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Hunter Killer

2018

Donovan Marsh

Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Michael Nyqvist ...

5.8

4,164

Action. Thriller An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] drowns in ponderously out-of-date Cold War clichés (...) They’re stuck in an underwater vacuum, a submarine movie that submerges anything of interest."	NEG
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"This by-the-numbers military thriller chugs along like a submarine with a disabled engine (...) The cliche-ridden dialogue wouldn't feel out of place coming from adolescents playing submarine games in their basement."	NEG
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"Neither the movie or Butler is nearly entertaining enough to distract us (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Gerard Butler's lifeless submarine thriller is so dull that you'll be praying for a geostorm to show up and blow everyone off the screen."	NEG
United States	Lucy O'Brien IGN	"'Hunter Killer' remains resolutely serious, and misses the opportunity to have a little fun in among the action (...) The underwater stuff, in general, is great"	NEU
United Kingdom	Mike McCahill The Guardian	"[A] muddled, disjointed non-thriller (...) Indifferent cutting only heightens the weird artificiality of the sub scenes (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Chris Hewitt Empire	"As things escalate, no submarine movie cliché is left unturned (...) but this is surprisingly solid and occasionally even suspenseful stuff (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Gerard Butler sinks to new depths in yet another stupid stinker (...) The pacing seems intentionally designed to break your spirits (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] delivers its rah-rah, macho heroics with such simpleminded sincerity that it’s almost charming (...) 'Hunter Killer' is a ludicrous, clichéd mediocrity that valiantly refuses to acknowledge its own silliness"	NEG
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"[It] is far better than some of Gerard Butler's sillier recent vehicles (...) The pace never flags. Nor does Gerard Butler’s fortitude (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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