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One of the 2 or 3 best cold war movies ever made.No faults what so ever from cast to music to story.Tom Clancy has written a few books and they were made into films.Never having read the books but seen the movies,its strange that Clancy has said this was not one he liked.However its the ONLY one I really liked.Its the story of a Soviet first strike weapon,in this case,a stealth sub,being stolen by its skipper to turn over to the US.
Even with his scottish accent Sean Connery as Marko Ramius,sounded more Russian than Jude Law did in Enemy at the Gates.Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan shows why he was a leading man before he became a great comic in 30 rock.What not to like about Scott Glenn as Bart Mancuso,a US sub commander, Sam Neill as Vasili Borodin,XO to Ramius,James Earl Jones as Admiral Greer,Ryans boss,Tim Curry as Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov,Medical officer on the Russian Sub,Red October and Fred Dalton Thompson as Admiral Painter,aboard the Big E.Oh a pre Star Trek walk on as Caroline Ryan,wife of Jack by Gates McFadden.The rest of the cast is good as well.The story starts with Ryan as a CIA Intelligence officer getting photos from operatives of a new russian sub as its being built.A unknown device on the outside cause him to attend a special meeting where he learns the sub has been launched and the Russians claim its a renagade and they must sink it before the captain will lunch on the US. Ryan after hearing all the intel on the subject believes its a defection and he can reason with the Captain and they can get their hands on the sub.Someone must go out to sea to contact the sub.Ryan soons learns when you open your mouth with a good idea,your charged to follow it up yourself.
I'll say no more other than its a very intense movie reflective of the time it represents.The movie was released in 1990 and runs 134 minutes.Trailer URL is below pix.
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