Why so much hype?

hyped garbage

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Great adaption of the book and superbly well acted throughout.

(Originally reviewed: 29/03/2017) What could have been a mindless, assault on the ears like a Michael Bay film actually turned out as well crafted, fairly intelligent thriller, that can outcome its flaws by not barraging the audience with sequences of constant destruction, Screenwriters Daniel Pyne, Paul Attanasio and director Phil Robinson have treaded carefully and the result is an effective, well-made picture. The special effects and the sound editing are fairly decent and the cast is full of respectable actors like Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman and Bridget Moynahan (The Recruit) and each performance is pretty good. Also among the cast are James Cromwell (L.A Confidential), Liev Schreiber (Ransom) and Lisa Gay Hamilton (Contact).The story is fairly simple, and though there are one or two unnecessary side plot's, the main story is engaging and always interesting, Affleck play's Jack Ryan, an ex-military man, now historian who help's figure out what's going on, he basically helps the CIA, and his girlfriend played by Bridget Moynahan (Cathy Muller), a nurse at a Baltimore hospital is basically there too create a decent romance, and later on treat the injured people of the nuclear attack, and is also adequate, Freeman plays DCI William Cabot, the right hand man of the president, and as usual is effortlessly compelling, Cromwell play's the president, very well, Live Schreiber play's secret operative John Clark, a mysterious character with an unknown background, he is working for Cabot and Schreiber really does give a solid performance here, he's perfectly cast. Lisa Gay Hamilton play's a presidential member of staff and she's brief but effective. In truth there's plenty of adequate performances here, it would take ages to name everyone.However there were some things that just didn't work like a subplot that hints at Affleck's character being responsible for handing the weapons over to the real bombers, but it's a mere accusation that never goes anywhere, it felt slightly incoherent and was so brief that even the main story ignored going any further with it. Another is a close up of a cigarette machine that is wired with explosives, yet it's never seen again in the picture, so I'm guessing they forgot about it and opted not to use it, but yet it was also unnecessary to be there in the first place, last but not least is the villain, he has no character development at all, you see him briefly but not much is known about him except a name, he barely has any screen time, which is fairly surprising, and it would have been more interesting to know who was responsible and what their motives were for performing such a terrible crime, all there is in this department, is to assume he's under orders, and is working for these evil eastern European politicians.It would have been nice for a bit more insight into parts of the story, but for what it's worth the film brushes off these holes and delivers a well thought out climax that makes enough sense to easily be worth recommending. I'll concede the film isn't that enjoyable but it has hints of amusing, appropriate humour in the first half such as another 007 reference, and a scene where Freeman tells Affleck to tell his girlfriend that he's working for the CIA in which she hangs up and Freeman laughs, as they both know she isn't going to accept that as a believable excuse for him missing there dinner reservation that was due that night. But after that there's scenes of sadness including a football stadium being reduced to dust, in which many people lose their lives, and other scenes of disaster like the deaths of major character's and scenes of discomfort, but at least it's purpose is not to produce mindless entertainment out of a tragic event, like I said earlier Phil Robinson and Daniel Pyne ensure the film is serious, tense and carefully executed, which is one of the reasons it's worth seeing, it's not a clichéd, braindead action film, despite having one or two clichés of course, it's more of a serviceable thriller that possesses political insight, good performances and a satisfying, well-crafted conclusion.

I don't know why both this movie and Ben Affleck have to be that bad? First of all, this movie is about the Germans trying to ridicule both Russians and Americans by stealing the bombs from both country and framing them like the bomb was launched by the middle east by placing the bomb in a Baltimore NFL stadium where the president is meeting at.Secondly, Ben Affleck did okay as novice type of Jack Ryan in a weak way. Although, he did a good job analyzing it along the way. But you should know that is a prequel Jack Ryan film before The Hunt Of Red October film with Jack Ryan, as a fully-entered CIA analyst and newly married type, played by young Alec Baldwin.If they had filmed this movie before The Hunt Of Red October, than this entire first-run jack Ryan film sequel will be overrated, TBH, IMO.

The Sum Of All Fears is an action/political thriller that features Jack Ryan,the famous CIA spy developed by Tom Clancy.This is the fourth film about the character that was based on Clancy's novel with the same title after the likes of The Hunt For Red October,Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger were made into films. In it,it features a younger Jack Ryan portrayed by Ben Affleck.The cast also includes Morgan Freeman and Bridget Moynahan. Phil Alden Robinson directed it.The President of Russia passed away and he is succeeded by an unknown whom little information is known.This causes panic to many nations especially the United States.To pacify the fears felt by many,the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Bill Cabot recruits Jack Ryan,a young analyst working from the Russia desk to gather information and provide insight.But many events happen such as the capital of Chechnya is leveled by a nuclear bomb.Then fear intensifies especially when terrorist threats are being made to the U.S.It is now up to Jack Ryan to prevent these threats or another world war could happen anytime soon.This new Jack Ryan film is somewhat unrealistic and lacks plausibility particularly with the events that could happen particularly in the international front and the political motivations behind the countries involved in conflict.The bomb being set at a Superbowl was somewhat cheesy although it did manage to provide suspense to the story.Added to that,we get to see the new character more of a heartthrob rather than an intelligence expert.While many female fans may not disapprove of that especially with Affleck playing the lead role,it is distracting and it somewhat takes away many substances that Tom Clancy's novels want to provide his intended audience.It made a lot of money more than ten years ago.Although it was far from a typical Clancy novel and what intelligence spies are all about,it will definitely provide entertainment and great musical soundtrack.While this may displease many critics and the serious moviegoer,an average fan may not find displeasure in it for it was definitely a fun movie for them especially if they like Mission Impossible and James Bond films.