The Hunt for Red October (1990)

	Directed by: John McTiernan	COUNTRY USA GENRE Drama/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Jakten på Rød oktober RUNNING TIME 134 minutes
	Produced by: Mace Neufeld
	Written by (based on the novel by Tom Clancy): Larry Ferguson Donald Stewart

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Captain Marko Ramius	Sean Connery
Jack Ryan	Alec Baldwin
Commander Bart Mancuso	Scott Glenn	½
Captain 2nd Rank Vasily Borodin	Sam Neill
Admiral James Greer	James Earl Jones
Dr. Jeffrey Pelt	Richard Jordan
Ivan Yurevich Putin	Peter Firth
Dr. Petrov	Tim Curry
Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones	Courtney B. Vance
Captain Tupolev	Stellan Skarsgård	½
Oliver Wendell 'Skip' Tyler	Jeffrey Jones	½

Review

Nail-biting, delicately scripted underwater Cold War drama with all the good ingredients of a genre film, handled with care and deftness by John McTiernan at the height of his career. Even though the film is stuck in the traditional mentality of its era and turns out to be a not very concealed America-worship, it still handles its rather complex political and characterological material with subtlety and insight, making the film a satisfactory experience from more than one point of view. If you like classic Alistair MacLean, you'll certainly enjoy this film as well. A young and fresh Alec Baldwin (when he could still talk normally) delivers a sympathetic, active performance, whereas Sean Connery excels as the layered Captain Ramius, and the all-star supporting cast round out an impressively acted piece.