The Hunt for Red October
During the summer holidays I viewed an engaging video titled 'The hunt
for Red October'. The film is based on a novel, written by Tom Clancy,
which I am currently reading.
Captain Marco Ramius is portrayed by the actor Sir. Sean Connery (who
is known for numerous films including. James Bond and The Rock). The
CIA writer, Dr. Jack Ryan, is portrayed by the actor Alec Baldwin.
As the film begins the story line is suggested to be true, but denied
by all officials. Here is an overview of all of the main parts of the
film - from my point of view:
Dr. Jack Ryan strolled into the central intelligence agency with his
brief case in his hand, having just got off a tiresome flight from
England. When he arrived in Admiral Greer's office he collected as cup
of tea and sat down. They talked for a moment and sipped their tea.
Then Ryan pulled some papers out from his brief case, and placed them
on the table in front of the Admiral. They were pictures of a Russian
Typhoon class submarine. Ryan told the Admiral that it was called the
Red October and that the captain was a man called Marco Ramius and
also that it was a new class of Typhoon. 'This is longer and wider
than any of their previous Typhoons'. Ramius had lead every new type
of sub., out to sea for ten years. He trained most of their seamen and
captains and was known as the 'Vilnius nastavic' which means the
'School master', in English. "What are these doors?" Asked the Admiral
.
"That's the problem Sir!" Ryan replied "no-one knows what they are!
But I do know someone who might, an old friend, he has top level
clearance" before Ryan left the Admiral, wo...
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Ramius and his crew then request asylum and the captain grants their
request. Suddenly a Russian torpedo whizzes past barely missing the
outer shell. Then an unknown Russian spy shoots at the crew and heads
toward the torpedo bay. The first officer is killed by one of the
bullets.
Ryan chases the spy, while the others try to avert the Russian
missiles, and with the Dallas's help destroy the Russian sub., of
which the captain is Tupalov, one of Ramius' students and friends.
Ryan catches the spy and discovers that he is a cook, he also killed
him to avert the destruction of the Sub. The Red October arrives in
Maine, which is a beautiful last scene.
Throughout the film the Russian anthem is played repeatedly, it is
used to emphasize strong feelings in the viewer. I would rate the film
at nine out of ten.
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The Hunt for Red October takes place during the Cold War, causing much distrust and deceit. Marko Alexandrovich Ramius, a Lithuanian submarine commander in the Soviet Navy and son of a prominent Soviet politician, intends to defect to the United States with his officers on board the experimental nuclear submarine Red October. The Red October is a Typhoon-class vessel equipped with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system that makes audio detection by sonar extremely difficult. Immediately evident to Jack Ryan, a high-level CIA analyst, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Red October is a strategic weapon that is capable of sneaking its way into American waters and launching nuclear missiles with little or no warning. The strategic value of Red October was apparent to Ramius, but other factors drove his decision to defect. His wife, Natalia, died at the hands of an incompetent doctor who went unpunished because he was the son of a Soviet political member. Her untimely death, combined with Ramius' long-standing dissatisfaction with the cruelty of Soviet rule and his fear of Red October's destabilizing effect on world affairs, ended his tolerance of the Soviet system.
Since the beginning of man, people have been fighting for what they want. Tom Clancy shows that through his main character, Marko Ramius, who was doing everything he could to save his crew from the grip of Communism. In Clancy’s novel The Hunt for Red October, Clancy depicts that what someone will do to fight for their freedom.
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to sea so quickly, duty was too much a part of his personality for him