Action

Adventure

Thriller

Hunter Killer

Original Film

G-BASE

Millennium Media

Hunter Killer Productions

SprocketHeads

Tucker Tooley Entertainment

Lionsgate

Davis Films

Summit Entertainment

Relativity Media

France

United States of America

English

Pусский

Gerard Butler

Gary Oldman

Toby Stephens

Common

Linda Cardellini

David Gyasi

Gabriel Chavarria

Ryan McPartlin

Carter MacIntyre

Zane Holtz

Taylor John Smith

Michael Trucco

Mikhail Gorevoy

Aleksandr Dyachenko

Igor Jijikine

Yuri Kolokolnikov

Ilia Volok

Caroline Goodall

Corey Johnson

Adam James

Will Attenborough

Michael Nyqvist

Sarah Middleton

Christopher Goh

Shane Taylor

Henry Goodman

Colin Stinton

Kieron Bimpson

Nathan Cooper

Dempsey Bovell

Jacob Scipio

Ethan Baird

Kola Bokinni

Michael Jibson

Brian Kinney

Cosmo Jarvis

Hristo Mitzkov

Stefan Ivanov

David Yelland

Stuart Milligan

Aleksandar Belovski

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Mikey Collins

Peter Burgis

Jason Chiodo

Zoe Freed

Glen Gathard

Kevin Penney

Jemma Riley-Tolch

Jason Swanscott

Adam Bourne

Mark Taylor

Greg Murray

Kevin Day

Boaz Davidson

Donovan Marsh

George Wallace

Don Keith

Jamie Moss

Stanimir Stamatov

Arne Schmidt

Mark Gill

Toby Jaffe

Neal H. Moritz

Matthew O'Toole

Alan Siegel

Tucker Tooley

Les Weldon

Trevor Morris

Tom Marais

Michael J. Duthie

Jon Henson

James H. Spencer

Luke Gentry

Dominic Gibbs

Vladimir Kaloyanov

Kiril Kaloyanov

Pam Dixon

Anne McCarthy

Kellie Roy

Mariana Stansheva

Gary Baugh

Alexei Karagyaur

Andrew Munro

Nic Pallace

Chris Peters

Ivan Ranghelov

Orlin Grozdanov

Robert Wischhusen-Hayes

Caroline Harris

Gareth Harfoot

Iordan Borissov

Michael Tanji

Ivaylo Ivanov

Neven Mihailova

Georgi Raykov

Max Carrington

Dean Southan

Dimitar Krustev

Dani Rose

Chris Dickinson

Anton Ivanov

Sergey Zhelezko

Kaloyan Nedelchev

Paula Nenova

Ivailo Tzvetkov

David Churchyard

Vladislav Mateev

Hristo Idakiev

Mark 'Rocky' Evans

Alexandre Trenev

Petar Anev

Dimitar Dimitrov

Nedyalko Georgiev

Albert Nikolinski

Ian Bird

Jim Philpott

Tsvetan Kostov

Tim Dean

Vasil Paunov

Borislav Belberov

Veselin Dimchov Hristov

Maxim Penev

Mihail Yanakiev

Harlon Haveland

Ivo Peitchev

Kiril Valchanov

Shaun Cobley

Jack English

Christopher Raphael

Radoslav Petkov

Nelly Teova

Anna Ivanova

Lynda Armstrong

Steve Smith

Jordann Aguon

Svetla Krasteva

Dimitrina Stoyanova

Gigi Dey

Anita Hvarleva

Atanaska Popova

Maria Stankovich

__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__.

CinemaSerf

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.

Hunter Killer jumps straight into action with little time for character development, which can be a hit or miss depending on what you’re looking for. The plot is straightforward but packed with tension, keeping the pace tight throughout. While it doesn’t dive deep into its characters, there are small moments like the archery scene that try to add some depth. The directing keeps things engaging, and the cinematography does a solid job of capturing the intensity of underwater warfare, though some CGI moments are not perfect.

The acting is commendable, with Gerard Butler delivering a dependable performance, but nothing groundbreaking. The script holds the movie together, balancing the tactical aspects with the action-heavy sequences. The sound design and score work well to enhance the tension, adding to the overall thrill. It is not a film that reinvents the genre, but it knows what it is. An action-packed military thriller that delivers on suspense and spectacle. If you are in the mood for something that keeps the adrenaline going without overcomplicating things, Hunter Killer does the job.

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Gerard Butler

Gary Oldman

Toby Stephens

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Linda Cardellini

David Gyasi

Gabriel Chavarria

Ryan McPartlin

Carter MacIntyre

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