Hunter Killer

Director: Donovan Marsh Donovan Marsh

Overview

Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) uncovers secret plans for a Russian coup while responding to a distress signal from a U.S. submarine beneath the Arctic Ocean. In an effort to protect world peace, he assembles a group of seasoned Navy SEALs to help rescue the kidnapped Russian President (Alexander Diachenko) before tensions between countries arise. Written by Jamie Moss and Arne Schmidt and directed by Donovan Marsh.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/29/2019
UPC:	0031398298069
Original Release:	2018
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	5,625

Special Features

Hunter Killer: declassifying Hunter Killer (2 Parts); Audio commentary with director Donovan Marsh

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Gerard Butler	Capt. Joe Glass
Gary Oldman	Actor
Common	Actor
Michael Nyqvist	Actor
Corey Johnson	Actor
Ryan McPartlin	Actor
Linda Cardellini	Actor
Toby Stephens	Actor
Ethan Baird	Actor
Jacob Scipio	Actor
Dempsey Bovell	Actor
Adam James	Actor,Actor
Henry Goodman	Actor
Colin Stinton	Actor
Carter MacIntyre	Actor
Shane Taylor	Actor
Kola Bokinni	Actor
Mikey Collins	Actor
Will Attenborough	Actor
Kieron Bimpson	Actor
David Gyasi	Actor
Michael Jibson	Actor
Christopher Goh	Actor
Brian Kinney	Actor
Sarah Middleton	Actor
Taylor John Smith	Actor
Gabriel Chavarria	Actor
Cosmo Jarvis	Actor
Michael Trucco	Actor
Zane Holtz	Actor
Alexander Diachenko	Actor
Yuri Kolokolnikov	Actor
Michael Gor	Actor
Igor Jijikine	Actor
Ilia Volok	Actor
Hristo Mitzkov	Actor
Stefan Nikolaev Ivanov	Actor
Caroline Goodall	Actor
David Yelland	Actor
Stuart Milligan	Actor
Theo Barklem-Biggs	Actor
Atanas Srebrev	Actor
Bernardo Santos	Actor
Matt Rippy	Actor
Charlotte Dunnico	Actor
Halima Nagori	Actor
Kyle James	Voices
Nathan Cooper	Actor
Debra Tammer	Actor
Michael Hoad	Actor
Jason Matthewson	Actor
Jake Mann	Actor
John Whitby	Actor
Dino Fazzani	Actor
Nadia Townsend	Actor
Solomon Taiwo Justified	Actor
Paul A Munday	Actor
Lee Asquith-Coe	Actor
Stephen McDade	Actor
Jason Newell	Actor
Stephanie Pezolano	Actor
Bradley Crees	Actor
Vitas LeBas	Actor
Niall D. O'Loughlin	Actor
Richard Hills Jr.	Actor
Charlie Oginni	Actor
Michael On	Actor
Dor Yerushalmi	Actor
Robert-Anthony Artlett	Actor
Joseph Allen	Actor
Fleur Rochelle Hawken	Actor
Trevor Morris	Composer

Technical Credits

Arne Schmidt

Don Keith

James Moss

Peter Craig

Donovan Marsh	Director
Arne Schmidt	Screenwriter,Producer,Executive Producer
Gerard Butler	Producer
Toby Jaffe	Producer
Neal H. Moritz	Producer
Tucker Tooley	Executive Producer,Producer
Alan Siegel	Executive Producer,Producer
Mark Gill	Executive Producer,Producer
Les Weldon	Producer
Matthew O'Toole	Producer
Jeffrey Greenstein	Executive Producer
Heidi Jo Markel	Executive Producer
Lati Grobman	Executive Producer,Producer
Christine Otal	Executive Producer,Producer
Avi Lerner	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Luke Gentry	Sound/Sound Designer,Sound Effects
Ryan Nowak	Sound/Sound Designer
Lyubomir Petrov	Special Effects
Tom Boney	Stunts
Elaine Grainger	Casting
Pam Dixon	Casting
Marianne Stanicheva	Casting
Kellie Roy	Casting
Anne McCarthy	Casting
Elena Melamed	Production Manager
Vladimir Kaloyanov	Sound Mixer
Georgi Dimitrov	Stunts
Paul Herbert	Stunts
Dian Hristov	Stunts
Ivo Jivkov	Special Effects Supervisor
Stefano Pepin	Special Effects Supervisor
Don Keith	Screenwriter
Xu Bin	Executive Producer,Producer
Boaz Davidson	Executive Producer,Producer
Ryan Kavanaugh	Executive Producer,Producer
Trevor Short	Executive Producer,Producer
Douglas Urbanski	Executive Producer,Producer
Kevin King Templeton	Executive Producer,Producer
Genadiy Ganchev	Stunts
Robert Dehn	Sound Effects
Dominic Gibbs	Sound Effects
James Moss	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Daniel Kaslow	Producer
Alan Leong	Stunts
Peter Craig	Screenwriter
Kevin King	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Russians take up the mantle of America's nemesis in Hunter Killer. Starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, and Common, this geopolitical military action flick centers around a submarine gone missing. Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) is put in charge of the USS Arkansas. Rising through the ranks from the bottom up, he's unlike most other commanders - he hasn't attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis, like most officers do. He's sent in to investigate the disappearance of an American submarine that was following a Russian submarine. The tension comes from the mystery surrounding what happened and what Russia's intentions are. Further complicating the issue is the Russian minister of defense, who staged a coup to overthrow the Russian president. The interplay between politics and military conflict play out for the rest of story. Though the movie does suffer from a slump in the middle, it mostly does a good job of keeping equal measures of intrigue and action. What's interesting is that viewers are brought into different theaters of war, which is rather refreshing. Those who aren't so enamored with the tight confines of a submarine or the slow, tense nature of naval warfare will still be entertained. That's thanks to the thread in the story where covert land warfare is waged by a squad of Navy SEALs. The movie also makes the strategy of naval warfare accessible to average viewers. Battles are tense as a result. Solid cinematography and visual effects round off the experience. The military action is driven by geopolitical intrigue. In genres like this, it's rare that the acting is remarkable, and this film is no different. Butler's performance as Captain Glass is perfectly serviceable. At first glance, he's merely playing the kind of character he has often played: the gruff outsider who possesses dangerous intelligence and has trouble fitting in. Audiences have seen this performance in movies like Law Abiding Citizen and Geostorm. Here though, Butler dials down the action-hero swagger and plays his character with appropriate gravity. The talents of Gary Oldman, who plays Admiral Donnegan, are wasted though. Hunter Killer isn't especially clever, but it's certainly very entertaining. It's not the kind of movie that aspires to be anything more than it is, and it succeeds because of that. The movie manages to satisfy those who enjoy military action. Some viewers might prefer to watch tense submarine warfare. Others might prefer watching special operators engaging in covert land combat. Either way, the movie delivers.