“Hunter Killer” (***1/2 out of four) was an explosive action thriller about an American submarine captain (Gerard Butler) who learns it may be apocalypse now and has to team with a rogue team of navy seals to rescue the Russian president (Alexander Diachenko) who has been kidnapped by a vicious general (Mikhail Gorevoy) who threatens worldwide destruction and detonation. Not only the best submarine movie in a long while but a nail-biting and taut action story and political melodrama in its own right that deserves comparisons to both “Crimson Tide” and “Das Boot” which it sometimes resembles. Butler is first-rate in the lead and so is Michael Nyqvist in one of his final roles and they’re surrounded by a first-rate supporting cast including Gary Oldman, Common, and Joely Richardson. Impressively (and excitingly) directed by Donovan Marsh in his large-scale action debut. Bullseye!