Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
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Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
What critics thought
Mixed reviews greeted this franchise reboot, with critics split between those who found it a competent, if modest, spy thriller and those who considered it a generic, assembly-line product. Chris Pine and Kenneth Branagh's direction drew some measured praise, but detractors felt the film's reliance on digital problem-solving and borrowed spy-movie parts left it feeling impersonal and emotionally inert.
“Under taut direction from Kenneth Branagh (who also plays the Russian heavy), Pine is convincing as a character who is pushing papers one day and dodging assassins in Moscow the next.”
Peter Hartlaub·San Francisco Chronicle
“It's a product constructed out of spare parts and assembled with computerized precision. It's hard to care when Jack turns operational and becomes a CIA robocop. The movie feels untouched by human hands.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the biggest problem afflicting this modest diversion is that it's the sort of film in which computers get to the bottom of every problem that comes up in about five seconds.”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“The film is slow in getting started and once it's underway it's only intermittently involving.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Kenneth BranaghDirector
Chris PineJack Ryan
Keira KnightleyCathy Muller
Kevin CostnerWilliam HarperKenneth BranaghViktor Cherevin
Lenn KudrjawizkiConstantin
Colm FeoreRob Behringer
Gemma ChanAmy Chan
Alec UtgoffAleksandr Borovsky
Peter AnderssonDimitri Lemkov
Nonso AnozieEmbee
Aleksandar AleksievCherevin's Bodyguard
Deborah RosanCustomer
Patrick DoyleComposer
Tom ClancyWriter
David KoeppWriter
Haris ZambarloukosCinematographyJack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
What critics thought
Mixed reviews greeted this franchise reboot, with critics split between those who found it a competent, if modest, spy thriller and those who considered it a generic, assembly-line product. Chris Pine and Kenneth Branagh's direction drew some measured praise, but detractors felt the film's reliance on digital problem-solving and borrowed spy-movie parts left it feeling impersonal and emotionally inert.
“Under taut direction from Kenneth Branagh (who also plays the Russian heavy), Pine is convincing as a character who is pushing papers one day and dodging assassins in Moscow the next.”
Peter Hartlaub·San Francisco Chronicle
“It's a product constructed out of spare parts and assembled with computerized precision. It's hard to care when Jack turns operational and becomes a CIA robocop. The movie feels untouched by human hands.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“the biggest problem afflicting this modest diversion is that it's the sort of film in which computers get to the bottom of every problem that comes up in about five seconds.”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“The film is slow in getting started and once it's underway it's only intermittently involving.”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Kenneth BranaghDirectorChris PineJack RyanKeira KnightleyCathy MullerKevin CostnerWilliam HarperKenneth BranaghViktor CherevinLenn KudrjawizkiConstantinColm FeoreRob BehringerGemma ChanAmy ChanAlec UtgoffAleksandr BorovskyPeter AnderssonDimitri LemkovNonso AnozieEmbeeAleksandar AleksievCherevin's BodyguardDeborah RosanCustomerPatrick DoyleComposerTom ClancyWriterDavid KoeppWriterHaris ZambarloukosCinematographyStream
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