Showing signs of coming from a novel and not from the Hollywood action factory, Hunter Killer is a surprisingly good action thriller that seems to be off most people’s radar.
The plot has a group of Navy Seals doing recon work in Russia and discovering that a crazed general is kidnapping the Russian President in order to stage a coup. A crazy plan is set in motion to send a hunter killer sub into the port and use it to help the seals escape with the president.
Crazy techno thriller isn’t real world believable-the sub rescues the captain of a sabotaged Russian sub and he helps the Americans complete their mission, really? However it works on its own terms, much like Tom Clancy Novels which means it keeps your attention long enough to watch events transpire. Of course we have no doubt the good guys will win the question is how and who will be alive. All the questions are answered satisfactorily to the point I’d like to see it again.
High art it is not. Entertaining it is
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