The Hunt for Red October

I could, like many others probably would say, say some 007 movie. However, if I really think about it, my favorite spy movie would have to be “The Hunt for Red October”. I am a younger, it is true. I saw this movie just a few years ago, and I was born a long time after the Cold War. You would think a movie about a Soviet Union submarine would not particularly interest me.

However it has so many great actors in it, like Sam Neill, Alec Baldwin, and James Earl Jones. Oh yes, I did forget one other name – Sean Connery! It may seem ridiculous that Connery, a heavy-accented Scottish man, played a Russian Captain but that doesn’t matter.

It was amazing acting and a great plot. I don’t want to give too much away, but a Soviet Captain is in charge of a new tactical submarine, the Red October. Soon he finds himself running from both the Soviets and the Americans. You’ll have to watch the movie to see how it all ends up. Needless to say it is a very thrilling movie.

I also liked the overall art that was behind the movie. It was genius when they started the movie having the actors on the Soviet side actually speaking Russian. You may think they will keep it up the whole movie, but it does not last long. The director used a great tactic to smoothly transition the Soviet actors into speaking English. By the end, you forget that the different actors would be speaking different languages until the two sides are united and the language barrier goes back up.

There are not really any spy gadgets unless you count a giant submarine, but I’m not sure I’d want that if I could get it – they terrify me.

As for why I loved the movie, does it need to be said? Two words: Sean Connery.

-Emily P.