Action thriller starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman and Michael Nyqvist. When a US naval craft goes missing in the Arctic, a submarine captained by unorthodox commander Joe Glass is sent to investigate. It soon turns out that a rogue Russian admiral has staged a coup d'état and taken his country's president prisoner. As US White House officials make preparations for all-out war, Glass leads his men in an effort to save the day.
Gerard Butler stars as the captain of a submarine that's the only thing standing between peace and a nuclear war in this muscular action thriller. There are echoes of the spoof classic Team America: World Police as our heroes grunt and shoot their way through various obstacles. As well as following events underwater, we get to see Gary Oldman yell his way through the movie as a Washington official, while Toby Stephens is machismo personified as the leader of Navy SEALs on the ground. As predictable as every plot point may be, the action is intense and impressive (the sequence set in a deep-sea minefield is particularly anxiety-inducing). Butler is perfectly at home in this genre, delivering clichéd speeches without the slightest hint of irony. While narratively it may not amount to much more than a lot of shouting, there is an old-school charm here that makes Hunter Killer the perfect Saturday night guilty pleasure.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Captain Joe Glass | Gerard Butler |
| Admiral Charles Donnegan | Gary Oldman |
| Captain Andropov | Michael Nyqvist |
| Rear Admiral John Fisk | Common |
| Bill Beaman | Toby Stephens |
| Jayne Norquist | Linda Cardellini |
| President Dover | Caroline Goodall |
| Cob Wallach | David Gyasi |
| Devin Hall | Michael Trucco |
| Tretiak | Igor Jijikine |
| Captain Forbes | Adam James |
| Captain | Corey Johnson |
| Senator from Illinois | Henry Goodman |
| Seaman Mackinnon | Theo Barklem-Biggs |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Donovan Marsh |
