Invisible. Silent. Stolen.|Mar. 02, 1990|USA|134 Min.|PG
Genre: Action;Adventure;Thriller
Description: The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 film available for download in English at 1080p and 480p resolutions. The story begins in November 1984, when Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius is assigned to command the Red October, a new Typhoon-class nuclear missile submarine equipped with a stealth “caterpillar drive” that makes it invisible to passive sonar. Ramius sets sail alongside the Alfa-class submarine Konovalov, led by his former student Captain Tupolev, under the pretense of conducting exercises. However, Ramius secretly kills the political officer Ivan Putin and issues false orders to proceed with missile drills near America’s east coast. Meanwhile, the American submarine USS Dallas, tasked with tracking Soviet subs, detects Red October but loses contact once its caterpillar drive activates.
The following day, CIA analyst and former Marine Jack Ryan, after consulting with Vice Admiral James Greer, briefs government officials on the Red October and its potential threat. Observing the Soviet Navy’s extensive deployment to the Atlantic to locate and destroy the submarine, they initially suspect Ramius plans a rogue nuclear attack. Ryan, however, suggests that Ramius, a widower with minimal ties to the Soviet Union, may be planning to defect to the United States. National Security Advisor Jeffrey Pelt gives Ryan three days to confirm this theory, and Ryan is dispatched to an aircraft carrier in the mid-Atlantic. Meanwhile, Tupolev receives orders to intercept and destroy Red October.
Complications arise when Red October’s caterpillar drive malfunctions during risky maneuvers through an undersea canyon, likely due to sabotage. Petty Officer Jones, a sonar technician aboard the USS Dallas, devises a method to detect Red October using his acoustics software, enabling Dallas to chart an intercept course. After a perilous transfer at sea, Ryan boards the Dallas and attempts to convince its captain, Commander Bart Mancuso, to contact Ramius and ascertain his true intentions.
Cast director: John McTiernan
Cast actor: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Joss Ackland, Richard Jordan, Stellan Skarsgård, Courtney B. Vance, Peter Firth
Original name: The Hunt for Red October