special visual effects unit does yeoman work in staging the action with cliffhanger intensity.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  This Tom Clancy thriller gets the proper screen treatment here with this first-rate cast and direction by one of the genre’s best: Die Hard director John McTiernan.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  A skillful, efficient film that involves us in the clever and deceptive game being played by Ramius and in the best efforts of those on both sides to figure out what he plans to do with his submarine - and how he plans to do it.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  88
  Hunt is coldly clinical rather than emotionally resonant; so is the measured ensemble work of a super cast. [2 Mar 1990, Life, p.1D]

  by Mike Clark | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  The production is as clean and effective as Red October herself; there's not one dial or glowing radar screen too many; the underwater hits and near-misses are clearly choreographed and the undersea intensity is captured perfectly by Jan De Bont's camera work. [2 Mar 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]

  by Sheila Benson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  This is a Reagan youth's wet dream of underwater ballistics and East-West conflict.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Time
  
  80
  McTiernan does not fall too much in love with any scene, character or gadget. He has judged his material (and our attention spans) very well. His alternation of menace and human interest, technological wizardry and action sequences is subtly calibrated, ultimately hypnotic in its effect. [5 Mar 1990, p.70]

  by Richard Schickel | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  Colorful and exciting, yet unless you're a young moviegoer, nothing in it takes you by complete surprise. (It's less a nail-biter than a chin-stroker.)

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  Even when it's hard to follow, it looks good. The undersea action is visually convincing, and Ramius' submarine, with all its rooms and compartments, is always believable. The moonlit photography in the picture's final scene is stunning. [2 Mar 1990, Daily Datebook, p.E1]

  by Mick LaSalle | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  50
  A heavy-duty mediocrity, sluggish, unwieldy, and instantly forgettable.

  by Staff (Non Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  50
  An idealized, dreamy fantasy of life in the business world-harmless as airplane reading, a bit dull on the big screen. [2 Mar 1990, Friday, p.C]

  by Dave Kehr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  40
  Director John McTiernan rigorously avoids anything that might conceivably be exciting.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  40
  The movie finally is never very convincing. Even the special effects aren't great. Mr. Connery, however, wears the movie as if it were a favorite old hat. He makes it look good.

  by Vincent Canby | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  40
  The film mechanically uses the crosscutting technique made famous by Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" without any of its wit or focused energy.

  by Jonathan Rosenbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New Republic
  
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  Little in [Connery's] character is explored or colored. It's not a highly complex role, but the man has qualities that could make him interesting; after all, it's his aberrant action that initiates the whole naval plot. Connery merely fulfills his contractual obligations to the producer-no depth in him at all. [26 Mar 1990, p.26]

  by Stanley Kauffmann | Read Full Review »