Harrison Ford

Anne Archer

Thora Birch

Sean Bean

Patrick Bergin

Polly Walker

James Fox

Samuel L. Jackson

James Earl Jones

Richard Harris

J.E. Freeman

Alex Norton

Hugh Fraser

David Threlfall

Alun Armstrong

Berlinda Tolbert

Gerald Sim

Pip Torrens

Thomas Russell

Andrew Connolly

Keith Campbell

Jonathan Ryan

P.H. Moriarty

Bob Gunton

Ted Raimi

Brenda James

Karl Hayden

Claire Oberman

Oliver Stone

Tom Watt

Tim Dutton

Martin Cochrane

Ellen Geer

John Lafayette

Shaun Duke

Fritz Sperberg

Allison Barron

Philip Levien

Jesse D. Goins

Michael Ryan Way

Peter Weireter

Phillip Noyce

W. Peter Iliff

Donald E. Stewart

Mace Neufeld

Robert Rehme

James Horner

Donald McAlpine

William Hoy

Neil Travis

Tom Clancy

Terry Leonard

Robert Grasmere

John C. Walsh

Andy Bradford

Steve Boyum

Michael T. Brady

Janet Brady

William H. Burton Jr.

Bobby Bass

David Burton

Clarke Coleman

Gerry Crampton

Cynthia Cypert

Laura Dash

Gabe Cronnelly

Steve M. Davison

Jeff Imada

Jeffrey J. Dashnaw

Annie Ellis

Richard M. Ellis

Tony Epper

Elaine Ford

Kenny Endoso

James M. Halty

Martin Grace

Steve Hart

Scott Hubbell

Craig Hosking

Henry Kingi

Joel Kramer

Paul Jennings

Gene LeBell

Gary McLarty

Mark McBride

Bennie Moore

Valentino Musetti

John C. Meier

Alan Oliney

Chuck Picerni Jr.

Bobby Porter

Steve Picerni

Tony van Silva

Chad Randall

Rod Woodruff

Dick Ziker

Vic Armstrong

David R. Ellis

Gregory J. Barnett

Tim A. Davison

Charles H. Maguire

Cathy Sandrich Gelfond

Amanda Mackey

Joseph C. Nemec III

Joseph P. Lucky

John M. Dwyer

Norma Moriceau

John R. Bayless

Pat Gerhardt

Michael Key

Anne Morgan

Peter Robb-King

The Jack Ryan Collection

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Action

Thriller

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Patriot Games

Paramount Pictures

Mace Neufeld Productions

United States of America

English

assassin

washington dc, usa

based on novel or book

psychopath

repayment

intelligence

northern ireland

revenge

terrorism

ira (irish republican army)

ireland

british prime minister

jack ryan

ex military

assassination attempt

political thriller

political turmoil

intelligence service

cia analyst

intelligence analyst

Good guys are real good, and the bad guys are real bad.  

Patriot Games is a more than serviceable thriller, perhaps a bit out of date when viewing it now, but still a very effective good against evil piece. 

The source material is so dense and intricate it was always going to be hard to condense that into a 2 hour movie, but I feel the makers manage to keep it fleshy whilst making the respective characters interesting and watchable.

The acting on show is more than adequate, Harrison Ford is great in the role of Jack Ryan, he manages to portray him as a sensitive family man who can step up to the plate when things get ugly, and Anne Archer is solid enough as the wife and mother caught up in the web of nastiness unfolding.

The baddies are led by the brooding Sean Bean who is a little under written, whilst Richard Harris is sadly underused. However, the action set pieces make their mark and thankfully we get a riveting final reel that cements the entertainment deal for time spent with the pic. 

It is formulaic to a degree, but that is OK if the combined efforts of all involved are spot on, and thankfully here they are. 7/10

CinemaSerf

Clearly Alec Baldwin was too exhausted after his submarine adventure in 1990, so Harrison Ford picked up the mantle of "Jack Ryan" - now a former CIA operative who is on the UK on holiday with his family. Hardly have the titles ended before he is embroiled in an IRA attempt to kidnap "Lord Holmes" (James Fox), a distant cousin of the Queen Mother. Intervening, he kills one of the attackers who happens to be the younger brother of the surviving attacker "Sean" (they kept it simple for Mr Bean). Of course he is sprung from police custody via some dinghies near Tower Bridge and next thing "Ryan" and family are the new targets of this vengeful terrorist cell. What now ensues is a really dry thriller that plods along with little to make it stand out. There is an irony that the IRA man is played by an Englishman, but neither Richard Harris nor Samuel L. Jackson really make much impression on this politically simplistic revenge vehicle for a star who is far from his best. The perilous scenarios rather lurch from frying pan to fire, but never with much jeopardy - before an ending at sea that at least gave the pyrotechnics folks something to do. It's not Tom Clancy's best book, and is really only a passable watch on screen.

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Patriot Games( 1992)

Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri Mar 15 2019

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