Hunter Killer
Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Donovan Marsh and written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss, based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace. The film stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Michael Nyqvist (in one of his final film roles), Common and Toby Stephens, and follows a group of Navy SEALs who must ride in a submarine to rescue the captured Russian President from a coup.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2018, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 26, 2018, by Summit Entertainment.
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Plot
After an American submarine vanishes while shadowing a Russian sub in the Arctic, Rear Admiral John Fisk sends another U.S. submarine under the command of newly-promoted and unconventional Commander Joe Glass to investigate what happened.At the same time, a Navy SEAL team under the command of Lieutenant Bill Beaman is sent in to discreetly observe a Russian marine base, but their mission is swiftly complicated when Martinelli, one of their number, is rendered unconscious during the parachute drop after getting caught in a stormcloud. When they arrive at the marine base, they witness defence minister Dmitri Durov take Russian President Zakarin prisoner, and swiftly realize that he intends to trigger a war.
Back in the ocean, Glass discovers the lost American sub, but also finds a sunken Russian submarine, damaged in a manner that suggests internal sabotage rather than external attack, They are attacked by another Russian submarine that has been watching events hidden under an iceberg, but Glass is able to destroy the new sub and rescue survivors from the original wreck, including submarine captain Sergei Andropov.
As American and Russian fleets prepare for battle, the submarine sustains further damage when they are attacked by Andropov's old ship - now commanded by Sutrev, a member of Durov's conspiracy - but Andropov is able to transmit a message affirming that Zakarin is aboard the submarine. When Durov orders his forces at the base to fire, Glass refuses to take action, recognizing that firing back at the Russians could start the war he is trying to stop, but Andropov's old ship destroys the missiles before they can strike the submarine, and subsequently destroy the marine base itself. Glass returns to the base to return Zakarin and Andropov's crew to their country, with Glass and Andropov confirming their respect for each other.
Cast
- Gerard Butler as Commander Joe Glass, commanding officer of USS Arkansas
- Gary Oldman as Admiral Charles Donnegan
- Common as Rear Admiral John Fisk
- Zane Holtz as Martinelli, U.S. Navy SEAL
- Caroline Goodall as United States President Ilene Dover
- Alexander Diachenko as Russian President Zakarin
- Michael Nyqvist as Captain Sergei Andropov, Commander of a Russian submarine
- Ilia Volok as Captain Vladimir Sutrev
- Mikhail Gorevoy as Defence Minister Dmitri Durov
- Igor Jijikine as Lt. Tretiak
- Yuri Kolokolnikov as Oleg
- Toby Stephens as U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Bill Beaman
- Linda Cardellini as Jayne Norquist, National Security Agency senior analyst
- David Gyasi as the Chief of the Boat of USS Arkansas
- Gabriel Chavarria as U.S. Navy SEAL
- Taylor John Smith as Sonar Operator on USS Arkansas
- Michael Trucco as Devin Hall, TAO on USS Arkansas
- Ryan McPartlin as Matt Johnstone, ex-SEAL and CIA medic
- Richard Hills Jr. as Medic Jones
- Carter MacIntyre as Executive Officer Brian Edwards
Production
On November 12, 2015, it was announced that a deal between producers of the film had been made, that Relativity, Neal H. Moritz, and Toby Jaffe's Original Film would now produce the film along with Millennium Films, which would also co-finance and distribute. On March 3, 2016, it was announced that Donovan Marsh would direct the film and Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman would star, with Original Film's Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe producing the film along with Butler, Tooley Productions' Tucker Tooley, Alan Siegel, and Mark Gill. On June 23, 2016, Taylor John Smith was cast in the film to play a sonar man on the sub. On July 6, 2016, Gabriel Chavarria joined the film to play a Navy SEAL aboard the U.S. submarine, next day, Zane Holtz also joined the film to play "Martinelli," a brave and skilled member of the elite unit. On July 13, 2016, Michael Trucco and Ryan McPartlin also came aboard to play a weapons specialist Devin Hall, and an ex-SEAL and CIA medic Matt Johnstone, respectively. On July 19, 2016, Michael Nyqvist was added to the cast to play Captain Sergi Andropoyov. On July 21, 2016, David Gyasi joined the film to play the Chief of the Boat of the submarine USS Omaha,with Toby Stephens cast to play Lt. Beaman, head of the black ops squad. On August 4, 2016, Linda Cardellini joined the cast.Principal photography on the film began on July 25, 2016, in London, and in Bulgaria. Interior sets of a Virginia-class Hunter Killer submarine were built at Ealing Studios, using blueprints approved by the US Navy, with the spaces expanded slightly to allow freer camera movement. The sets were mounted on a gimbal to simulate the movement of the sea. Ealing also hosted a Pentagon set from where US military personnel track the submarine action.
An exterior set of the main Hunter Killer submarine was built in Pinewood Studios’ 806,000-gallon exterior water tank, while underwater scenes were shot using a separate water tank at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, also just outside London. Interiors of the Russian base were built as sets at Nu Boyana Film Studios in Bulgarian capital, Sofia.
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