Patriot Games

< Previous Trailer  |   Add to My Scrapbook  |   Next Trailer >
Patriot Games

71% Liked It
liked it

Patriot Games

Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets him and his family for revenge.

Id: 10902744

Do you want to see this movie?

My Friends Said...

Patriot Games Recent Reviews

Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !

Recent Reviews

Patriot Games Recent Reviews
  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    A good Jack Ryan film but it?s become a little dated due to the typical early 90?s style that so many action/thriller of the time couldn?t seem to break away from.
  • irisheyes686
    August 31, 2009
    irisheyes686
    Action-packed, lots of good acting. Good movie!
  • middleeasternfilms
    February 3, 2009
    middleeasternfilms
    Great acting, but a bit slow-moving film about Jack Ryan, a former CIA agent who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and interferes in an IRA hit in the U.K. The brother of the man he kills during the shootout (the always-excellent Sean Bean) escapes from cust...( read more)ody and tries the revenge thing on Ryan. Not too memorable for Ford, who would do just one more Ryan flick then leave it up to Ben Affleck to bury the series for good.
  • organgrinder136
    January 13, 2009
    organgrinder136
    so so so inferior to the newer one with ben affleck as jack ryan instead. even the action sequences were a sleep fest. i'd have rather been watching citizen kane last night and i fucking despise that film with a passion. er, good points... sean bean is alright as the bad irish dude
  • DrZeek
    October 3, 2008
    DrZeek
    Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: So, you just waded on in like John Wayne. Why'd you do it? What were you thinking, man?
    Jack Ryan: I don't know. I wasn't thinking.
    Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: That's it? You sound like some of my students.
    Jack Ryan: It just pissed me off. I couldn't just s...( read more)tand there and watch him shoot those people right in front of me. It was... rage. Pure rage... Just made me mad.
    Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Here's hoping you never get mad at me, man.

    The second Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan film. Here Alec Baldwin's Jack Ryan has been recast to be played by Harrison Ford, who is good, if a little old for the part. The movie is a revenge driven action film that strips away the plot complexities of Clancy novels in favor of action. That being said, the film stretches its plot pretty thin and doesn't become very enjoyable.

    As mentioned, Ford is Jack Ryan. He is in London with his family, when he witnesses an attempted IRA assassination. Ryan is able to become involved, killing one of the assassins in the process. Bad new for Jack arises, when the assassin is shown to be the brother of one of the other assassins, played by Sean "why can't you play more good guys" Bean.

    Following the inevitable prison escape, Jack Ryan must now fight to prevent revenge from being taken on him and his family.

    What the movie benefits from is its lead actors. Ford is always capable, conveying the emotion of a man who doesn't like violence, but is forced to use it. Bean is equally good as the villain and the movie provides a good amount of screen time to developing him as such.

    Once again however, the movie is dragged down by stretching its plot out for two hours, without being very elaborate to make it very bearable. The last part is good enough, but also drowns itself in cliches involving sneaking around the darkened house, before jumping into a rainy night speed boat chase sequence.

    Its made well enough as a film, but not entertaining enough or very deep as a substitute.

    Sean Miller: How's the family, Ryan? Nearly lost 'em, didn't you? It's easy to get at them. You should look after your family better, you know? Are you there?
    Jack Ryan: Yeah.
    Sean Miller: I understand your little girl's feeling better, eh? Lost her spleen though, eh? Pity, that. Make it a mighty tough on her to fight off infection, eh Jacky?
    Jack Ryan: You sick son of a bitch!
  • KESSLER72
    December 10, 2009
    KESSLER72
    well its ok i guess....i'm not a huge Harrison Ford fan so....
  • ythelastman89
    November 20, 2009
    ythelastman89
    A great political thriller, with a priceless performance by Harrison Ford. The story is highly entertaining and enjoyable, it doesn't get too politically one sided. It has a nicely crafted suspense element that keeps you hooked.
  • clairebear44
    November 12, 2009
    clairebear44
    Ford's Ryan is one of the best, and Sean Bean is so good at being bad. This is a great adaptation of another of Clancy's classic novels, and Australia's Phillip Noyce has done a commendable job.
  • JakeMcFly
    October 30, 2009
    JakeMcFly
    A movie where someone hurts Harrison Ford's FAMILY.
  • minhvanl
    October 28, 2009
    minhvanl
    this is a 100% good movie to see
    very exciting story.Excellent movie.
View All Reviews

Opening This Week

Top Box Office

Upcoming Movies

New on DVD