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| Paramount Pictures | Release Date: June 5, 1992 |
Starring:
Harrison Ford, Sean Bean
Summary:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.
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Jun 30, 2017
TERRIFIC cast, imaginative direction - Patriot Games is such an enjoyable
film that you keep hoping it will go the extra mile, that it will
transcend the action-genre and progress from an intelligently made picture
to an intelligently themed picture, That it doesn't - not quite, anyway -
is mildly disappointing but easily forgiven; there's a lot to be grateful
for here. [9 June 1992]
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Jun 29, 2017
Jun 29, 2017
A slam-bang terrorist thriller from first frame to last. It also is astonishingly conventional. You've seen the plot machinations up to the final showdown in a dark, secluded house in dozens of movies before, though rarely so well-orchestrated. [5 June 1992, p.5]
Jun 29, 2017
A perfectly adequate action thriller that neither disappoints nor exhilarates. If it doesn't exactly crackle with energy, it lets off a good buzz now and again, and, depending on your mood, it may seem churlish to ask for more than that.
[5 June 1992, p.F1]
Jun 29, 2017
The most interesting aspect of Patriot Games, however, is the casting of Ford as Ryan, given that Alec Baldwin originated the character in the preceding film. In contrast to Baldwin's rather colorless CIA analyst ill-suited for work as an agent, Ford informs his character with believable world-weariness which subsequently transforms into rage at the prospect of harm to his family. In many ways, Ford grounds Patriot Games in a degree of emotion that distinguishes it from most run-of-the-mill action thrillers.
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Jun 29, 2017
The high-tech stuff is absorbing. Harrison Ford once again demonstrates what a solid, convincing actor he is, and there's good supporting work from Archer, Thora Birch as the Ryans' precocious daughter, and the irreplaceable James Fox as a British cabinet minister. But at the end, when a character is leaping into a burning speedboat in choppy seas, I wondered if this was exactly what Tom Clancy had in mind.
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Jun 29, 2023
This movie is so underrated! It's really well-written and directed. The cast is great too, with some great cameos. A solid spy drama!
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Sep 24, 2018
A solid clancy inspired political action thriller brought to the big screen. Great cast, excellent screenplay and soundtrack with good photography. This film has aged well for the most part! They don't make em like this any more! Highly recommend checking this one out.
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Jan 28, 2021
Entertaining 2nd entry in to the Jack Ryan franchise and well made.
Less geo-politics, more big action than Red October.
Less geo-politics, more big action than Red October.
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Apr 12, 2019
Pretty good Harry Ford thriller with good plot and acting. Quite enjoyable.
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