Five stars during the Cold War. Makes much less sense to today's viewer.

it had me on the edge of my seat

Like trebon1038 said a "decent job with a Clancy book", enough said.

Another decent job with a Clancy book.  When I first started reading "Jack Ryan" books, Baldwin is who I pictured Ryan looking like.  Harrison Ford was who I imagined Ryan "acting" like...good job of casting Ryan for the most part.  Its very difficult to put a lot of technical information into a film.  It takes about 200 pages of a Tom Clancy novel to get all the technical info across.

not the most exciting of films but it is entertaining with a very good plot.

Gets a little draggy at the end but still a great adventure Sean Connery film. Generally anything with Sam Neill,Scott Glenn and Sean Connery would be worth the watch. Baldwin appears to be sleep-walking.

Great adaptation of the novel. Packed in thick, end-to-end. Best line in the movie: "Ryan, some things here don't react too well to bullets. Yeah, me. I don't react too well to bullets." For those into submarines, this one ranks right up there with Crimson Tide and Das Boot (if you use subtitles and not the dubbed version).

Classic!

One of the most boring movies I've ever seen. Fell asleep the first time I watched it and when I finally did rent it again I wished that I hadn't. What a waste of time. Long, boring, worthless movie.

Released in 1990 and directed by John McTiernan, The Hunt For Red October was the first of the Jack Ryan novels by Tom Clancy to be made into a movie. For the uninitiated, the plot involves a super-silent Russian nuclear missile sub that is on its maiden voyage under the command of Capt. Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). Ramius, his First Officer Vasily Borodin (Sam Neill), and the rest of his officers plan to defect to the U.S. and hand over the submarine. Unaware of his intentions, the U.S. determines that Ramius has gone renegade, sending out the navy to sink her while the Russians (aware of the defection attempt) are out to get the sub as well. On the other hand, Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) believes that Ramius is defecting and must prove it before the fireworks begin. There is nothing really special about this Cold War themed film save for the performances of the aforementioned cast (especially Connery) as well as Scott Glenn who plays the opposing American submarine captain, James Earl Jones, and Richard Jordan. The bottom line is that The Hunt For Red October is a big budget political action thriller which is better than most due to production and acting.

Competent, if rather dull. Connery and Glenn are good, as are some lesser players. Baldwin, as usual is awful.

About the only decent movie Alec Baldwin was in. He should have stopped after that.

tom clancy. eugh.

A true Cold War classic! Sean Connery shines, Alec is OK, even Sam Neill had a good role. Me being in the Navy, I had to be partial to this movie as it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Hunt for Red ExitSign was so bad. I hunted for the red exit sign, found it, and left. I cant believe anyone falls for this dumb over acted crap.

Thoroughly routine submarine actioner. Nothing much to recommend, but not terrible either.

Sean Connery's accent didn't come across that well. Alec Baldwin....too bad he couldn't have missed the sub and sunk to the bottom of the sea! Good movie though. The later TC novels were much better with Harrison Ford as the main character.

Finally, a movie with thought. It's use of suspense and intrigue made this film one of my all time favorites. There is also the fact that I didn't have to sit through 2 hours of blood, sex and bad language.

I really enjoyed this movie. It attracted me because my dad is a submariner. He said it was very realistic. It was very dramatic and there was never a dull moment.

Excellent,Excellent,Excellent movie!!! Sean Connery in one of his absolute finest performances. This definitely is one of the best submarine battle movies ever made.

This is an absolutely brilliant film adaptation of an absolutely brilliant novel. In my opinion this is the best action movie ever made.

It was a good movie because of the great acting of Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, with nice plot.

One of the only movies where I have ever fallen asleep in the theater.