Before Harrison Ford assumed the mantle of playing Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan hero in Patriot Games, Alec Baldwin took a swing at the character in this John McTiernan film and hit one to the fence. If less instantly sympathetic than Ford, Baldwin is in some respects more interesting and nuanced as Ryan, and drawing comparisons between both actors' performances can make for some interesting postmovie discussion. That aside, The Hunt for Red October stands alone as a uniquely exciting adventure with a fantastic costar: Sean Connery as a Russian nuclear submarine captain attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the U.S. McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard) made an exceptionally handsome movie here with action sequences that really do take one's breath away. --Tom Keogh Customer Review: The Hunt For Red October [Blu-ray]
BLU-RAY BUYER BEWARE!! The studios are playing us for dupes. In wanting us to buy their movies AGAIN (VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, now Blu-ray), with the expansive information a blu-ray will hold, they are cheating us!! Case in point..THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (and others). The previous DVD release contained BOTH a Dolby Digital AND the usually preferred DTS track. On the Blu-ray we only get the Dolby. Shame on them!!
It amazes me. You would think they would load these releases with much, much more than the standard DVD release to help get people to switch over to Blu-ray but, for the most part, they're not. I guess they figure they have enough control over people to get away with it. Do they? YOU answer the question.
Customer Review: Great movie!
Excellent movie. I was ecstatic to see that this movie was released to Blu-ray. I can clearly see that they simply didn't simply upscale a standard definition master, but that the film was rescanned and that special features have been added!
My only gripe would be: I would like to see this film get treated like the classic it is. It would be nice to see it get run through a dust buster, or color stabilizer. I don't have a problem with seeing grain, as that in itself has a flawed beauty to it, and does add to the aesthetics of the film.
Overall, it's great! Get it! Now!
The Hunt for Red October [Blu-ray]
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