This is one of Rob's top 5 favorite movies and he made me promise that I wouldn't savage it online. Not that it really needs much savaging. John McTiernan directed some of the most kick-ass films ever, including Die Hard, Predator, and Die Hard with a Vengeance, my personal favorite of the trilogy. Here, he is less action-oriented than suspenseful with a story of the U.S. and USSR in the throes of the Cold War. (Look it up, kids!)
In 1984, USSR submarine commander Marko Ramius (Sean Connery) sets out on the inaugural running of a new class of sub. He then almost immediately deviates from his assigned orders and heads for the coast of America. The top U.S. advisors are freaking out at what they see as the start of World War III and only a lone CIA analyst named Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) thinks differently. He has spent a portion of his career studying Ramius and believes the man is trying to defect. The National Security Advisor (Richard Jordan) gives Ryan three days to somehow find Ramius' sub, Red October, and make contact before the USSR finds him first.
Rob has literally seen this movie so many times that, when the subtitles wouldn't work, he could translate the Russian dialogue. And no, he doesn't normally speak Russian. I don't think I'll ever like it that much but it is a very good movie. I saw it once before when I was a kid but it's much better as an adult. If you've never seen it, feel free to pick it up.
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