Great cast. Well, mostly. I got this on pay per view at home and had no idea Kevin Costner and Keira Knightly were in this. I thought the supporting cast did extremely well. Unfortunately, Chris Pine wasn't given a ton to work with.
The movie starts out in a 5 minute segment where he joined the marines and almost immediately gets into a helicopter accident. I wish they did a little more with this, give him some sort of special forces training or the like that would make his CIA moves a little more believable.
10 years then working as a financial analyst while covertly working for the CIA. Doesn't really seem legit, but OK. Working as a compliance officer, he ends up going to Russia to investigate. Apparently, they don't have conference calls, email, etc. So they uncover a ploy to destroy the dollar. My first thought is, why doesn't the president halt trading? My second thought was when 9:00 happened, the bad guy needed to wait for the bombs to go off to cause issues. It still would have had the desired effect.
So ultimately, I really wanted to like the movie. But the plot was really kind of mailed in with the writing. Here's how this went: 1) 5 minute action intro to give character credit 2) scene to show him recovering and meeting his girlfriend 3) weird recruitment into the CIA and do nothing for 10 years 4) fast forward 10 years. Financial nerd finds glitch. Goes to investigate in Russia. 5) The guy picking him up tries to kill him. This is the only person in the movie that Jack Ryan should not have trusted. 6) After almost getting killed, CIA orders him back to the room, where apparently, the CIA also recruit the best handymen in the world. Don't worry, you'll be safe in the room they just tried to kill you in. 7) Meet bad guy. Bait him to dinner to steal his s*** when he's at dinner. 8) Bring your fiancé, because it's always good to leave her with FSB when you try to break into his office. Oh, this was sort of lame, by the way. 9) Nail biter scene to escape office. Girlfriend is then abducted. No one saw this coming. 10) Bad guy threatens girlfriend with a light bulb. I kind of missed how this would be effective. 11) Jack Ryan stops a SUV with 4 heavily armed men with a crowbar. Saves girl, for some reason leaves the bad guy sans bullet in his head. 12) Jack Ryan then saves the day miraculously.
Nothing original. God I wanted so much to like this.
Great supporting cast, OK for Pine, good direction, poor writing. 6/10
The movie starts out in a 5 minute segment where he joined the marines and almost immediately gets into a helicopter accident. I wish they did a little more with this, give him some sort of special forces training or the like that would make his CIA moves a little more believable.
10 years then working as a financial analyst while covertly working for the CIA. Doesn't really seem legit, but OK. Working as a compliance officer, he ends up going to Russia to investigate. Apparently, they don't have conference calls, email, etc. So they uncover a ploy to destroy the dollar. My first thought is, why doesn't the president halt trading? My second thought was when 9:00 happened, the bad guy needed to wait for the bombs to go off to cause issues. It still would have had the desired effect.
So ultimately, I really wanted to like the movie. But the plot was really kind of mailed in with the writing. Here's how this went: 1) 5 minute action intro to give character credit 2) scene to show him recovering and meeting his girlfriend 3) weird recruitment into the CIA and do nothing for 10 years 4) fast forward 10 years. Financial nerd finds glitch. Goes to investigate in Russia. 5) The guy picking him up tries to kill him. This is the only person in the movie that Jack Ryan should not have trusted. 6) After almost getting killed, CIA orders him back to the room, where apparently, the CIA also recruit the best handymen in the world. Don't worry, you'll be safe in the room they just tried to kill you in. 7) Meet bad guy. Bait him to dinner to steal his s*** when he's at dinner. 8) Bring your fiancé, because it's always good to leave her with FSB when you try to break into his office. Oh, this was sort of lame, by the way. 9) Nail biter scene to escape office. Girlfriend is then abducted. No one saw this coming. 10) Bad guy threatens girlfriend with a light bulb. I kind of missed how this would be effective. 11) Jack Ryan stops a SUV with 4 heavily armed men with a crowbar. Saves girl, for some reason leaves the bad guy sans bullet in his head. 12) Jack Ryan then saves the day miraculously.
Nothing original. God I wanted so much to like this.
Great supporting cast, OK for Pine, good direction, poor writing. 6/10
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