Starring :
Sean Connery
Alec Baldwin
Scott Glenn
James Earl Jones
Sam Neill
Storyline :
In 1984, Soviet submarine Captain First Rank Marko Ramius (Connery) commands Red October, a new Typhoon-class nuclear sub featuring a caterpillar drive, rendering it undetectable to passive sonar. Ramius leaves port on orders to conduct exercises with the Alfa-class V.K. Konovalov, commanded by his former student Captain Tupolev (Skarsgård). Once at sea, Ramius kills political officer Ivan Putin (Firth), and commands the crew to head toward America's east coast to conduct missile drills.
The next morning, CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Baldwin) briefs government officials on the departure of Red October and the threat it poses. Officials in the briefing learn that the bulk of the Soviet Navy has been deployed to sink Red October, fearing Ramius may plan an unauthorized strike against the United States. Ryan however, hypothesizes that Ramius instead plans to defect, and leaves to meet up with the American submarine USS Dallas to prove his theory. Meanwhile, Tupolev, though unable to track Red October, guesses his former mentor's route and sets a new course across the Atlantic.
Typhoon-class submarine, the same type as the fictional Red October.
Red October 's caterpillar drive fails during risky maneuvers through an undersea canyon. Petty Officer Jones (Vance), a sonar technician aboard Dallas who has discovered a way to detect Red October using radio-frequency, plots an intercept course. Ryan arranges a hazardous mid-ocean rendezvous to get aboard Dallas, where he attempts to persuade its captain, Commander Bart Mancuso (Glenn), to contact Ramius and determine his intentions.
A Soviet Ambassador informs the U.S. that the sub is a renegade, and asks for their help in sinking it. An order to do this is communicated to the U.S. Fleet, including Dallas. However, Ryan is convinced that Ramius plans to defect, and convinces Mancuso to contact Ramius and offer assistance. Ramius, stunned that the Americans correctly guessed his plan, accepts their offer. He then stages a nuclear reactor emergency, and orders most of his crew to abandon ship. After Ramius submerges Red October, Ryan, Mancuso, and Jones come aboard via a rescue sub, at which point Ramius formally requests asylum in the United States for himself and his officers.
The Red October is suddenly attacked by Konovalov, which has followed them across the Atlantic. As the two Soviet subs maneuver, one of Red October's cooks, Loginov (Arana), an undercover GRU agent who has hidden himself on board, opens fire on the crew. He fatally wounds Ramius's first officer, Vasily Borodin (Neill) before retreating into the missile launch area. Loginov later shoots Ramius, wounding him, but Ryan shoots Loginov before he can detonate a missile and destroy the sub. Meanwhile, Red October makes evasive maneuvers with help from Dallas, causing Konovalov to be destroyed by one of its own torpedoes. Ryan and Ramius, their subterfuge complete, sail Red October to the Penobscot River in Maine.
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