
After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Jack Ryan, studying at the London School of Economics, becomes a U.S. Marine fighting in Afghanistan, where his spine is critically injured when his helicopter is shot down. During the recovery, he meets Cathy Muller, the medical student helping him learn to walk again, and Thomas Harper, an official with the C.I.A. who recruits him. Ten years later, Ryan is working on Wall Street covertly for the C.I.A., looking for suspect financial tran... (Full plot summary below)
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After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Jack Ryan, studying at the London School of Economics, becomes a U.S. Marine fighting in Afghanistan, where his spine is critically injured when his helicopter is shot down. During the recovery, he meets Cathy Muller, the medical student helping him learn to walk again, and Thomas Harper, an official with the C.I.A. who recruits him. Ten years later, Ryan is working on Wall Street covertly for the C.I.A., looking for suspect financial transactions that would indicate terrorist activity. He discovers that trillions of dollars held by Russian organizations have disappeared, funds controlled by Viktor Cherevin. Ryan's employer conducts business with Cherevin, so when Ryan discovers certain accounts are inaccessible to him as an auditor, he has reason to visit Moscow and investigate. When investigating, he discovers a plot that is related to the 9/11 attacks. Now he has to figure out the what, where, and when.
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| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis is a conventional Hollywood spy action film, but Chris Pine shows he is up to the mark as Jack Ryan. Now, if they can just find a smarter script next time ... |
| Spectrum (St. George, Utah)Bruce BennettNothing new re-boot of the Tom Clancy espionage wherein we learn the Russians are the bad guys...Again. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey[VIDEO ESSAY] For a no frills spy thriller, Kenneth Branagh directs a respectable rendering of Tom Clancy's well-worn Jack Ryan superspy character. Still, Branagh is no action-film director, and it shows. |
| FromTheBalconyBill ClarkA lean, old-school espionage thriller that never tries to be more than it is, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a very pleasant surprise. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThis is moviemaking in a modular mode, an inspiration-free action adventure — with cheesy cinematography — that fills its modest running time by fitting together familiar elements into something reliably, even insistently, not new. |
| BeliefnetNell MinowDirector Kenneth Branagh's biggest mistake was in the casting of the villain: Kenneth Branagh. |
| ChrisStuckmann.comChris StuckmannThe vulnerability of the Jack Ryan character is still present, something very important that keeps us rooting for him. |
| New England Movies WeeklyDaniel M. KimmelIt turns out to be a solid thriller with a strong cast, some great set pieces, and a set up for many more films to come. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThis reboot may not exactly be a game changer, but it does its job in getting the series' established game back up and running in crowd-pleasing fashion. |
| Zaki's CornerZaki HasanA serviceable enough entry that, had Paramount been more diligent about keeping the series plugging along, we'd probably already talking about the next one. |