This movie stars Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. It's actually pretty good.
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| Hunter Killer | |
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| Directed by | Donovan Marsh |
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| Based on | Firing Point by |
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| Cinematography | Tom Marais |
| Edited by | Michael J. Duthie |
| Music by | Trevor Morris |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million[1] |
| Box office | $31.7 million[2][3] |
Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Donovan Marsh, written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss, and based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace. The film stars Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman with Michael Nyqvist (in one of his final film roles), Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens in supporting roles, and follows a submarine crew and a group of United States Navy SEALs who rescue the captured Russian President from a coup.
Hunter Killer was released in the United States on October 26, 2018, by Summit Premiere. A disappointment at the box-office, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who saw it as "an undemanding, by-the-numbers actioner".[4]
Plot
The U.S. Los Angeles-class submarine USS Tampa Bay vanishes while shadowing the Russian Akula-class submarine Konek in the Arctic. Rear Admiral John Fisk sends the Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas, under the command of newly promoted and unorthodox Commander Joe Glass, to investigate.
At the same time, a Navy SEAL team under the command of Lieutenant Bill Beaman is sent to discreetly observe a Russian naval base in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast, but their mission is jeopardized when Martinelli, the team's new designated marksman recruit, is injured during the HALO drop. At the base, they witness defense minister, Admiral of the Fleet Dmitriy Durov, conducting a coup d'état and taking Russian president Nikolai Zakarin prisoner, swiftly realizing that Durov intends to trigger a war. Their location is almost discovered by the Russians during a radio intercept check, but the SEALs manage to hide away undetected. Martinelli is shot in the leg by a Russian officer firing blindly at their hidden location, forcing the team to leave him behind.
Meanwhile, Arkansas discovers the destroyed Tampa Bay with all onboard lost, and also finds the sunken Russian submarine Konek damaged in a manner that suggests internal sabotage rather than external attack. They are attacked by another Russian Akula submarine, Volkov, that had been hiding under an iceberg and realize it previously torpedoed Tampa Bay in an unprovoked manner. They are able to destroy the ambusher and rescue Russian survivors from Konek, including its commanding officer, Captain 2nd rank Sergei Andropov.
The U.S. government learns about the coup. Admiral Charles Donnegan recommends preparing for war, while Fisk suggests that Arkansas be sent to rendezvous with Beaman's team after they rescue Zakarin. Glass manages to convince the reluctant Andropov to help, and his crew must be persuaded to accept Andropov's presence and to trust him. With Andropov's knowledge of the challenging underwater topography and the minefield protecting the base, Glass navigates Arkansas near the base undetected. Meanwhile, Beaman's team rescue Russian Presidential Security Service Agent Oleg, who was previously shot by Durov's men when he was protecting Zakarin. Together they infiltrate the base and succeed in retrieving President Zakarin, but lose Oleg, and two teammates, Devin Hall and Matt Johnstone, in the process. With Martinelli providing sniper cover fire, Beaman delivers the injured president to Arkansas's deep-submergence rescue vehicle, then goes back alone for Martinelli, saving him just as he is about to be executed.
As the U.S. and Russian fleets prepare for battle, Arkansas sustains further damage when it is attacked by Andropov's old ship, RFS Yevchenko, a heavily-armed destroyer now commanded by Captain Vlade Sutrev, a member of Durov's conspiracy. Andropov is, however, able to communicate a message to the Yevchenko that President Zakarin is aboard the submarine. When Durov orders his forces at the base to fire missiles at the surfaced Arkansas, Glass refuses to take action, realizing that firing back could start the war that he is trying to stop. In the last seconds, Andropov's old crew defy orders and destroy the incoming missiles with their close-in weapon system before they can strike the Arkansas, and subsequently destroy the naval base headquarters with their missiles, killing Durov. With the war averted, Glass docks Arkansas to the Russian naval base to return Zakarin and Andropov's surviving crew to their country. Arkansas picks up Beaman and Martinelli, and travels back to the U.S. with a Russian Navy escort.
Cast
- Gerard Butler as Captain Joe Glass, USS Arkansas
- Gary Oldman as CJCS Charles Donnegan
- Common as RADM John Fisk
- Michael Nyqvist as Captain Andropov, RFS Konek
- Linda Cardellini as Jayne Norquist, National Security Agency
- David Gyasi as COB Wallach, USS Arkansas
- Gabriel Chavarria as Jimenez, DSRV pilot, USS Arkansas
- Ryan McPartlin as Matt Johnstone, U.S. Navy SEAL
- Carter MacIntyre as XO Brian Edwards, USS Arkansas
- Zane Holtz as Paul Martinelli, U.S. Navy SEAL
- Taylor John Smith as Belford, Sonar tech, USS Arkansas
- Michael Trucco as Devin Hall, U.S. Navy SEAL
- Michael Gor as Admiral Dmitriy Durov, Minister of Defence
- Alexander Diachenko as President Zakarin
- Igor Jijikine as Tretiak, Russian Special Forces
- Yuri Kolokolnikov as Oleg, Presidential Security
- Ilia Volok as Captain Vlade Sutrev, RFS Yevchenko
- Caroline Goodall as President Dover
- Toby Stephens as Bill Beaman, U.S. Navy SEAL
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