Actors: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman,
Michael Nyqvist, Common, Linda Cardellini, Toby Stephens
Rating: 8 out of 10, Hunter Killer
gets Gerard Butler out of his secret service gig to confront the Russians as a
nuclear sub commander. The concept was so outlandish and totally impossible
that it should be labeled as pure science fiction but this was still a lot of
fun, even with my wife constantly whispering in my ear asking if what they
showed the military doing was possible (a lot wasn’t). Butler still oozes
screen presence and makes this watchable despite the trite and extremely
predictable dialogue he’s forced to utter and endure. The Russian military has
staged a coup and want to start a war for some unrevealed reason. Butler
commands a sub running around underneath the ice while a Seal team infiltrates
a nearby Russian base so the powers in Washington can watch everything going
on. The only miss in the cast was Gary Oldman who plays a CJCS in his unhinged
mode and it doesn’t work. Common is startling good as a navy admiral countering
Oldman’s over the top delivery. This won’t win any critical acclaim but it was
a great popcorn ride of an action flick.
MVP: Nyquist as the Russian sub Capt.
Andropov, says so much with just his eyes
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