Patriot Games is the 1992 film starring Harrison Ford based on the novel by Tom Clancy. It is a direct sequel to Hunt For Red October in terms of stories, but can easily be watched on its own without having seen the previous film, which starred Alec Baldwin in the role of Jack Ryan, here played ... Read review
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 character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton w...
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international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Ford) has travelled to London on vacation with his wife (Anne Arche...
Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy's ... more
international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has travelled to London on vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, American Beauty). Meeting his family outside Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox, The Russia House), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes' assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean, Ronin) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family. Co-starring James Earl Jones (The Hunt for Red October).
His days as an intelligence agent behind him former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) ... more
has traveled to London on vacation with his wife and daughter. Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart the assailants and becomes a local hero but his courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist whose brother he killed. Now he must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Advantages: Non stop action Disadvantages: Limited acting
Patriot Games is the 1992 film starring Harrison Ford based on the novel by Tom Clancy. It is a direct sequel to Hunt For Red October in terms of stories, but can easily be watched on its own without having seen the previous film, which starred Alec Baldwin in the role of Jack Ryan, here played by Harrison Ford.
Ryan is a retired CIA agent on holiday with his family in Ireland. As bad luck would have it, he interferes with an IRA attack, ... ...other ideas, and the last thing any terrorists want to be doing is targeting him.
Ford gives a good rendition of Jack Ryan. He was to follow it up with Clear and Present Danger a few years later, but is very good in the role here. Equally excellent is Sean Bean as IRA soldier Sean Miller, and Patrick Bergin and Anne Archer are solid in their portrayals as Kevin O'Donnell and Ryan's wife Cathy repectively. The remainder of the cast ... more
Patriot Games is the 1992 film starring Harrison Ford based on the novel by Tom Clancy. It is a direct sequel to Hunt For Red October in terms of stories, but can easily be watched on its own without having seen the previous film, which starred Alec Baldwin in the role of Jack Ryan, here played by Harrison Ford.
Ryan is a retired CIA agent on holiday with his family in Ireland. As bad luck would have it, he interferes with an IRA attack, and becomes the target himself. However, CIA expert Ryan has other ideas, and the last thing any terrorists want to be doing is targeting him.
Ford gives a good rendition of Jack Ryan. He was to follow it up with Clear and Present Danger a few years later, but is very good in the role here. Equally excellent is Sean Bean as IRA soldier Sean Miller, and Patrick Bergin and Anne Archer are solid in their portrayals as Kevin O'Donnell and Ryan's wife Cathy repectively. The remainder of the cast do well, although it is not really the cast this film is memorable for - it is more the explosive nature and tense political plot that give it high entertainment value. Some of the filming is excellent work, and director Phillip Noyce really does know how to give us a good adventure spy action thriller.
The film does deviate from the book somewhat, which annoyed author Tom Clancy, and he stepped away from its production. The film is decent enough, and gives us some thirlling entertainment. Yes, it is very similar to other action films in terms of non stop fighting and a predictable ending, but ultimately, it's a popular plotline to follow, and Noyce does it very well.
Advantages: Great Film, Good Acting, Good Story, Disadvantages: None
...a slight problem that for Patriot Games he had to have shorter hair, after having shot the end scene, Sean Bean phoned the Lady Chatterly production and advised them that he had good and bad news. The good news was that he managed to keep his hair, the bad news was that he split his eye open. He needed 8 stiches where a boat hook hit him in the final scene.
The boat hook Sean mentioned was actually swung by Harrison Ford while filming these scenes, ... ...just under his left eyebrow.
OPINION:
I really enjoyed this film and do recommend it to anyone who likes a good thriller. Surprisingly it actually does the book justice and is worth seeing and it has some excellent acting in it.
Possible drawback is the very much American view on the Irish trouble, but I did not think that this distracted that much from the film.
Personally I think that this film really does carry on the story of Jack Ryan and ...
jpegington 07.09.2005 (21.12.2005)
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Advantages: tells of various political factions and who is allied to whom Disadvantages: why does house and family have to be involved?
Patriot Games is a combination thriller and political sideshow.It
is fast moving film dealing with the factions of international discord
and cliques. The storyline is heavily involved in the domino effect
in which one scene of mindblowing disaster is interconnected with
the intertwinnings of another cult wanting money or powerful demands.
Side issues and how to illiminate them or move them on to someone
else is what gives the main character ... ...true assets. He can call in favours to
protect his family which drives the story to a hightened climax.
Governments do not talk to other governments unless they have to.
Surveillance is the key and how it is used.Watch for little side bits
of getting one guy ahead of the other. ...
vancouver12 06.05.2007
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Advantages: Amazing plot, and Harrison Ford! Disadvantages: None
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.
PatriotGames 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 ...
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"...Sleek....Ford's restrained performance is just right..." (New York Times, p.C17, 05/06/1992)
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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 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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