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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 more

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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...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.





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Classic film, classic hero
A review by Excelle on Patriot Games (Special Edition)
December 28th, 2000


Author's product rating:   Patriot Games (Special Edition) - rated by Excelle

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Advantages: Amazing plot, and Harrison Ford !
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Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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There aren't many modern day actors that can claim to have success in every single film they work in. However, in my opinion anyway, Harrison Ford is such an actor. Just look at him repertoire - Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Fugitive, Air Force One, Clear and Present Danger. I can't quite define what makes him such an enjoyable actor to watch - I suppose it must be that he is so flexible, and is so utterly convincing in his parts that you can't help but enjoy it. He can play an action hero, but also a entirely convincing family man. He really 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 part as the desperate father and husband trying to prevent the untimely death of his family. But we shouldn't overlook the excellent parts played by the rest of the cast. There's Sean Bean as Miller the vengeful Irish terrorist, the wonderful James Earl Jones as Admiral Greer, Anne Archer as the loving wife, and special mention should got to Thora Birch, who once again plays the 'lead daughter' as it were, as does a stunningly good job of it too. All in all, it's an excellent cast, as they work 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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Let's see--he has been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why ... more
shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing
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In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford
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