HUNTER KILLER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gerard Butler (Olympus Has Fallen), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Common (Selma), Zane Holtz (Holes), Caroline Goodall (Hook), Michael Nyqvist (John Wick), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day), Linda Cardellini (Brokeback Mountain), David Gyasi (Interstellar), Gabriel Chavarria (Lowriders), Taylor John Smith (Wolves), Michael Trucco (The Bye Bye Man), Ryan McPartlin (J. Edgar), Richard Hills Jr. (Transformers: The Last Knight), Carter MacIntyre (The Truth), Kieron Bimpson (Reds & Blues: The Ballad of Dixie & Kenny)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Donovan Marsh (Avenged), director; Jamie Moss (Street Kings) and Arne L. Schmidt (film debut), writer; Gerard Butler (Den of Thieves), Mark Gill (Law Abiding Citizen), Toby Jaffe (Blue Streak), Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious), Matthew O’Toole (The Hitman’s Bodyguard), Alan Siegel (Playing For Keeps), John Thompson (London Has Fallen), Tucker Tooley (The Courier) and Les Weldon (The Expendables 2), producers; Trevor Morris (Immortals), composer; Tom Marais (Free State), cinematographer; Michael J. Duthie (Open State), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A Russian coup is under way, which sees the Russian President kidnapped and held captive by a rogue army general, and several Russian submarines beginning to attack deep within the Arctic Ocean. Joe Glass (Butler), an untested American submarine captain, is assigned on a mission to lead his crew into Russian waters in an attempt to rescue the Russian President, and prevent World War 3 from starting…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Gerard Butler is back in action movie mode as an American submarine captain thrust into international warfare in this thrilling and explosive thriller.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2018

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