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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 58/100. Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 3 titles in its series.
Synopsis
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Ratings
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
3,772 audience votes
Key crew
- John McTiernanDirector
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Larry FergusonScreenplay
- Donald E. StewartScreenplay
Cast
- Sean ConneryCapt. 1st Marko Ramius
- Alec BaldwinDr. Jack Ryan
- Scott GlennCDR Bart Mancuso (USS Dallas)
- Sam NeillCapt. 2nd Vasily Borodin
- James Earl JonesVice ADM James Greer
- Joss AcklandAmbassador Andrei Lysenko
- Richard JordanDr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor
- Peter FirthCapt. 2nd Ivan Putin (Political Officer, Red October)
- Tim CurryDr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
- Courtney B. VancePetty Officer Ronald 'Jonesy' Jones (USS Dallas)
- Stellan SkarsgårdCapt. 2nd Viktor Tupolev (V.K. Konovalov)
- Jeffrey JonesSkip Tyler
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