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American submarine Capt. Joe Glass is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president and prevent World War III.

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Much like the submarine in its story, Hunter Killer cruises the murky action depths, following a perfunctory course into territory that's been charted many times before.

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Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Jake Wilson The Age (Australia) Once all this starts coming together, Hunter Killer is absorbing, even if Marsh and his screenwriters never pretend to be half as interested in their characters as they are in the submarines. Rated: 2.5/5 Oct 31, 2018 Full Review Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture It's nice to spend a couple of hours in a fictional world where we don't have to worry about the American president doing something ruinously idiotic and evil. It plays like a nostalgic fairy tale. Oct 29, 2018 Full Review Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Robert Daniels 812filmreviews [You'll] find more enjoyment watching a plastic yellow submarine sink to the bottom of a bathtub than watching this film. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 28, 2018 Full Review Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Ian Kane Epoch Times With its blend of geopolitical intrigue and action, “Hunter Killer” is sure to satisfy genre fans. Rated: 3.5/5 May 1, 2024 Full Review Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Eddie Harrison film-authority.com a beefy Tom Clancy-type thriller that takes no prisoners Rated: 3/5 Apr 1, 2022 Full Review Hunter Killer | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Dara Khan Mediaversity Reviews Military stories in particular have long gotten away with total homogeneity, but the U.S. military is much more diverse than Hunter Killer suggests. Rated: F Jul 29, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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SuYun W I’ve officially stopped relying on RT critics to tell me what movies are good and what movies are trash. This was a superb movie in every way. Suspense, feel-good ending… what’s not to like? I’ll tell you what- critics who give movies like The Substance a better rating than Hunter Killer…. you & people who respect your terrible opinions on films, are what’s wrong with the world… Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/20/24 Full Review Brad M It's seemed like it had a high budget with cool effects, but it came off as cheesy. The acting was bad by some of the cast. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Kal-El M It is very misleading by the critics to condemn a perfectly good naval adventure by overly critical and tiring rhetoric trying to be "the most amazing critical analysis". Everyone always forgets... sometimes it's just an entertaining story. Don't over think it. Personally it looks like 2/3 audience people understood this. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Bruce W Saw this first time at the cinema when it was released. I know many didn’t agree with it but even second time of watching I found it entertaining. A great cast and Michael Nvquist’s last film with him dying far too young before its theatrical release. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Justin B In the line of high stakes submsrine movies it's no Hunt for Red October but an enjoyable enough way to fill an afternoon. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Chris M I borrowed this from the library and I'm so glad I didn't pay to see this. I'm extremley disappointed that Gary Oldman and Gerard Buttler would associate themselves with this director. I hope they know better for next time. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Donovan Marsh Director Gerard Butler Captain Joe Glass Gary Oldman CJCS Charles Donnegan Common RA John Fisk Michael Nyqvist Captain Andropov Linda Cardellini Jayne Norquist
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Synopsis American submarine Capt. Joe Glass is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president and prevent World War III.

Director
Donovan Marsh

Producer
Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Alan Siegel, Gerard Butler, Tucker Tooley

Screenwriter
Arne Schmidt, Jamie Moss

Distributor
Summit Premiere, Lionsgate Films

Production Co
Original Film, G-BASE, Relativity Media

Rating
R (Violence and Some Language)

Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 26, 2018, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 15, 2019

Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.7M

Runtime
2h 1m

Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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