Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Rating 8 out of 10
Jack Ryan, you may or may not know is a long running character in the books written by Tom Clancy. Over the years Ryan has been played by a who's who of actors in movies made from other Clancy films. Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and now Chris Pine shows us how it all began.
Clancy made his hay writing books that showed the Russians were our number one enemy and lost some steam when the cold war ended. Here the Ruskies are back and determine to bring the US to our knees. This time through the financial services.
The movie starts with 9/11 and then Ryan's rough tour of duty in Afghanistan. He is drafted into the CIA where his analyst intellect come in handy. When Ryan uncovers a Russian plot to undermine the US economy.
The action is good. Action is good. Kevin Costner is good as the old CIA mentor. Keira Knightly plays the love interest.
Usually January is a dumping ground for really bad movies. I enjoyed this movie.
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