The Hunt for Red October (1990) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
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[@TBRSchmitt]

The suspense, the twist, the turns, the starboard! We loved this movie from start to finish! Thank you for all the support and please feel free to leave us some movie recommendations!

[@pappajudas9267]

I was watching this on Netflix until a minute ago when my four-year-old decided it was Dumb and shut it off. I love this movie.

[@JavMovieCorner]

The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 2005- Full Movie HD what movie name pal

[@victorsos100]

This movie is AWESOME and MAGNIFICENT. One of my ALLTIME favorites. Sean Connery rules. I hope you can all the Tom Clancy movies.

[@pappajudas9267]

Now you have to watch the other Jack Ryan movies. Clear and present danger, Patriot Games, the sum of all fears, and Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit.

[@woodsarmoury]

You wanna watch another submarine movie... Das Boot.

[@FormulaFox]

Fun fact: They transitioned to speaking English on the word "Armageddon" because it is spoken the same in both English and Russian.

[@dosnostalgic]

Not quite. Russians put the emphasis on the O instead of E.

[@pablom-f8762]

"Blowhards, both of you! It was was probably some smoke-coloured camp girl. Looked like that one's mother!"

[@franohmsford7548]

That's probably because Armageddon is a place - Megiddo, Israel :)

[@fritzkaraldo8452]

@@franohmsford7548 The word is greek, that is why.

[@kwdenman]

@@pablom-f8762 so now they need to watch 13th Warrior

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

I love how Scott Glenn basically got to "play sub commander" for a time. He shadowed an actual submarine crew except the top secret stuff so he got the correct tone of voice and was comfortable with all the jargon and handling the equipment. This movie just has ALL STAR cast. One of my favorites.

[@ciaranconlon84]

I love how Connery never fucked around with accents. Whoever he was playing had a Scottish accent and that's that!

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

He didn't have just a Scottish accent he had a unique voice and a lisp no one else will ever quite sound like him

[@moonbrooke27]

When you hired Sean Connery, you hired his voice.

[@hadoken95]

@@moonbrooke27 Yep exactly, there are some actors like that you know they're just not character actors but you want the kind of character they always play or simply 'star power'. Mostly true with action stars like Bruce Willis, Arnold, etc.

[@grlt23]

Yesh 😂

[@Mauther]

There's was a joke about Sean Connery and this movie. The casting director calls Connery and says, "Congrats Sean! You got the part. Now you will have to speak with a Russian accent so you'll mesh with the Russian actors..." Sean Connery responded with "I'm SEAN CONNERY. I don't DO Russian accents. You hire a bunch of Russians and have them speak in British accents." And the rest is history

[@darrenchambers4171]

Fun fact: Stanley's little brother (the teddy bear seated next to Jack on the plane at the end), was the same teddy bear seen in the limo in Die Hard. Both films were directed by John McTiernan.

[@MartinBeerbom]

He's erroneously called Stanley himself in the credits, though.

[@MartinBeerbom]

You could argue that the credit refers to Stanley himself, the Koala the daughter has at the beginning.

[@phj223]

"Give me a ping, Vasili. One ping only, please."

[@mattj2081]

*Pleashe*

[@legatobluesummers7202]

R.I.P. Sean Connery a Amazing Actor in his time.

[@karlsmith2570]

Also, R.I.P. to Fred Dalton Thompson and Richard Jordan

[@robeskridge7948]

Retired submarine Torpedoman here! This was our “Top Gun” in 1990. If you want some more outstanding Tom Clancy movies, please check out “Patriot Games”, “Clear and Present Danger”, and “The Sum of All Fears”. Thanks for watching it. If you want to watch the penultimate submarine movie, “Das Boot” is probably the best submarine movie ever. For a hilarious submarine movie, “Down Periscope” is one that we “bubbleheads” love to watch for a good laugh.

[@tosweet68]

How about Operation Petticoat starring Cary Grant

[@TalkingHands308]

The Hunt for Red October was written by Tom Clancy, a very famous author who writes political thrillers such as this. The thing that makes Tom Clancy kind of special is the fact that many people believe he has insider knowledge on a lot of real classified stuff that has happened and that a lot of what he writes is inspired by it. But not enough to where he's divulging any secrets. So the cool thing about reading his novels is that they have a sense of authenticity to them, like you feel like the events really could have happened, or really could happen in the near future. And if you believe the rumors, some of it has actually happened...

[@michaelhackfeld9725]

Agree Tom Clancy had a way of writing scarily realistic storylines.

[@kennethtilton6137]

I heard that when this book came out, the FBI met with Clancy, wanting to know where he got such an intimate knowledge of US and Russian nuclear subs.

[@DavidGarcia-kw4sf]

Yep. Clancy's books are top quality. Highly recommended.

[@TalkingHands308]

@@kennethtilton6137 Really? I thought it was well known that Tom Clancy was good friends with some high ranking people in the Navy, lol. Maybe they wanted to know which one spilled the beans to him... lol

[@TalkingHands308]

@@michaelhackfeld9725 I bought the audio book Threat Vector because it was read by Lou Diamond Phillips, lol. He's pretty good, and the book was pretty good too.

[@Tampahop]

As an ex-submariner, I give this movie two thumbs up for realism. When they dove and I heard the creaking noises, I had goosebumps. That is an all-to-familiar sound to me. I hate most sub movies because there is so much to know to make it believable and few movies get it right.

[@r.g.o3879]

I was a Chief of Fire Direction in my youth and have always hated most army movies. Though I never served on a sub or ship I always felt the best sub movie ever made was Das Boot. Really made you feel the cramped, smelly conditions on an old U boat.

[@davidcorriveau8615]

@@r.g.o3879 There is a reason the nickname subs had in the pre WW2 US Navy was 'Pig Boats'.

[@pfeilspitze]

Part of the crew got to spend some time on the _Salt Lake City_ for a while. Glenn based his portrayal of Mancuso on that ship's captain.

[@aubreyjones2206]

I’m a retired CO and feel the same about prison movies.

[@karlsmith2570]

@tampahop: something else that makes these submarine sets so realistic is that they were built by people who actually build naval submarines

[@shuriken4852]

The director John McTiernan made what I consider 3 of the best action movies ever with this one, Die Hard and Predator.

[@jasondecharleroy4161]

Excellent selection

[@shubhayukolay9609]

Most importantly, the movies were made pretty close to each other. Predator came out in 1987, Die Hard in 1988 and Red October in 1990. That means McTiernan had really short time for prepping, and he pulled them off successfully !!!!

[@stobe187]

McTiernan went super saiyan around that period - classic after classic. It's a shame how he ended up doing some really shady shit and losing his edge.

[@DJhinckley]

"It's got to be so terrifying... the ocean is terrifying alone..." ah, perhaps you're not ready for 'Das Boot' yet then.

[@shakawhenthewallsfell8570]

I showed Das Boot to few friends of mine back in college years ago, and because that movie relied on tension and fear and didn't have shit blowing up every 5 minutes, none of them enjoyed it for the classic that it is.

[@halwaffles]

OH MY LORD THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT KNOWS ABOUT DAS BOOT! Apologies for the caps but that is a film I never thought people would talk about.

[@bbwng54]

@@halwaffles I saw it when it was in the theaters

[@halwaffles]

@@bbwng54 I wasn't even born yet when it was released. I wouldn't be born for about 20 years actually lol. I know about the film from my dad, and I am forever grateful he introduced me to it.

[@rayevarney]

It's the definitive submarine movie. Best to watch the subtitled version rather than the dubbed.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

When I took a train trip across Montana I said to myself, "At least I've seen Montana."

[@catherinelw9365]

I took a train trip through Montana as well! Beautiful country!

[@kelaarin]

Next film: "Grant? You'll never get him out of Montana."

[@nihildark]

Most beautiful place on Earth, I miss it so much.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Same here.

[@onejester]

This and Master and Commander are probably two of the best Military Suspense stories ever filmed.

[@TBRSchmitt]

I absolutely love Master and Commander!

[@bondzo7184]

Top 3 along with Crimson Tide starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman

[@フレドリク]

Das Boot

[@robertcampbell8070]

I seem to remember a channel on here talking about if you want to write a good ship battle, whether in space or in water, there are 3 movies you should watch. 2 of them are Master and Commander and The Hunt For Red October.

[@jimmorrish6771]

@@フレドリク best sub movie EVER!

[@476429]

I feel really old when I hear two adults say they've never heard of _The Hunt for Red October_ . 😀 This was a big movie. Big enough to spawn more Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan movies as well as a TV show. Harrison Ford takes over the role of Jack Ryan in the second film _Patriot Games_ .

[@blueroninstudios]

Ben Affleck and Chris Pine have also played Jack Ryan in more recent years. Tom Clancy's novel's are usually good fodder for suspenseful films.

[@Imzadi76]

I feel the same. Odd to hear her say she never heard of it.

[@PamJernigan]

I know, right? I watched this movie in the theater when it first came out... that got me reading Tom Clancy. And I love Harrison Ford but I don't like the way that adaptation came out. Possibly because I read (and loved) the book first.

[@RoodeMenon]

I was 12 when this movie came out and it was nail biting.

[@mattallen2801]

The Sum of All Fears, Clear and Present Danger and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recuit are also Tom Clancy novels turned into a movies

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

Fun fact, the underwater shots were made with scale models, fog, and blue lighting.

[@jp3813]

The good Star Trek films are basically submarine movies in space.

[@frankgesuele6298]

The Balance of Terror is that.

[@BiggestDawgEver]

@Phelan IV is a good Star Trek movie but it is most popular with more casual Trek fans. Many die hard Trek fans appreciate Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country the most and they both use the Enterprise as an analogue for a Naval Submarine. Nicholas Meyer, who directed both, was not a big Trek fan himself and drew inspiration from Captain Courageous stories to flavor his interpretation of Star Trek.

[@vidhead85]

Star Trek IV imv is the absolute best one!

[@FucTrump]

Aren't the bad ones too?

[@technopirate304]

You don’t show it but I love the moment when the skeptical Navy Captain is told Ryan’s true background by the admiral. Ryan isn’t a CIA desk jockey masquerading as a naval officer. He isn’t disgracing the uniform or stealing valor. Ryan is a graduate of the same academy they both went to. Ryan is a brother in arms who never got the chance to serve in uniform due to an injury. It’s subtle but you can see how the Captain starts to soften and wants to support him.

[@davidcorriveau8615]

He served in Uniform as a Marine Officer for 4 years. The helio accident happened in year 2-3 of his first term out of Annapolis, he served his 4th year 'from a hospital bed'. He was denied the choice of whether to continue as a career Marine Officer, somewhere in there he got a medical disability discharge. It is a nice touch, both by Clancy and by McTiernan to choose to leave it in the movie.

[@BogeyTheBear]

In the book he even apologizes for the uniform, saying it was the CIA's idea, not his.

[@zachhoward9099]

@@BogeyTheBearI think he even mentioned very briefly in the movie that the uniform was Admiral Greers idea when he’s first introduced to the Admiral commanding the Carrier Group

[@karlsmith2570]

​@@BogeyTheBearspecifically, he'd said that it was Admiral Greer's idea

[@karlsmith2570]

​@zachhoward9099 yes, he did

[@esclad]

The acting, the visuals, the suspense, the claustrophobia, the tactics, the mystery? were all stellar in this movie. Patriot Games & Clear and Present Danger are the other two movies in this (Jack Ryan) Tom Clancy trilogy. Truly great movies in their own right.

[@douglascampbell9809]

The fact that the US Navy made them change certain aspects of the interior of the USS Dallas because the set makers were too close to the real thing was also pretty impressive.

[@TheM750]

Don't forget Sum of All Fears.

[@MrZampanov]

@@TheM750 Eh, we're probably better off forgetting it.

[@TheM750]

@@MrZampanov Oh now, it wasn't bad. Not my favorite Ryan, but still an enjoyable watch.

[@alucard624]

@@TheM750 It's good but not as good as either Patriot Games or Clear and Present Danger. Affleck was not a good choice to play Ryan at all.

[@togroglog2457]

This is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time, I've loved it since I was a little kid, and it was amazing watching you guys come to love it too.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Glad you enjoyed the video and it was easy to love this movie!

[@tdrewman]

If you watch the movie when Captain Ramius is giving out the fake orders, you can see the cook look up. It was like he was thinking, that is not the orders we were given.

[@DocMicrowave]

Second time I view the movie I realized that. That he was probably an undercover agent with full knowledge of the original orders, whose task is to make sure the orders are properly followed and ship never falls into the wrong hands.

[@fabianmiranda3433]

also there were a few times when the officers are complaining about how bad the food is.

[@DocMicrowave]

@@fabianmiranda3433 Good point. Cooking was not his strong point. Destroying the sub was.

[@motodork]

@@DocMicrowave yes of course. Ramius asked how many KGB agents were aboard his ship. Clearly at least one.

[@JasonStevens]

@@fabianmiranda3433 he could have been poisoning it too

[@mayorjimmy]

"I'm a politician, which means i'm a cheat and liar and when i'm not kissing babies, i'm stealing their lollipops." best line in the movie.

[@coyotefever105]

Because that’s the truth

[@x_mau9355]

@@coyotefever105 meanwhile they're worse

[@jackpartmann532]

YESSSSS one of the best movies ever! Beginning still gives me goosebumps

[@TBRSchmitt]

Yeah it was soo good!

[@LA_HA]

War is a game of checkers, it's movement-based. The Cold War is more like chess, it's intelligence-based

[@m2c_tave689]

Y'all keep rolling out the classics. This movie was next level U.S. and Soviet tension. To reflect the mind set of the 80's. A world on the brink of destruction. The essence of the Cold War

[@shrapnel77]

Fun fact: The underwater sub scenes are not in water at all. They were in a smoke tank, suspended by wires for smooth turns. It was before CGI, but it I think it looks better.

[@CGFIELDS]

This & The Fugitive I can watch over and over. 👍🏾 RIP Sir Shawn Connery

[@bartoszrebelski8571]

Sean...

[@CGFIELDS]

@@bartoszrebelski8571 Thanks Ski

[@RoodeMenon]

Connery was in The Fugitive?

[@shepherdkelley4156]

@@RoodeMenon no

[@lunchlady7599]

In the next two Tom Clancy movies, Harrison Ford replaced Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. He was offered the part in this movie but turned it down because he wanted to play Captain Ramius but they already offered the part to Sean Connery. But it was cool to see Han Solo(Ford) and Darth Vader(Jones) as friends in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger.

[@jonathanspahn7308]

Definitely need to watch 'Patriot Games' and 'Clear and Present Danger' as well!

[@ariochiv]

@@Cydonius1 I would have preferred to have Baldwin continue as Ryan, as I really liked him in that role (IIRC Clancy did too), but having Harrison Ford as a replacement is not the worst problem to have. I think Ford did a good job, and both of the next two movies are very good. The subsequent ones... not so much. They should really stop trying to resurrect this franchise... it died with Clancy.

[@alucard624]

@@ariochiv Ford did pretty good in his 2 runs as Ryan. Affleck was a big no for me, Chris Pine was meh, and I just can't get into the Amazon series with Krasinski in the part at all. That show is just too far removed from anything Clancy would have actually written and just comes off as far left political horseshit most of the time.

[@technopirate304]

Oh heck nah. I’ve seen all of these movies when they first came out and that never occurred to me. Solo and Vader as buddies. LMAO.

[@fenner1986]

@@ariochiv Definitely agree. Ford and Baldwin were the best actors to portray Ryan, anyone after them seems to have fumbled it quite a bit.

[@michaelb8317]

I consider this film more of a Techno-Thriller than a war movie.

[@michaelhackfeld9725]

Techno-Thriller was the genre the book started.

[@killroy23]

@@michaelhackfeld9725 The word Espionage seems to fit

[@alucard624]

Clancy practically invented that genre.

[@roguedravidan2746]

@@michaelhackfeld9725 Well, Michael Crichton was the one who actually started techno-thrillers with novels like The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man or even Congo. Clancy was a military tech-thriller writer, the kind now written by a lot of ex-military types.

[@RoodeMenon]

This is why Star Trek fans love it.

[@TheOneTrueChris]

LOVE the veiled threat at 10:03 -- "More tea, anyone?"

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Note how Petrov says the dinner is terrible--because of the Cook

[@yeoldegamer5112]

"One ping only, please." And the suspense kept rising. Great movie.

[@shainewhite2781]

From the novel by Tom Clancy and From The Director Of Die Hard. Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Tim Curry, and Richard Jordan. The Hunt For Red October.

[@elzar760]

Funny enough, I’m just about to finish the book actually.

[@sharks3010]

@@elzar760 The first book I ever read of his was 'Rainbow Six' as a kid, after playing the first games. My dad is a massive Tom Clancy fan and after playing the games, thinking I was the big man, tried to school him on how good the stories in these games where. At the time I thought I'd open his eyes to what he was missing! To that he responded by laughing (his way of saying "boy, you know nothing ") and gave me his copy of Rainbow Six (the novel). Still to this day he's one of my favourite authors.

[@blechtic]

*Two* Baldwins.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

The smell of burning paper in the Captain's cabin must be fairly commonplace in the Soviet Navy, one assumes. Best. Leo.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hahaha I guess so!

[@alachad]

Couldn't smell it over all the cigarette smoke. lol

[@razorfett147]

Smoking on the subs was still a thing. At least...in the book it was, but Ramius didnt burn the original orders in the book

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@razorfett147 Smoking onboard U.S. military submarines while submerged was the reality until 2010 when it was banned. Fear of second-hand smoke strikes again. Best. Leo.

[@SweetLou0523]

Here's the thing, I wondered about that and couldn't figure out why that would be asked about. But, then you have to remember how the soviets and in particular the soviet military worked. You asked no questions. You did your job. You did your best to not be a problem. They may have thought the burning paper was odd but they never would have questioned it for fear of reprisal and the ending of their career. Secrecy was a Soviet hallmark so destroying classified orders once read wouldn't have been that odd either.

[@paulhewes7333]

The captain of the Konovalov was played by Stellan Skarsgard, who was in Good Will Hunting, the MCU Thor movies and first 2 Avengers as Dr. Selvig.

[@loganwagner1816]

Based on the book by Tom Clancy. And one of the best Cold War Movies ever.

[@TheOneTrueChris]

Tom Clancy was selling insurance when he wrote this book!

[@topomusicale5580]

And as good as this movie is, the book is even better!

[@alucard624]

@@topomusicale5580 Clancy's books are amazing and honestly the film adaptations, while good for the most part, pale in comparison to the books. The films either change or cut out SO much to fit their running times, especially in the case of Clear and Present Danger. I was looking forward to Without Remorse but frankly it just looks like John Wick with a black man instead of the book I read ie nothing like the book at all so that's disappointing.

[@nicolivoldkif9096]

@@alucard624 Yeah, worried about Without Remorse. But they did a fairly decent job bringing the character forward into modern stories with the Jack Ryan which probably would have been better received by hardcore fans if it was called Jack Ryan Jr., Because let's be honest the Soviet-US tension just doesn't have the narrative weight it does anymore.

[@lunchlady7599]

@@alucard624 They even changed his name from John Clark. They might as well call it something else except they want to capitalize on Tom Clancy's name, what a shame.

[@cshubs]

Please consider these epic classics: Das Boot (another awesome submarine movie), Lawrence of Arabia, Gandhi, and The Right Stuff.

[@JavMovieCorner]

Yes

[@TBRSchmitt]

Awesome! Thank you for the options!

[@woodsarmoury]

Yes yes yes... das boot

[@jimhsfbay]

I don’t know why the critics didn’t love it as much as I did but another great submarine movie is U571.

[@tolkienismaster]

Das Boot. Easily one of the best ww2 movie. My fav thats for sure.

[@crooney82]

This movie is a master class in Character development and suspense fueled by an amazing dream cast. Its Been one of my favorites for decades. Alex Baldwin did a great job playing Ryan. He should do it again.

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

This was the first movie in the Jack Ryan series. Ryan has also been played by Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. You should watch Patriot Games, A Clear And Present Danger, and Sum Of All Fears.

[@MikeB12800]

Didn’t Chris Pine make one too? And that guy from the Office is on the Netflix series?

[@paulhewes7333]

@@MikeB12800 Chris Pine and John Krasinski did play Ryan as well. Krasinski's the current Ryan on the Amazon prime show.

[@MikeB12800]

@@paulhewes7333 thanks

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

Chris Pine and Kevin Costner are in Shadow Recruit before Jack Ryan is married and still recovering from his Junior year helicopter crash. Very good too

[@hkpew]

I love Harrison Ford, but he was way to old to be playing Jack Ryan in the movies where he played the role.

[@geraldrhodes4114]

Fun fact: the Admiral onboard the carries is US Senator Fred Thompson from Tennessee. Thompson did both at the same time -- act and sit in the Senate.

[@cleekmaker00]

"... a War, at sea. A War, with no Battles, no Monuments: only Casualties..." VILNIUS NASTAVNIC... The Vilnius Schoolmaster.

[@razorfett147]

Probably my favorite scene added for the film

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Nobody born after 1985 understands the mental strain of the 1980s Cold War.

[@kathyastrom1315]

One of my favorite movie quotes of all time: “I’m a politician, which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissing babies, I’m stealing’ their lollipops.”

[@shaggycan]

Richard Jordan was never in enough movies for my liking, a fantastic character actor.

[@shackyman3644]

"... but it also means I keep my options open."

[@vidhead85]

I knew this line would come up in the comments

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

I have always like the way the transitioned from Russian to English.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Yeah super clever!

[@TheM750]

The only other movie that I think did it in an even cooler way was The Thirteenth Warrior. The scene around the fire is great.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@Cydonius1 It's Sean Connery, though. He uses that accent when he's playing an immortal Egyptian who's been living in Spain and Japan.

[@thomasbrown9402]

@@Cydonius1 The best part... when Jack Ryan mocks Ramius' Scottish-Russian accent in the missile room.

[@philbell5564]

@@TheM750 same director

[@tvdroid22]

In a candid moment or humility, Alec Baldwin spoke of waiting to hear if Sean Connery was going to accept the part, hoping he would. He said that he got the call, then he was thinking with a tinge of regret, "Oh no, now nobody will notice me!"

[@Texaboose]

I don't know why, but every time Samantha is introduced, her happy "Hello!" brings me joy.

[@Elerad]

One of the important things that is only vaguely hinted at in the movie, but explained in the book, is that Ramius's wife died because of incompetence on the part of the doctor working on her, and the man was then protected and suffered no consequences because of his party connections. This was the real motivating factor for Ramius in his decision to abandon the corrupt Soviet Union. Still, I absolutely love this movie. I've watched it at least a dozen times over the year and never get tired of it. Great characters, great tension. I love that sub commanders have said, if you want to know what my job is like, watch The Hunt for Red October and check out Scott Glenn's performance.

[@handsomestik]

wow, you guys have a fantastic playlist recently. Just amazing movies

[@TBRSchmitt]

Awesome thank you! We just do a combo of what wins our pulls and what we see recommended in the comments!

[@dangelo1369]

RIP: Mace Neufeld (producer) Basil Poledorus (music) Amanda Mackey (Casting director) Fred Dalton Thompson (RADM Joshua Painter) Sean Connery (Capt. 1st Rank Marko Ramius) and Richard Jordan ( Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor)

[@kennethtilton6137]

One of my favorite movies. And my favorite line is when James Earl Jones says, "And I....was never here". One more thing....the bear at the end is the same prop bear used in DIE HARD.

[@mikes6457]

that scene where they basically float wround each other after the first crazy ivan and Connery & Neil were discussing life was such a great scene. little scenes like that really give weight to the film

[@m2c_tave689]

The two best minds in movie reacting. That's what I'm calling you all. So entertaining watching the two best minds try to figure out the twist and turns of the plot and character interaction. You guys and gals always bring the high intensity, high energy we love. From the Abyss, to Predator to Hunt for Red October. You all never fail to bring the heat. Love it and keep em coming.

[@Wishbone1977]

This is one of my favorite movies. Everything in this is awesome. The cast, the script, the directing, the editing, the soundtrack, all brilliant.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

The first 45 minutes are almost an art film like Bergman.

[@DisgruntledHippo]

Great piece of cinema. You guys should watch Crimson Tide. One of Denzel's greatest roles.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Never seen it! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@wesleymok7532]

I’m just hopping into this vid and that was my first thought too. Good call! U571 is the other good submarine flick that comes to mind.

[@morbidangel2424]

@@wesleymok7532 even tho is historically inaccurate u571 is still a good movie

[@mikeisdead7137]

@@TBRSchmitt Not worth it. It's a ridiculous flick.

[@blueberrypirate3601]

You went code red? You damn right I did!

[@MrTech226]

At one point, author of Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy was investigated if he stole some classified info for his books.

[@coyotefever105]

Also Ronald Reagan gave the book a glowing review, boosted the sales!

[@ralphroshia9247]

The Captain of the Dallas is played by a great character actor Scott Glenn

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

From another Cold War film: _The Right Stuff_

[@ThomasSoles]

Great reaction! This movie and Top Gun, of course, inspired me to enlist in the Navy in '92.

[@jimtatro6550]

This was directed by John McTeirnan who also directed Die Hard, Predator and many other great action films. Check out Die Hard with a Vengeance and The 13th Warrior for a couple.

[@MikeB12800]

Completely forgot about Die Hard with a Vengeance. Such a great movie. Will be an amazing movie for a reaction video!!!

[@NimpanZ]

13th warrior is the only other movie I can remember at the moment that does the language switch effectively

[@moose2577]

@@NimpanZ "My mother..." That was such a great transition!

[@SweetLou0523]

Wasn't McTeirnan COB? (The "I ain't never seen me a phantom Russian submarine" guy)

[@BigJwlz]

@@SweetLou0523 No.

[@sonh788]

Seen this again recently on Netflix and it took me back to my childhood before movies where all about special effects driven extravaganza. Just old school actors acting in a dialogue driven feast

[@Fordo007]

The movie had different colored lights for each sub to help the audience tell them apart. That is a tactic used in a lot of other shows and movies to help tell ships apart. I know in Stargate SGI-1 and Atlantis all the DC-304 Battlecruisers had a different light color to help audience tell difference from the Daedalus, Odyssey, Korolev, and Apollo. That was something they got from this movie.

[@ianclark4643]

Great score by the late Basil Poledouris 😃

[@phj223]

"Mosht thingsh in here don't react too well to bulletsh."

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Yeah, like ME! I don't react well to bullets!

[@TheOneTrueChris]

The Soviet crew singing their national anthem at around 6:13 -- I've always loved how their voices gradually shift from a group of obviously untrained singers (as the crew would be) into a professional sounding men's chorus. Great effect.

[@RoodeMenon]

John McTiernan directed numerous classics from our childhood. He is an unsung hero, He deserves a second chance! Nobody makes action films like him. NOBODY!

[@andycarr9722]

One of my favourite movies. Always loved seen with Ryan getting dropped from chopper. But its scene where Ryan acknowledges they met, and offers his condolences to Ramius

[@mediasawdust2458]

“Hey I think someone just shot a torpedo at us!”

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hahaha

[@moose2577]

"No shit Buckwheat now get the hell outta here!" LOL

[@killroy23]

@@moose2577 "but where am I supposed to....." *SLAM*

[@sharks3010]

I think the reason I enjoy watching your reactions so much, is seeing that buzz you get from a new film (like @ 20:41). Nothing over dramatic for attention or views. Just buzzing of a new great film. Thanks for taking the time the time to record and edit these little gems. I'm only jealous I'm not watching them for the first time as well 😉 Peace 🇬🇧

[@michaelbastraw1493]

Not lightning, static discharge by the helicopter blades cutting through the air causing an electrical imbalance between the sub and the aircraft. Best. Leo.

[@micromachinist3419]

As good as this movie is, the book is even better!

[@SweetLou0523]

The book is amazing, the movie is amazing. Both are different for purposes of the media they are presented with. Frankly, aside from the LOTR adoptions, HFROT is probably the best book to movie adaptation I've ever seen. They trimmed what wasn't essential to a movie, without losing any of the core essence of the plot. I think had they tried to finish the story like the book, it would have been a bad decision as it would have felt like an entire second ending to a movie that already had a satisfactory ending.

[@pudgebl67]

Yup, have to agree... the book is 10 times better. Plus it would have been really hard to trim it down to a 2 hour film.

[@alura5376]

The movie did an awesome job tightening up the story and keeping Jack moving so the exposition did not slow down the film.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Reagan actually responded to fiction of the 1980s

[@largol33t1]

I wish they had shown one other sub in the movie: the Politovsky, which sank when its reactor went haywire. What's interesting about the book is there are so many different points of view from different ships through the story. Yes, I KNOW it would have made the movie longer but I wished they had included just ONE more point of view from another ship.

[@gabsrants]

damn, you keep doing my favourites - first the Abyss, now Red October

[@chrispittman8854]

LOL! "And what you fail to realize is my ship... is dragging mines!" Great work guys. PLEASE do the whole series.

[@shainewhite2781]

That was incredible! I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did! I first sat this movie 20 years ago on CBS as part of their Sunday Night Movie Premiere. I even have this in my DVD collection. I see this movie like 50 times on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax. Like JURASSIC PARK, I read the novel after I watched the movie, and some of the plot of the novel if different, but a great book to read and a great film to watch from start to finish.

[@gregall2178]

This movie was a payoff for a bet I made with a student while an f/a at DeVry in L.A. Seeing it in a theater was a great experience. I had been playing Red Storm Rising for sometime and remember trying to read the 'waterfall' sonar screen. Funny how the movie's looked so much more realistic than the ega display on my pc at the time (the one with a "huge" 40Mb hard drive and 640k RAM) :-D

[@alargecookie]

Now that you've seen the movie, it's time to read the book, which takes the suspense to even further heights. A techno-thriller masterpiece.

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

The most unbelievable part of this film was that Jack had to explain what turbulence was to an airline flight attendant.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hahaha good point

[@chrisleebowers]

His job is explaining things, but that was totally a mansplaining violation

[@josephwhite519]

She obviously knew what it was, but he was feeling very nervous and needed to justify himself by talking too much.

[@paulcochran1721]

That's exposition, it sets jack up as a technical thinker and someone who may over explain his view. Such as later in the meeting where he "slams the door on the general".

[@iKvetch558]

Yes...we find out later why Jack is such a nervous flyer...his helicopter crash. He was very nervous, and blurted the explanation as a result. 💯✌

[@therealrooster]

Sign of a great movie: even though you know all its twists and turns now, you will still enjoy it massively at the second time you watch it. And at the third time. And at the tenth time.

[@fesr90]

The best movie about submarines, and in general one of the best war movies, is the 1981 movie "Das Boot". It would be interesting if you saw it, it is German cinema, another style, another perspective. I highly recommend that movie ... "Das Boot"

[@christopherkortum5535]

I was about to recommend Das Boot as well.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Great reaction. This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

[@awesomereviews1561]

“The Thin Red Line” is by far the most unique film on your war movie list. The cinematography and OST are incredible.

[@jonnyp3811]

One of my favorites growing up.

[@shubhayukolay9609]

Sam Neill had some captain roles in his career. He played a Navy Captain in Dead Calm (1989), a navy captain in Red October (1990), a navy captain in Submerged (2001 TV movie), a police captain in The Commuter (2018) and a police captain in Peaky Blinders.

[@kingscorpion7346]

a couple of other good movies involving submarines are Crimson Tide with Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington, and a comedy titled Down Periscope, with Kelsey Grammar.

[@rsrt6910]

Seriously though, as a submariner, Crimson Tide was so horribly bad that it's considered a comedy as well... and oddly enough, Down Periscope is far more accurate (the only thing Down Periscopw got wrong was the shape of the Orlando'd bow planes and that the Orlando would hover to be quiet... as for Crimson Tide... not enough room to list everything wrong with it)

[@rama30]

This films been largely forgotten. So glad you watched it!

[@SweetLou0523]

We've calculated and according to my friends math, I have seen this movie in excess of 2500 times. It never gets old, it never gets boring. For me, it is perfectly paced, perfectly acted. I know that many will say there are better movies, but for me this is always my go-to movie.

[@kathleenmayhorne3183]

You would thoroughly enjoy the extras on the dvd. The guy who "saw me a mermaid once" was the screenwriter, put lots of cool lines in for his character (a lot were cut out) after he found out he was in the movie.

[@AutoPilate]

One thing I love about this movie over the other Jack Ryan movies is that this was less Jack Ryan the stereotypical macho action guy and more Jack Ryan the CIA analyst.

[@juanitajones6900]

The actor who portrayed Dallas' captain is Scott Glenn. He's known for "The Right Stuff", Silvarado" and two Bourne movies. Character actor Tomas Arana portrayed the Red October cook. He's been in "L.A. Confidential", "Gladiator" the second Bourne movie and "Limitless". And Courtney B. Vance portrayed the Dallas' sound engineer. You should check out other Jack Ryan movies like "Patriot Games", "The Sum of All Fears", "Jack Ryan: Special Recruit" and especially "Clear and Present Daner", which I believe is the best.

[@stiimuli]

Fun fact: The scene where Ryan cuts himself loose from the chopper and falls into the sea was Alec Baldwin's idea. He thought it would be really kewl to see and the director agreed so they went ahead with it. Alec took a big risk doing that stunt himself especially as a new actor.

[@vollelektrolysierer5773]

In the novel, Ryan is flown out from the American carrier to a British carrier closer to the Red October by Harrier VTOL jet and the smaller Royal Navy task group makes contact with Red October by surrounding their ASW assets around the end point of the underwater channel.

[@JonathanLawson]

The scene where they go through the twins and take that route at crazy speed is great. We used to love that scene when I was in (American, obviously) navigation school.

[@onehopeofthedoomed]

Perhaps HBO's Chernobyl should be on the list soon, that show will demonstrate just how terrifying a noise can be

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Stellan Skarsgård, who played Captain Tupolev in this movie, also appears in this show

[@TrusteftReacts]

I saw this in the cinema, still a great film. Good reaction. Yes I know this is a couple years old video.

[@tommysalinas1116]

This is one of my favorite movies. I love how both Russian & American officers still showed respect and maintained their rankings even when the American captain took over the ship.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

How the Russian defectors were happy to see Americans so that their 'Death Star' would be rendered useless

[@karlsmith2570]

15:37 Fun Fact for you guys: The actor in this scene timestamped above is Larry Ferguson, who, in addition to playing the COB (Chief Of the Boat) aboard the USS Dallas, was also one of the screenwriters for this movie

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

One thing that makes this movie so good, is how when they could use practical/real life stunts (like hanging from the helicopter trying to get to the Dallas), they actually did it. Today's movies would be a CGI mess for the most part.

[@razorfett147]

The massive Red October prop used in the surface shots was quite impressive. Funny part is that as big as that floating set was....it was STILL smaller than a real life Typhoon/Akula

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

@@razorfett147 Not sure about nowdays but back then subs didn't get bigger than Typhoons, which were the size of two 747's in a row.

[@razorfett147]

@@Rikard_Nilsson to date the Typhoons are the largest operational submarines ever built, and i honestly dont see anyone ever building something bigger

[@Johnny_Socko]

That was the great Richard Jordan as the US Secretary of Defense ("You've lost *anothah* submarine?!"), and the equally great Courtney Vance (Mr. Angela Basset) as the Dallas sonar operator. If you end up seeing Hamburger Hill, Vance was fantastic in that.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That's a STAR TURN at 18:20

[@thieudn36]

One of the great movies to be based off a novel by Tom Clancy

[@MikeB12800]

Sneakers is a fun, heist, conspiracy movie from the 90’s. Amazing cast - Robert Redford, James Earl Jones, Sydney Poitier, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd, and David Stathairn. Also The Score with Deniro, Edward Norton, and Marlon Brando is a really good heist movie.

[@terrylandess6072]

I always imagined there would someday be a movie with Redford playing the father of Brad Pitt - They did eventually work together but never in that relationship.

[@MikeB12800]

@@terrylandess6072 Spy Games is a good movie. Just realized Redford directed him to in A River Runs Through It. Guess he could have played his father, but I think Tom Skerrit was perfect in that role.

[@donaldgilbert6739]

React to Streets of Fire, ( 1984 )! A young 18 yr old Diane Lane A young Williem Defoe Rick Moranis and Michael Pare!

[@CR41489]

Great recommendation. A really fun and stylish guilty pleasures of mine. A good entertainment from the ‘80s. Love Walter Hill’s work.👍

[@carty43]

The zoom-in for the language change was something that goes all the way back to Judgement at Nuremburg.

[@thunderstruck5484]

The guy who played the Chief always leaning in talking to Jones actually wrote the screenplay for this movie , a little fun trivia there and if you like to read Tom Clancy books are the best also Alec Baldwin is the best Jack Ryan in my opinion , thanks as always

[@JPSE57]

Missed my favorite quote: "You arrogant ass! You've killed us!"

[@michaelbastraw1493]

Artistic license was taken with the distancing of submarines, as well as the underwater lighting. Best. Leo.

[@gregall2178]

Exactly ;-)

[@NefariousKoel]

US and Soviet submarines had collided before in such situations, IRL. So while the short distance was done for perspective purposes in the movie, the chances of collision were still a real threat.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

@@NefariousKoel We'll probably never really know how many times this actually happened. What happens in the ocean, stays in the ocean. (Yes, I just had to say that.) Best. Leo.

[@SweetLou0523]

The neat thing is every shot with the subs underwater is a practical shot. They built large scale models and suspended them on wires from massive gimbals like a marionette. They used cgi to simulate the little white water particulate but aside from that, it's all practical lighting and sets.

[@gregall2178]

@@NefariousKoel True enough, but in the situation presented in the movie I would have a hard time accepting the Dallas would get that close initially ;-)

[@w9gb]

Director, John McTiernan’s previous movie was “Die Hard”.(director).

[@shainewhite2781]

2:46, love how they transition from Russian To English.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Yeah that was super clever!