Production Year: 1992 - Action/Adventure - Director: Phillip Noyce - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Richard Harris, Patrick Bergin, James Fox, Thora Birch
His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the... more
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shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton w...
shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton w...
Patriot Games
The bestselling author of Red Storm Rising and The Sum of All Fears brings Jack Ryan back
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to fight his deadliest battle yet. From England to Ireland and America, an explosive wave of violence sweeps a CIA analyst and his family into the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. An ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA has targeted the CIA man for his act of salvation in an assassination attempt. And now he must pay ... with his life.
Patriot Games [1992]
Let's see--he has been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why
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shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. --Marshall Fine
Patriot Games - Tom Clancy
The bestselling author of Red Storm Rising and The Sum of All Fears brings Jack Ryan back
... more
to fight his deadliest battle yet. From England to Ireland and America, an explosive wave of violence sweeps a CIA analyst and his family into the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. An ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA has targeted the CIA man for his act of salvation in an assassination attempt. And now he must pay ... with his life.
shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. --Marshall Fine
Advantages: Amazing plot, and Harrison Ford! Disadvantages: None
...gets into his parts.
Patriot Games in one of the earlier films in his modern run of success. He played ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan, who after intervening in an extremist Irish attack on a royal, has to fight to protect his wife and child, as well as his own life, after killing one of the terrorists brothers in self-defence. It's tension all the way, and you'll be sitting on the edge of your seat for the duration. Of course, Harrison Ford plays an excellent ... ...together like a dream.
Patriot Games is based on a Tom Clancy novel, and therefore you can expect a quite intoxicating mix of suspense, military realism, and a plotline that makes you believe it could really have happened. This is a great film, I recommend it to all, and if you love Harrison Ford films, then this one should definitely be in your collection. ...
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Advantages: Great Storyline Good Acting Disadvantages: A few deviations from the book may upset die-hard Clancy fans
Harrison Ford is once again cast in an action type life saving hero role.
This time Ford plays Jack Ryan a retired CIA operative and marine who now teaches history at the naval academy. While on holiday with his family in London he is present for a machine gun attack on the car belonging to the cousin of the Queen. With flagrant disregard for his own safety, Ryan proceeds to shoulder barge one assailant and disarm him before gunning two more down. ... ...shoulder and in hospital but it does save the royals.
Jack is highly commended for his actions both by the Queen's cousin and by the British press. He finds out that the assailants were actually Irish Republican Terrorists (IRA) and that one of them is in custody on his was to the Isle of Wight. Naturally the IRA are not best pleased with Mr Ryan's actions and of course the terrorist in custody played by none other than Sean Bean is broken out.
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Advantages: Strong characters, excellent story. Disadvantages: Different ending to the book
Patriot Games is the second of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan novels to be made into a film. This time round Harrison Ford has replaced Alec Baldwin as the main character, Anne Archer replaces Gates McFadden as his wife and Thora Birch takes the role of his daughter Sally. James Earl Jones is back as Admiral Greer of the CIA.
The story starts by Jack Ryan thwarting an attack on a member of the Royal Family (this was the Prince of Wales and Diana in the ... ...Patrick Bergin and Sean Bean. In the process Bean's character, Sean Miller, is captured and his brother is killed by Ryan.
The story follows the trial of Miller and his vow to get revenge on Ryan. Miller is broken free by the terrorists having a plant within the Royal Household who supplies them with the transfer route. Miller and pals head to Africa to lie low.
After a short stay in Africa they turn up in America and make attempts on the lives ...
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A cracker Review ofPatriot Games (Special Edition)by
dave27
Advantages: Ford, Bean, tense and taut Disadvantages: None
Okay, so what do you get for your money - well, there's Harrison Ford and Sean Bean for a start and what a start!
This little masterpiece involves an IRA terrorist (Bean) whose plot is foiled by an off duty American (Ford) who kells Bean's brother, which can only mean one thing - VENGEANCE and Bean makes a wonderful villain.
After that it's tensiuon and thrills all the way right until the climax in a dark house (where else) followed by a fight ...
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patriot games Review ofPatriot Games (Special Edition)by
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Advantages: great film Disadvantages: none
PATRIOT GAMES
PRODUCER; Mace Neufeld, Robert Rehme
DIRECTOR; Philp Noyce
STARS; Harrison Ford
Anne Archer
Sean Bean
Patrick Bergin
James Fox
Thora Birch
Samuel l Jackson
Polly Walker
JE Freeman
Richard Harris
James Earl Jones
Harrison Ford who playes a former CIA anyalyst Jack Ryan gets caught up in a IRA gun fight were jack kills some of the IRA men , one of the men is Sean beans brother. The hit on the royal family by the IRA ia hard ... ...one of the IRA gunmen ( Miller) escapes police custudy and jack does not belive that he will be a target untill his wife Archer and daughter Thora are nearly killed in a cer crash caused by the IRA shooting at the car.
Now Jack has to return to the CIA to find Miller and end it, and to help his family be safe. There are several scenes which are filmed well in this one when the CIA show the inside to tracking the IRA when they are in the daylight ...
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Actor(s): Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Richard Harris, Patrick Bergin, James Fox, Thora Birch
Director(s): Phillip Noyce
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1992
Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes
Franchise Name: Jack Ryan
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Plot: Action thriller based on the Tom Clancy novel. An ex-CIA man finds himself caught up in a plot to assassinate a member of the Royal Family.
DVD Description
His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. Based on Tom Clancy's novel.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date: 03/11/2003
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: PHE 8356
Barcode: 5014437835635
Composer: James Horner
Executive Producer: Tom Clancy
Author: Tom Clancy
Languages
Main Language: English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Sleek....Ford's restrained performance is just right..." (New York Times, p.C17, 05/06/1992)
"...Lively..." (USA Today, p.4D, 05/06/1992)
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