It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2 And A Half Out Of 5Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a plot driven spy thriller about a newbie whose professional and personal life is hanging on a thread. The premise does give away the emotional drama that it would draw out at such stuffs which it does but in appropriate proportion and doesn't take its potential concept for granted. There is a lot less of thrill in its first act since it spends too much of time on setting each character's perspective and their sub-plots that are mundane. The makers does know how to keep the crisp alive on screen especially in its last act which is fast and exhilarating if flawed. There are few moments that gets the depiction right, without any restraints from commercial cinema and one can easily pick out such moments where the Branagh is having a time of his life on executing it. The writing, as mentioned earlier, is good on bits and pieces, it fluctuates a lot from cheesy to impressive where the rest of it is goofy. It is rich on technical aspects like stunning visuals, live locations, alluring d.o.p. and sharp sound effects. And on the other hand falls flatly on background score, cinematography and editing. Pine is fast and on track if not entirely up to the mark with an amazing cast like Knightley, Costner and Branagh supporting him equally. Branagh; the director, as mentioned, has taken it lightly and has grasped its tone perfectly to create the anticipated impact. Fast paced last act, electrifying sound effects and intriguing conversations are the high points of the feature. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a wise choice but sloppy adaptation on terms of writing since there either is no room or lots of empty space in the table; an uneven script.

It's always hard, when you're the fan of an original, to watch a modern remake and give it a fair chance. If you loved Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan movies, I'm not sure how you'll react to this reboot with Chris Pine. I never saw the originals, so to me, this was a brand new action movie.I wouldn't call myself an "action movie gal" but I do enjoy the genre. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit earns a place at the top in my book, right up there with Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible movies. The action scenes are exciting, and between Kenneth Branagh's menacing Russian bad guy tactics and Kevin Costner's air of mystery, the tension keeps you hooked throughout. Also, usually in action movies there's some sort of comic relief. Sometimes the humor is stupid, but not in this one. There's a clever banter written in for the lovebirds, and it gives you a laugh without making the movie silly.Now, I'm the first to admit my bias, so here it goes: Keira Knightly is my favorite modern actress. Keira plays Chris Pine's girlfriend; even though she doesn't have a very big part, she is my favorite part of the movie and the reason I keep watching it. I mean, what man alive wouldn't go to the ends of the earth to keep her out of harm's way? Shadow Recruit is a really good action flick, perfect for a guys' or girls' weekend. And there aren't any sex scenes, so it's a great date movie, with eye candy for both of you!

This film tells the story of a economics university student, who is recruited by the CIA to fight against financial crime. He quickly stumbles upon a series of mysterious accounts when he is working undercover in a financial company, thereby uncovering a terrorism plot."Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" tells an thrilling story about a man having to face a Russian crook who have masterminded an elaborate terrorist plot. Though he has much support from his team, there are many occasions where danger is real and imminent. It delivers thrills and excitement, and the stylish office in Russia is pleasing to look at too. I enjoyed watching this film.

What Jack Ryan suffered most from, was a script that wasn't smart enough, to out-smart the the villains, pretty well thought out plan. The villain's plan is an "8" so to speak, but the hero's counter attack, is a 5... That compromises the films' integrity, logic and enjoyment.Jack Ryan couldn't live up to what I imagine was a plan roughly a decade in the making by Viktor Cherevin, but that probability wasn't portrayed too well either.All Kenneth Branagh did, to make Jack appear to be the smarter adversary, was him constantly making Jack inexplicably figure out Viktor's moves. Truth be told, given this particular story, Viktor had to win, but of course, he had to lose because of, because.Then there are all those badly edited scenes, so much so that, you can feel that, there is probably a good extra hour of footage that we'll never see, because it perhaps, was decidedly badly handled or it was directed into the ground and even more unimaginative. The final scene being the worst. The action is lack luster, the suspense is thrown to the wayside and it's end... Huh. Honestly,this is a movie, where if the villain won, it would've been so much more interesting, than Jack jumping out of a van, and then... Nothing exciting.Clearly it was meant to be a series... Sadly, it was seriesly (seriously), "non compliant, officer".When it started, it was lingering on 6. Then Mr Branagh engaged, enough to bring it to a 7... But then, somewhere, somehow, it plummeted.