Patriot Games
1992 Directed by Phillip Noyce
Synopsis
Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.
Jack Ryan is on vacation in England when he spoils an assassination attempt on an important member of the Royal Family. Ryan gets drawn back into the CIA when the same splinter faction of the IRA targets him and his family.
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Another movie franchise that's not quite maintained consistency is the Jack Ryan series by Tom Clancy, the subject of several reboots and approaches over the last twenty years. The most well known take on Clancy's work remains, arguably, Harrison Ford's two instances in the role. Patriot Games is the first and while not my personal favourite of the two, it's a rather slick thriller that despite being a shade out of date in this very different political era, benefits from a solid story on behalf of Clancy, a more than decent supporting cast, and the laconic charm of Ford himself.
His Jack Ryan is far less the sea sick book worm Alec Baldwin portrayed in The Hunt For Red October,…
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Acceptable enough spy thriller which hangs its entire plot on a simple, impulsive act of heroism by Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan. Stumbling on an attempt from Irish radicals to abduct several members of the British Royal family, Ford plunges by instinct, rushing the gunmen, killing one of them, taking a bullet in the shoulder, and thwarting the attack. Sean Bean plays the militant IRA leader who becomes obsessively fixated on destroying Ryan's life. Uneven, occasionally laborious, but ultimately serviceable - the film is at its best when filled with covert maneuverings and political alliances in a world full of disorientating shades of grey. But as for the characters - they are plain and elemental with personalities drawn in boring black…
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Harrison Ford vs the IRA and you know how that goes when Harrison Ford gets involved. A great 90's action thriller with terrorists and a true American hero who has to defend the Royalty and his family. This is a good film that is always worth watching, it is a bit dated now but still a good action flick with believable bad guys.
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Entertaining, unsurprising, no-frills thriller that benefits from the weighty screen presence of both Harrison Ford and Sean Bean.
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As straightforward a spy thriller as you’re likely to find, Patriot Games is a solid early ‘90s actioner which is elevated by the presence of Harrison Ford.
His Jack Ryan might be a comfy action Dad when compared to Alec Baldwin’s young hotshot in The Hunt For Red October, but Ford even makes studying paperwork into involving viewing.
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A fairly dull spy thriller that is saved from complete mediocrity by the ever-charismatic Ford. The scene with him and Richard Harris in the bar is worth one star alone, and without it I probably wouldn't remember this film at all.
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The weakest link in the Jack Ryan series. The '90s overdosed us with IRA movies (The Crying Game, Michael Collins, The Devil's Own, etc.), and this is the movie that unwittingly (and, I admit, probably coincidentally) opened the flood gates, so I think I still have some residual hostility towards it for that (since, for some reason, the IRA bores the crap out of me as a film subject). But, really, this isn't very good. It gets off to a good start, building considerable energy and tension almost right off the bat; and Sean Bean is so good that I actually felt bad for his character when our hero offed his brother. But then the plot starts getting silly, as…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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One of my favorite thrillers.
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Better than I remembered. Nostalgic watch.
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Acceptable enough spy thriller which hangs its entire plot on a simple, impulsive act of heroism by Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan. Stumbling on an attempt from Irish radicals to abduct several members of the British Royal family, Ford plunges by instinct, rushing the gunmen, killing one of them, taking a bullet in the shoulder, and thwarting the attack. Sean Bean plays the militant IRA leader who becomes obsessively fixated on destroying Ryan's life. Uneven, occasionally laborious, but ultimately serviceable - the film is at its best when filled with covert maneuverings and political alliances in a world full of disorientating shades of grey. But as for the characters - they are plain and elemental with personalities drawn in boring black…
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A reasonably enjoyable action movie. Nothing that wrong with it, nothing that great about it. That's all I got.