Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Length: 2h 4m 0s
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Tagline: 27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing.
Plot outline: When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians. What they don't realize is terrorists, bent on provoking open war between the two nations, are behind it all. Summary written by Sujit R. Varma {[email protected]}
Comment: I went into the screening of this movie quite skeptical of Ben Affleck being chosen to replace Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan. As a devout fan of the original three Jack Ryan films, as well as the Clancy books, I was worried that this movie would turn the franchise into one boasting of celeb status instead of quality suspense drama. But by the end of the movie, I was absolutely awed. I left the theater with the thought firm in my mind that no other actor could have possibly taken the role from Ford than Affleck. He was, in a word, phenomenal. And the movie and supporting cast performances surrounding him were nothing to scoff at either. Although the format of the film still had some minor corrections to be made (as it was in prerelease format) it was a film I would recommend to everyone, Jack Ryan fan or not. The flaws I speak of in this movie are within the story itself and its consistency with the previous films in the Jack Ryan series. The film places Affleck's character as a CIA analyst without a family to speak of. In the previous films, Ryan's family is not only present, but fundamental to Patriot Games. At first I summed this up to be a prequel to the other movies, which would make sense - Ryan is younger, he has yet to achieve his place in the CIA, he has yet to marry and build a family. Soon into the movie, however, we find that the date is current - 2002, which obviously does not concur with the rest of the films. This is a very minor point, but it bugged me throughout watching the film. Because of the minority of this flaw, and the fact that in the movie itself this has no relevance, I give it a perfect 5/5.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
Country: USA
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Subtitels: No ()
| Actors: | ||
| Ben Affleck | as | Jack Ryan |
| Morgan Freeman | as | DCI William Cabot |
| James Cromwell | as | President Robert Fowler |
| Liev Schreiber | as | John Clark |