Hunter Killer (2018)

Directed by

Donovan Marsh

Genre

action film, war film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 2,432 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A submarine crew and Navy SEALs team up to rescue the Russian president after a coup. Gerard Butler leads the underwater mission while Gary Oldman plays a military commander.

tensesuspensefulfast-pacedseriousmilitarypatrioticaction-packedformulaic

What happens

Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller film starring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman. Based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace, the film follows a submarine crew and a group of United States Navy SEALs who rescue the captured Russian President from a coup. Directed by Donovan Marsh and written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss, it features Michael Nyqvist (in his penultimate film role), Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens in supporting roles. Hunter Killer was released in the United States on October 26, 2018, by Summit Premiere. The film bombed at the box-office and received mixed reviews from critics, who saw it as "an undemanding, by-the-numbers actioner". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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