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ritz657
8/10  4 years ago
HUNTER KILLER (2018) REVIEW
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:scroll: Plot : An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general and wants to start another world war between America and Russia.
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:man:‍⚖ Review : Hunter Killer is a modern day Cold War Thriller which packs a punch.Gerard Bulter as Joe Glass, the U.S Navy Commander of the Submarine USS Arkansas is the lone wolf and has played characters of a witty, smart and brave leader who fights the battle in the seas. While another team of US Navy Seal led by Toby Stephens do the groundwork to rescue the Russian President who is kidnapped by a rogue russian chief of army. Oldman plays the cranky US Admiral Charles Donnegan, Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff who wants to wage war and believes Glass's mission is doomed to fail.

The movie though adds itself to the list of another America saves the Day Movies but has loads of entertainment value for its audience. The Claustrophobic tension within the marines , witty decisions made by Glass being in war zone, the gripping action pieces of the Us Navy Seals on foot make this a class action package if you don't consider its originality in storytelling.

Donovan , director of the movie drives this movie into gripping scenes with visually enticing VFX. Great entertainment and a Perfect movie for a Weekend.
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:thumbsup:Goods : Gerard Butler All the Way and his performance, The Realistic battles of the US Navy Seals, Visually Stunning VFX and Gripping War Scenes.
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:thumbsdown: Bads : Story Is Unoriginal, nothing exceptional about the storytelling but still very much enjoyable.
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:fire: Final Rating : 8/10
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:white_check_mark: Recommendation : Watch this for its entertainment value and you are gonna enjoy.
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thecrustycurmudgeon
/10  5 years ago
__So much potential, but still a disappointment__

If you have nothing else to do and need to fill some time, this is an okay respite. But, don't expect anything more than a *standard military action movie* with cliched dialogue, unreasonable scenarios, and mediocre acting.

This movie could have been decent, if the producers and script-writers had only spent some time researching facts about how the military and special forces work IRL. Instead, they decided to throw reality to the wind and use fantasy & make-believe to create contrived conveniences to support a predictable storyline. I don't mind when a movie asks me to suspend belief a little. But, this one asks us to leave all rational thinking at the door.

It's __just__ interesting enough that you'll stay with it, mostly because you think it might get better. __Sadly, it doesn't__.
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CinemaSerf
/10  one year ago
So a megalomanic Russian admiral "Durov" (Michael Gor) concocts a plan to start a nuclear war with the Americans by kidnapping his own president "Zakarin" (Alexander Diachenko). His best laid plans had not, however, factored in the cunning of "Capt. Glass" (Gerard Butler) who commands the "USS Arkansas" and who begins to suspect that the clues he is being left are red herrings. When he discovers that a recent maritime disaster might not have been caused the way he is being told, he initiates a daring rescue mission and soon jeopardy is the name of the game... It's not a bad action adventure story, this - but the acting is pretty diabolical. Butler really struggles to sustain whatever accent he is trying to deliver and Gary Oldman is just completely mis-cast as his Joint Chief boss "Donnegan" whose character would hardly have been left in charge of a lawnmower, much less the military might of the United States. Therein lies the problem here - nothing of it pans out in anything like a plausible or menacing fashion. Had it been made seventy years earlier, it could have been brushed off as a piece of post-war propaganda, or sixty years ago as a piece of cold war cinema - but in 2018 it all just comes across as poorly written and delivered nonsense. There are a few fun underwater special effects but they are usually drowned out (no pun intended) by an overly enthusiastic score. Might have looked better on paper, but ultimately it's just another weak outing for Butler that nobody - including him - is likely to ever remember.
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