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Summary: Perfect casting, outstanding action!
Review: When I saw "Hunt for Red October" in the theatre, I kept thinking that Harrison Ford should have been cast as Jack Ryan. Apparently, the producers felt the same way I did! Ford is perfect as the CIA operative ... rugged and intelligent. This particular adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel does take a few turns away from the plot described in the book ... but it does so intelligently. There is none of the jarring "Hey, what about *this*" that I sometimes experience at the movies (sometimes it's tough to be a voracious reader - the movies don't always meet up with your expectations). This time, though, everything works. Not to be missed by either Clancy or Ford fans.
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Summary: Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Review: Patriot Games is a great movie, based on the novel by Tom Clancy. Former CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Played by Harrison Ford, who replaced Alec Baldwin) intervenes in an attempted terriost attack on the royal family. The brother of Sean Miller (Sean Bean), one of the terriosts, is killed and Miller arrested. Miller is however broken out by buddies (Who are in the ULA). Now he wants to get Ryan. The whole film itself is amazing and suspenseful, with excellent performances. The only problem was the ending. Sure the boat chase was good, but it was too short. You should have made it longer and more exciting!
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Summary: Great!
Review: This is a good movie, and is very much worth your time. Although I must say the book is WAY better. Harrison Ford is the best at Jack Ryan, and it ... that he won't be doing any more Ryan movies. Anyway, there is one thing I need to point out here. Alot of these previous reviews are sounding like they didn't pay very much attention. Sean Bean's character and his evil companions are NOT part of the IRA in the movie. Maybe if you had payed more attention to the movie, you would have seen taht they are part of the ULA, which is some kind of ultra-violent faction or something. That may not have been made very clear, but it was made very clear that they were NOT part of the IRA. And by the way...People, it's a movie, don't come here all uptight and write a review of how it portrays the IRA and all that ... wrong. Just leave it alone, it's a movie.
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Summary: No alternate ending?!
Review: Although i think Phillip Noyce (director) did a good job of fitting the entire novel into a film, he picked some bad scenes to cut out. the ending in the book is incredibly cool (everything from the president arriving at the Ryan house in the film is all wrong) , but in an interview Noyce said he would make sure that the alternate ending would be included. it had Ryan and The bad guy Miller fighting underwater, which sounded really cool. the original ending from the book is still much much better, so id go read it instead.
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Summary: Ya missed the mark only slightly.
Review: Goods: I really did enjoy this movie. It was a wonderful piece. A man willing to sacrifice all that he had for what he knew was the right thing... that's a powerful statement. Even with the violence inherent in this movie (or in the case of Python, inherent in the system...), I believe it is a great movie for the kids to watch. Harrison Ford, Richard Harris, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones... all incredible talents. Loved it all. Bads: Ya know, after Star Wars, et. al., my belief is that Harrison Ford plays swashbucklers... add in Witness and other rough and tough movies, and you can't help but type cast this guy. It's hard to keep the continuity between the Hunt for Red October and the somewhat timid "Gee I can't do that since I'm not a field agent" and Han Solo... Alec Baldwin should have played this part to keep things believable. The romance between Anne and Harrison was explored only slightly... and even there, in Hunt for Red October, the wife was played by Gates McFadden (Yay Dr. Beverly Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation)... yet another faux pas in the film. Overall: It would easily be a five with the original characters from Hunt for Red October. Sorry, it's only a four. Still, I loved it, bought it, and you should too.
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Summary: Once again, the book was a LOT better.
Review: My biggest problem with this Hollywood adaptation of a Clancy novel is that they cut out the most interesting character in the whole dog-gone story, Gunnery Sgt. Breckenridge of the Naval Academy Security Detachment. It is the Gunny whom the book's Jack Ryan turns to when he first feels the need to sharpen his weapons skills to defend his family from the threat of the terrorists. He's easily the most interesting good guy in the book, and I STILL can't believe they completely cut him out for the movie! The only thing that saves this movie from my further wrath is the performance of Sean Bean. He's one of my favorite actors (see the Sharpe series if you want to see what is, in my opinion, his best work.) Bean is suitably cold-blooded and focused as the terrosit intent on avenging his brother, who was killed by Ryan. As for those who are whining about how it portrays the IRA, guess what, folks? They DO blow up women and kids, they DO shoot people (even some Catholics who don't agree with them) in the kneecaps, and they WON'T turn in their guns and explosives. Those are just facts. If you can't deal with them, you should concentrate on shoring up your own tenuous grip on reality before you go spouting off your half-cocked theories in public.
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Summary: The story tends to drag a bit.
Review: Harrison Ford Plays Jack Ryan in this second movie based on a Tom Clancy book. Here Ryan must protect his wife and daughter from an Irish terrorist (Sean Bean) who wants revenge on the Ryan family, after his young brother is killed by Ryan in an effort to kidnapp the royal family. Exceptional performances by the whole cast, but the story does drag a bit in some places. Making it somewhat uneven to watch. This really isn't much better then the Rambo films.
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Summary: It's worth watching just to...
Review: It's worth watching just to see Jack Ryan's beautiful home on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Summary: good plot and great cast
Review: Patriot Games is a very good action movie. Harrison Ford is his usual likable self. You can't help but to root for him and his family. The movie has good plot and great cast. The DVD picture is sharp and clear. The 5.1 soundtrack is well delineated.
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Summary: Not bad, but could have been better . . .
Review: Of the three Tom Clancy novels made into films, "Patriot Games" disappoints the most. Based on one of the least of Clancy's novels, the film is about Ex-CIA analyst / Ex-Marine Jack Ryan, who interferes with an Irish terrorist attack on a member of the Royal family at the beginning of the film and quickly becomes a target himself- matching wits with the radical group as they plot another hit, this time on Ryan's family. Harrison Ford (Ryan) seems to be still feeling his way through the role Alec Baldwin almost certainly regrets abandoning after 1990's "Hunt for Red October". I liked Sean Bean's performance as the terrorist obsessed with evening up the score with Jack Ryan, but few others stand out (unlike "Red October"). The plot fails to move much- Ryan is too busy reacting to events. Clancy fans will enjoy. Dunno about everyone else.
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