The Hunt For Red October/The Untouchables/The Presidio Mark Harmon 2004 DVD

Triple bill of thrillers featuring Sean Connery. In ‘The Hunt for Red October’ (1990), Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius (Connery) decides to break away from the military exercises in which he has been ordered to take part and sets a course straight for the American coastline. The Americans believe he is mounting a renegade attack, the Russians believe he is trying to defect, and both nations send their Navies out in pursuit. The one man who seems to have a clear grasp on the situation is C.I.A. analyst Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) – but can he make the superpowers see sense before they risk everything in a potential catastrophic naval encounter? In ‘The Untouchables’ (1987), Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner), an idealistic Treasury official who vows to bring an end to Al Capone’s (Robert De Niro) corrupt hold over Prohibition-era Chicago. To this end, Ness puts together an elite team of law-enforcement officers (played by Connery, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith), and begins making bold strikes at Capone’s bootlegging operation. Nevertheless, Capone’s empire continues to thrive, and Ness realises that he must try a different approach. Brian De Palma directs, from a David Mamet screenplay, and Connery won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his efforts. In ‘The Presidio’ (1988), detective Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) team ups with his old enemy Lt. Col. Caldwell (Connery) to investigate a murder that has been committed on a San Francisco military base. Caldwell’s daughter (Meg Ryan) enjoys the antagonism between the two, and causes trouble by flirting with Austin. But all personal tensions must be put aside when the two cops realise the killing was part of a larger conspiracy…