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Patriot Games
1992
His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. Based on Tom Clancy's novel. Read more
| Starring | Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Richard Harris |
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| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| Run time | 112 mins |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Riding roughshod over the delicate Irish political situation, Phillip Noyce's film has ex-CIA man Harrison Ford rescuing peer James Fox from terrorist attack and being hounded for his trouble by the psychotic Sean Bean. But, apart from one brilliant sequence showing a remote-controlled desert massacre, Noyce's thriller (based on the novel by Tom Clancy) never gets its act together to provide the direct appeal all good action movies should have. Richard Harris's brief apologia for what's going on is lamely unconvincing.
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Muddled and melodramatic, it relies on nationalistic clichés and violent set-pieces rather than narrative coherence; it is certainly not for posterity.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Great great great!!!!!!!!!!!
When I first read Tom Clancy I pictured Harrison ford as Jack Ryan, low and behold they cast alec baldwin in the hunt for red october. realising thier mistake Harrison Ford was cast for this one. He is great believable. Good action, great story. Not as good as the book. but when are they.
I just want to know why you would get on a boat in Kent to go the Isle of Wight??? Definitly the best Tom Clancy work put to film. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Ecxellent thriller
Yet another blockbuster from Harrison Ford. Good performances from Sean Bean and the little girl too.
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