HUNTER KILLER: DEEP RETRIBUTION (2025) – Silence Runs Deep. Vengeance Runs Deeper.

The ocean hides more than wreckage. It hides revenge

Hunter Killer: Deep Retribution (2025) dives back beneath the waves in this pulse-pounding sequel to the 2018 military thriller. With Gerard Butler returning as Commander Joe Glass, the film takes us deeper into hostile waters, where global stakes rise, alliances fracture, and the only sound is the distant hum of war—and the echo of a vengeance decades in the making.

Years after preventing World War III aboard the USS Arkansas, Glass is now an Admiral—older, wiser, but still haunted by the lives lost and secrets buried. When a NATO submarine disappears under mysterious circumstances in the South China Sea, and an encrypted signal points to a long-dead Russian commander once presumed lost with his vessel, Glass is pulled back into the depths. This time, he’s not commanding from behind a desk—he’s going back under.

Assigned to a newly commissioned stealth submarine—the USS Leviathan—Glass must lead a covert crew of elite tacticians, deep-sea specialists, and one unlikely ally: a defector with intimate knowledge of a rogue naval faction operating from a decommissioned Cold War base. Their mission? To uncover a hidden threat capable of destabilizing global power and launching a ghost fleet that doesn’t officially exist.

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen), Hunter Killer 2 tightens the tension and expands the scope. Underwater combat sequences are more intense, sonar duels more cerebral, and political stakes more terrifyingly real. But at its core, the film remains a gritty, character-driven ride through loyalty, legacy, and sacrifice.

Because in these depths, heroes aren’t made—they’re forged under pressure.