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| FILM DETAILS | | Certificate PG | | Cast
Sean Connery
Alec Baldwin
Scott Glenn
Sam Neill
James Earl Jones | | Directors
John McTiernan | | Screenwriters
Larry Ferguson
Tom Clancy | | Running Time
134 minutes |
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The Hunt for Red October
Is the Cold War still a believable hunting ground for directors and, more to the point, is Connery's Russian better than his Irish in The Untouchables?
Plot
The Soviet commander (Connery) of an amazing stealth super-sub, undetectable on sonar, flips his lid at 40,000 fathoms and makes off with the vessel. Is he a loony, planning to nuke New York, or is he a cunning devil defecting with the precious hardware?
Verdict
From the director of Die Hard, frankly, you expect less gab and more get-go, and the film is already lost by the time the pace picks up at the 80 minute mark.
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