Hunter Killer

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Hunter Killer

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2018

2h 1m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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American submarine Capt. Joe Glass is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president and prevent World War III.

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Critics Consensus

Much like the submarine in its story, Hunter Killer cruises the murky action depths, following a perfunctory course into territory that's been charted many times before.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Oct 31, 2018

2.5/5

Once all this starts coming together, Hunter Killer is absorbing, even if Marsh and his screenwriters never pretend to be half as interested in their characters as they are in the submarines.

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Bilge Ebiri

New York Magazine/Vulture

Oct 29, 2018

It's nice to spend a couple of hours in a fictional world where we don't have to worry about the American president doing something ruinously idiotic and evil. It plays like a nostalgic fairy tale.

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

Oct 28, 2018

1.5/4

[You'll] find more enjoyment watching a plastic yellow submarine sink to the bottom of a bathtub than watching this film.

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Ian Kane

Epoch Times

May 1, 2024

3.5/5

With its blend of geopolitical intrigue and action, “Hunter Killer” is sure to satisfy genre fans.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Apr 1, 2022

3/5

a beefy Tom Clancy-type thriller that takes no prisoners

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Dara Khan

Mediaversity Reviews

Jul 29, 2021

F

Military stories in particular have long gotten away with total homogeneity, but the U.S. military is much more diverse than Hunter Killer suggests.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jun 14, 2026

Success in 2 hours and 1 minute. The worldwide gross is $31,676,147.00, less than the budget of $40,000,000.00.

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James F

@TheBigW May 27, 2026

Disappointing and derivative. It is like somebody said "Let's remake The Hunt for Red October, only this time let's make the script terrible and the acting wooden." There are some serious, good actors in this thing, but you wouldn't necessarily realize it watching this. There are points where the captain so rushes through the cheesy dialogue that it comes off like he is trying to spit out some bad food. Even Gary Oldman somehow manages to be bad in this because his part is so poorly written. Some of the action sequences are ok, and it does best when it leans into the action/special effects. I made it to the end, but only just barely. There are worse movies out there, but there are also a lot of better ones.

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Kevin C

@TheKevtron May 25, 2026

Cheesy dialog. Special ops players wear helmets. They do not care if we see their faces. Not much seems plausible. And yes, a fairy tail.

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Avon X

@RT20415158 May 14, 2026

No spoilers, this is well worth a watch, fresh, plenty of heart and pace. The ONLY change I would make is a better ending (Last 2 minutes), the whole story is brought to a satisfing end. But it needed an ending like 'The Sum of all Fears' with Ben Afleck, that had a very human ending that really underscored the film perfectly...

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Michael D

@0redeyes0 Apr 29, 2026

Big fan of Gerard Butler, so maybe a bit biased, but in general the film was entertaining and easy to watch. Maybe I was expecting more of a "Hunt for Red October" style movie, but this is something that shows the interworking of submarine life and isn't the stereotypical rah-rah, stick it to the Russians hype video. The character setup is acceptable and the storyline is not too difficult to follow. Enjoy it on a streaming service, when you want to kill a couple of hours and don't expect an award winning movie.

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Mike K.

@5339Steelersfan Apr 16, 2026

Really find movie, avoided the DEI woke stuff.

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American submarine Capt. Joe Glass is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress in the Arctic Ocean. He soon learns that a secret Russian coup is in the offing, a conspiracy that threatens to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Glass must assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to sneak through enemy waters, rescue the kidnapped Russian president and prevent World War III.

Director: Donovan Marsh
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Alan Siegel, Gerard Butler, Tucker Tooley
Screenwriter: Arne Schmidt, Jamie Moss
Distributor: Summit Premiere, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Original Film, G-BASE, Relativity Media
Rating: R (Violence and Some Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 15, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.7M
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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