After watching this back then I bought the book and became and instant Clancy fan. Althought the movies in general can´t reach up to the books because those are too complex there are some really good ones. Red October definately belongs into that category. It´s a classic cold war thriller with lots of suspension. Highly entertaining with great actors. Joh McTiernan did a great job of mixing the elements together. But as mentioned I recommend checking out Clancys books if you like this kind of storys. Especially the early ones of which a lot of the movies are based on are great.

The movie is pretty old, I know. But I still love it to watch on a Sunday when you are wasted because Saturday night was a hard party night. :D

I've loved this movie since it came out. Orig. had VHS, then DVD until just the other when day my husband bought me the 4K Blu-ray Steel Book that came out almost a year ago now. It's a beautiful movie in 1080p or 4K HDR, even on those old formats too. I have watched it in all the formats in the past just because it's a great movie, action, drama, character development, and it all works. A Tom Clancy submarine movie with Sean Connery, as good as it can get.

Tom Clancy's debut novel The Hunt for Red October is one of my all-time favorite books, and then John McTiernan took it and made one of my favorite thrillers of all time. How about that!?! Even though it doesn't follow the book to the letter, and actually omits a few things, it doesn't subtract all that much from the suspense and action. The acting is good, the military action is believable and mostly true to real life, and the overall pace is excellent. 2 hours and 15 minutes blast by, and you face the end credits wanting more. Hands down, one of the best spy/military thrillers ever made!!!

Hell of a good movie that doesn't try to paint one side or the other as the 'bad guy', and as such avoids the usual politics of such premises and pulls off some fairly tense stand-offs at several key moments. But my absolute favourite part, only noticed on this most recent rewatch is that Stanley is credited as playing himself. A cute little tidbit that I missed so many times watching as a younger man.