Soviet Submarine Captain Marko Ramius takes heads for The coast of Maine in his undetectable Submarine, his aim, defection. Assigned to sort out the delicate situation is Jack Ryan.
I have just finished Tom Clancy's fantastic novel, and I wanted to see the film while the story was so fresh in my mind. A writer with an almost perfect ability to write captivating political/military thrillers, this remains one of his best.
Despite being a fairly long film, it moves on fairly quickly, it is very well paced, and packed full of atmosphere. It truly is a remarkable game of chess, an almost mirror image of the cold war itself, with one side trying hard to counter the other.
It's tense, it's gripping, there is a real feeling of claustrophobia in that Submarine. Production values are truly great, it is still a fantastic looking film, the team clearly went to great lengths to achieve real accuracy.
There are some very meaningful moments, I particularly enjoyed the scenes where Captain Borodin and Ramius discuss their view of The American dream, it's a great scene.
Powerhouse performances from Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, the pair are terrific, Baldwin takes some beating as Ryan. A tremendous supporting cast with Sam Neill, Joss Ackland and Tim Curry to name but a few.
I think Das Boot remains my all time favourite Submarine movie, but this is not too far behind it.
A War with no battles.
9/10.
I have just finished Tom Clancy's fantastic novel, and I wanted to see the film while the story was so fresh in my mind. A writer with an almost perfect ability to write captivating political/military thrillers, this remains one of his best.
Despite being a fairly long film, it moves on fairly quickly, it is very well paced, and packed full of atmosphere. It truly is a remarkable game of chess, an almost mirror image of the cold war itself, with one side trying hard to counter the other.
It's tense, it's gripping, there is a real feeling of claustrophobia in that Submarine. Production values are truly great, it is still a fantastic looking film, the team clearly went to great lengths to achieve real accuracy.
There are some very meaningful moments, I particularly enjoyed the scenes where Captain Borodin and Ramius discuss their view of The American dream, it's a great scene.
Powerhouse performances from Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, the pair are terrific, Baldwin takes some beating as Ryan. A tremendous supporting cast with Sam Neill, Joss Ackland and Tim Curry to name but a few.
I think Das Boot remains my all time favourite Submarine movie, but this is not too far behind it.
A War with no battles.
9/10.