Arrow’s lavish UHD release makes a strong case for a reappraisal of David Lynch’s film maudit.
Throughout, Joan Tewkesbury is attentive to the specificities and peculiarities of her actors’ performances.
The film is a great, beautifully acted American crime drama that chillingly refutes the heightened macho swagger that often dominates the genre.
Robert Mitchum doesn’t remotely overshadow the film’s first-rate ensemble of character actors.
Downbeat ’70s crime with Beantown vowels, and a Hollywood icon’s masterful melancholy.
The Hunt for Red October is a thrilling edge-of-your-seat trifle that has admirably withstood the test of time.
Free of Harrison Ford’s noble-beyond-belief portrayal of Jack Ryan, The Hunt for Red October remains the best Tom Clancy adaptation to date.