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The Hunt for Red October

Name: The Hunt for Red October
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1990
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones

Taste attributes: actionadventurethrillervehiclespoliticalhistoricalespionagefasttried & testedunsavouryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"Invisible. Silent. Stolen."

Boxlist takeSweeping and conventional: a fast thriller, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like comfort over surprises.

Pace: fast · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

7.4/10

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Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

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Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Based on Tom Clancy's bestseller, directed by John McTiernan (Die Hard) and starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, The Hunt For Red October seethes with high-tech excitement and sweats with the tension of men who hold Doomsday in their hands. A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Connery). The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

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