In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. Here, Ryan is dealing with a terrifying new problem: a nuclear weapon has fallen into the hands of foreign terrorists who are .. Read more
| Starring | Ciaran Hinds, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell |
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| Director | Phil Alden Robinson |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
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In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. Here, Ryan is dealing with a terrifying new problem: a nuclear weapon has fallen into the hands of foreign terrorists who are determined to create a war between Russia and the U.S.
As the film begins, a South African arms dealer (Colm Feore) acquires a long-lost nuclear weapon and sells it, at great profit, to a resurgent group of fascists led by Dressler (Alan Bates), who plans to lure the U.S. and Russia into a war. Soon after, the Russian premiere dies and the relatively unknown Nemerov (Ciaran Hinds) replaces him. But U.S. president Fowler (James Cromwell) smells a rat, and calls CIA chief William Cabot (Morgan Freeman) and special agent Jack Ryan (Affleck), the junior analyst who has been researching Nemerov, into action.
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS is a powerful addition to Tom Clancy's techno-thriller series. Affleck is effective, and there are notable supporting performances from Freeman, Cromwell, Feore, Hinds, Bates, and Liev Schreiber as a CIA operative. Director Phil Alden Robinson manages the action with great skill. Particularly notable are the terrifying nuclear attack and the sequence of final reckonings intercut with Puccini's beautiful aria "Nessun Dorma."
| Starring | Ciaran Hinds, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Ciar?n Hinds, Bridget Moynahan, Ciarán Hinds, Colm Feore |
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| Director | Phil Alden Robinson |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT (UK) |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 59 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Top Thrillers, The Tom Clancy Collection |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Czech |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Croatian, Icelandic, Dutch, Lithuanian, Finnish, Romanian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Norwegian, French, English, Swedish, Arabic, Turkish, Polish |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 24 Feb 2003 |
Bombastic hokum that uses the destruction of Boston by nuclear bomb solely to show off the gung-ho attitude of its hero, dourly played by the uincharismatic Affleck; it never recovers from this miscalculation.
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This is a so-so spy thriller with Ben Affleck playing Jack Ryan, the character previously played by Harrison Ford. It is not really clear what the story is ... read more »
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An intelligent film.
This is a film I have watched a number of times and each time I have thought it a fantastic watch. It is not a guns blazing, car chase sort of movie, but a ... read more »
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Very enjoyable film, thought provoking and worth watching.
I’ve only just today watched 'The Sum of All Fears' and thought it very enjoyable, thought provoking, well made and immensely watchable. I also ... read more »
Angelina Jolie's dreams of returning to the big screen as top spy Evelyn Salt look like becoming a reality - director Phillip Noyce wants to make a sequel. And the ambitious director would like Ben Affleck and Tom Cruise, who was originally slated to play Salt, to guest in the film. Noyce tells Eonline.com, "Hopefully within a couple of years, we'll have one (sequel). Angelina's so great in this part that when audiences see the movie they're going to feel like it's only just the beginning. "I... Read more
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