Awesome Movie

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

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

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

A mediocre movie. The acting is optimal. The dialogue is optimal. The plot is just good enough. The tension is about seeing other people figuring things out that the movie shows you from the start... You know more than the characters, and that's not super compelling.

Good thriller and captivating storyline which gives the sense of world war 3. this is a very late review but I enjoy the movie. couldn't careless what other people say because I haven't read the book

(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.

The Sum of All Fears is a good movie with a well written storyline and a great cast.It is a very good thriller and it has some great special effects as well,but I didn't find any of the action or dialogue very breathtaking.Its definitely the worst Jack Ryan film to date,although I did really enjoy Ben Affleck as Ryan,he's certainly no Harrison Ford but he was definitely better than Alec Baldwin,I would have liked to see more Ryan films with Affleck in the main role but it dosen't seem like that will be happening anytime soon.I wasn't impressed with the amount of screen time Morgan Freeman received,they made it seem like he was a very main character in this but he probably had 20 minutes of screen time,I was surprised to see James Cromwell in this,I thinks he's an underrated actor who would rarely star in movies like this,but he played an important role and did a great job.Fans of previous Jack Ryan films won't love it,but you won't hate it either,Sum of All Fears is an enjoyable movie that I would recommend to anyone looking for a good thriller or drama if it's ever on television. Jack Ryan must prevent the plans of a terrorist organisation that is trying to start huge conflict between Russia and the USA. Best Performance: James Cromwell