Jack Ryan's first entry with lots of action , tension and high-tech thriller. This exciting picture deal with an atomic underwater sub and the problems originated for the crew defection to West. Russians make a new atomic submarine that sails silent due to a revolutionary propulsion system . Sub skipper named Marko Ramius (Sean Connery ) defects, aim of taking it to the United States to avoid the Russians from utilizing the sub to wreak atomic war against the U.S.A . Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin), a CIA high officer is assigned by his superiors (James Earl Jones , Richard Jordan ) to solve the risked complications . Ryan get involved in the tangled chase of the Russian's newest high-tech atomic submarine that runs silent across oceans.
First installment of the Agent Jack Ryan with lots of twists and turns , rattling action, suspense and intrigue . The yarn is interesting though based on fictitious deeds. There are suspense, thriller and action, but the scenario is mostly into submarines . Runtime film is overlong , the flick is slow moving but is interesting . Amount of minutes are superfluous ,it has half hour of excess, however the movie is quite agreeable . Extraordinary nail-biting scenes, specially when there happens the final battle on some amazing images. Sean Connery performance as sub admiral is excellent, he hands perfectly the role , Ford has gotten the best character as obstinate captain trying to defect to the West on his ship. Sam Neill acting as the second-in-command is first rate. And of course Alec Balwin is good as agent who must figure out the true motives for approaching the U.S. , this character results to be one of the his best films . This blockbuster is an excellent adaptation of the novel by Tom Clancy , companion to ¨ Clear and present danger¨ with Harrison Ford taking over the role of Ryan from Alec Baldwin and the second part ¨Patriot games¨ again with Ford , who's becoming the king of trilogies ; furthermore , the last entry titled ¨The sum of all fears¨ with Morgan Freeman and Ben Afleck as Jack Ryan . And it belongs to modern sub-genre about atomic submarines as ¨Red Crimson¨ with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and ¨K19 , the Widowmaker¨ with Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford. Interesting screenplay plenty of twists and thrills by Larry Ferguson . Spectacular musical score fitting to action and suspense by the maestro Jerry Golsmith. Colorful and atmospheric cinematography by Jan de Bont . This handsome picture is lavishly produced and masterfully directed by John McTiernan . He's an action expert director with hits, such as ¨ Predator, Die Hard , Warrior 13, Basic and Last days of Eden ¨ again with Sean Connery , and some flops , such as ¨Nomads , Thomas Crown and Rollerball¨. Rating : Above average, the flick will appeal to Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin fans .
First installment of the Agent Jack Ryan with lots of twists and turns , rattling action, suspense and intrigue . The yarn is interesting though based on fictitious deeds. There are suspense, thriller and action, but the scenario is mostly into submarines . Runtime film is overlong , the flick is slow moving but is interesting . Amount of minutes are superfluous ,it has half hour of excess, however the movie is quite agreeable . Extraordinary nail-biting scenes, specially when there happens the final battle on some amazing images. Sean Connery performance as sub admiral is excellent, he hands perfectly the role , Ford has gotten the best character as obstinate captain trying to defect to the West on his ship. Sam Neill acting as the second-in-command is first rate. And of course Alec Balwin is good as agent who must figure out the true motives for approaching the U.S. , this character results to be one of the his best films . This blockbuster is an excellent adaptation of the novel by Tom Clancy , companion to ¨ Clear and present danger¨ with Harrison Ford taking over the role of Ryan from Alec Baldwin and the second part ¨Patriot games¨ again with Ford , who's becoming the king of trilogies ; furthermore , the last entry titled ¨The sum of all fears¨ with Morgan Freeman and Ben Afleck as Jack Ryan . And it belongs to modern sub-genre about atomic submarines as ¨Red Crimson¨ with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman and ¨K19 , the Widowmaker¨ with Liam Neeson and Harrison Ford. Interesting screenplay plenty of twists and thrills by Larry Ferguson . Spectacular musical score fitting to action and suspense by the maestro Jerry Golsmith. Colorful and atmospheric cinematography by Jan de Bont . This handsome picture is lavishly produced and masterfully directed by John McTiernan . He's an action expert director with hits, such as ¨ Predator, Die Hard , Warrior 13, Basic and Last days of Eden ¨ again with Sean Connery , and some flops , such as ¨Nomads , Thomas Crown and Rollerball¨. Rating : Above average, the flick will appeal to Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin fans .