a beefy Tom Clancy-type thriller that takes no prisoners

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2022

Military stories in particular have long gotten away with total homogeneity, but the U.S. military is much more diverse than Hunter Killer suggests.

Full Review | Original Score: F | Jul 29, 2021

[Gerard Butler's] in uniform again on screen and he does a wonderful job.

Full Review | Jun 16, 2021

A waterlogged thriller; a sopping wet excuse for Butler to grunt his way through another film that is beneath his talent.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Mar 1, 2021

It may be pure fantasy, but it's smartly paced, unexpectedly complex, action-packed, and thoroughly satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 7, 2020

Hunter Killer is a dumb movie, but it's a fun dumb movie.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jul 9, 2020

There are surprises and thrills alongside truly moronic bits of music. Overall, the silliness works against the movie and whatever its ultimate point might be, even if its only goal is to entertain.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2020

Don't think for a second that I don't recognize Hunter Killer for the nearly uninterrupted series of clichés that it is. Yet ... it can be quite engaging.

Full Review | Jun 30, 2020

I am a simple man with simple tastes. Even so, Hunter Killer... is a bit too simple for me.

Full Review | Mar 18, 2020

More invested in setting up nonsensical action sequences and genre-specific pro-America Oohrah than constructing a story that makes a lick of sense.

Full Review | May 2, 2019

The film is too solemn to be a fun diversion without prejudice. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2019

A middling sea thriller giving off big explosions and no controversy despite the Russians and Americans involved in an incident at sea.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 14, 2019

Hunter Killer just seems like a futile attempt at pitching action in a brand new playground, underwater.

Full Review | Feb 13, 2019

A cheesy, laughably simplistic and oftentimes ludicrous work that now feels like a musty relic from an era that has no great degree of nostalgia attached to it.

Full Review | Feb 7, 2019

The straightforward, solid storytelling makes this mainstream military submarine thriller one that's worth watching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2018

If the new motion picture Hunter Killer were real life, it would merit four stars. Unfortunately, the film isn't a striking example of cinema verite but rather a complete piece of fiction. As such, it's a rampaging mediocrity.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 21, 2018

Hunter Killer is long and dull, overstuffed despite having a woefully thin narrative. It should have been entertaining trash ... but instead, it's just a waste of your time.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 6, 2018

Far from being earth-shattering but competent enough to be worth a glance on a weekend matinee.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 17, 2018

It may closely follow the East-West Underwater Playbook but it's also exciting and fun (until the last quarter when everything falls apart). I was so involved I even used the buttons to tip my cinema seat back as Capt Glass took his submarine underwater.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 9, 2018

This is the most boring and generic action movie I've seen in a while. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 5, 2018