David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jun 22, 2023 2.5/4

...a consistently watchable yet erratically-paced drama...

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Nov 12, 2022

It's a tad obsolete, but that does not impede it from being tremendously dynamic and entertaining. [Full review in Spanish]

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia Aug 25, 2022 7/10

As an espionage thriller, I must say, it has a tension that runs against the clock like a torpedo under the sea as it outlines its plot of diplomacy and naval strategy in the twilight of the Cold War. [Full review in Spanish]

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Bill Cosford Miami Herald Aug 18, 2021 2/4

If you liked the Cold War, you'll love The Hunt for Red October.

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com May 2, 2021 4/5

...The Hunt for Red October still makes sense in a Boys' Own way even if the hopeful world described has long vanished...

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Sep 14, 2020 7/10

With enough of a corkscrew plot to keep anyone guessing and with plenty of edge-of-your-seat suspense, this high-stakes espionage thriller never misses a beat.

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Sarah Cartland Caution Spoilers Nov 10, 2018 4/5

With a chilly majesty to its scale despite its confined locations, this is a supremely confident film with the courage of its convictions as the story slowly and steadily unfolds. 30 years on it still packs a powerful punch, the tension ratcheting.

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Calum Marsh Esquire Magazine Oct 18, 2018

It's to McTiernan's credit that so much of this is made intense. Every silence on board the Russian sub, whether they're squeaking through a narrow underwater canyon or sending out a single sonar ping, seems occasion to hold your breath.

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James Berardinelli ReelViews Oct 8, 2018 3/4

Coupled with Connery's magnetic performance, that's enough to make The Hunt for Red October as watchable today as it was during its 1990 release.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Sep 17, 2018 3/4

the kind of action thriller that is rarely made today-one that emphasizes intellect and logic, intuition and political maneuvering over might and brawn

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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune Feb 11, 2015 3.5/4

Clancy is known for writing difficult books, but the movie makes plausible a preposterous situation because of Baldwin's convincing, low-key approach to being a film hero.

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Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times Feb 11, 2015

You may not be limp from accumulated tension when this hunt is over, but its cautiously upbeat global message leaves a satisfying glow and it operates with a crackerjack premise.

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Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News Feb 11, 2015 3/4

The Hunt for Red October is a happy cinematic event, the first motion picture that allows us to experience the sweaty-palm thrills of the Cold War without worrying that the world will blow up this year.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Feb 11, 2015 3/4

An exciting techno-suspense thriller with a hollow center.

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Peter Travers Rolling Stone Feb 11, 2015

Though Hunt shows fitful signs of life, it lacks the human drama of Das Boot, the technical dazzle of The Abyss and the old-fashioned brio of Run Silent, Run Deep.

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Roger Hurlburt South Florida Sun-Sentinel Feb 11, 2015 4/4

Based on Tom Clancy`s phenomenally successful techno-thriller novel, The Hunt for Red October proves that a film can equal, if not surpass, the intrigue and excitement of the story it is based on.

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David Sterritt Christian Science Monitor Feb 11, 2015

Like the nuclear submarine it's named after, The Hunt for Red October is big, shiny, and expensive. But it's also hard, cold, and cumbersome, just when it's trying hardest to be likable and even friendly.

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Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune Feb 11, 2015 2/4

Red October is an idealized, dreamy fantasy of life in the business world-harmless as airplane reading, a bit dull on the big screen.

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Ralph Novak People Magazine Feb 11, 2015

This is first-rate adventure stuff, an all-missions-accomplished submarine movie.

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Desmond Ryan Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 11, 2015 3/4

The Hunt for Red October is overplotted and sometimes implausible, but McTiernan's clipped style and lavish budget help it through the choppier waters.

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