Hunter Killer (film)

Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Donovan Marsh, written by Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss, and based on the 2012 novel Firing Point by Don Keith and George Wallace. The film stars Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman with Michael Nyqvist (in one of his final film roles), Common, Linda Cardellini and Toby Stephens in supporting roles, and follows a submarine crew and a group of United States Navy SEALs who rescue the captured Russian President from a coup.

This article is about a film. For other uses, see hunter-killer submarine.
Hunter Killer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDonovan Marsh
Written by
Based on
Firing Point
by
Produced by
  • Neal H. Moritz
  • Toby Jaffe
  • Gerard Butler
  • Alan Siegel
  • Tucker Tooley
  • Mark Gill
  • John Thompson
  • Matt O'Toole
  • Les Weldon
Starring
CinematographyTom Marais
Edited byMichael J. Duthie
Music byTrevor Morris
Production
companies
  • Summit Premiere
  • Millennium Media
  • Original Film
  • G-BASE
  • Relativity Media
  • Tucker Tooley Entertainment
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • October 26, 2018 (2018-10-26) (United States)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million
Box office$31.7 million

Hunter Killer was released in the United States on October 26, 2018, by Summit Premiere. A disappointment at the box-office, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who saw it as "an undemanding, by-the-numbers actioner".

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