1984. Nõukogude mereväe uusim ning kaasaegseim tuumaallveelaev Punane oktoober on teel Ühendriikide ranniku suunas. Ameeriklased kardavad, et laev valmistub rünnakuks ning on valmis seda hävitama. Allveelaeva kapteni Marko Ramius'e (Sean Connery) tausta uurinud CIA agent (Alec Baldwin) palub ülemustel sellega veidi oodata, kuna arvab, et Ramius võib tahta Ameeriklaste poolele üle tulla ...
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
The KGB has influenced world events on numerous occasions before. Assassinations, coup d’états, theft of nuclear secrets and sexpionage are just standard trademarks for an organisation that still sends shivers down the spines of politicians and military figures the world over. It may have changed its name on various occasions, from Cheka to SPD to OGPU to NKVD to MGB to KGB to an array of different names after the collapse of the Soviet Union to FSB and SVR today, but it will forever be known, internally and externally, as the KGB.
