Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014 by AverageMansReviews

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/terrorism/torture/amputation/shooting/stabbing/Russia involvement/drugs/vehicle crashing/man on woman violence/burning/drowning/medical

10 years later: broadly; we need the youngest version of Dr. Jack Ryan [Chris Pine:]he was briefly a marine that got seriously injured whilst serving this country, but every cloud has a silver lining, whilst rehabbing, he needs his soon-to-be girlfriend Dr. Catherine "Cathy" Muller [Keira Knightley:] she has no idea of his other life, but I digress; he works these private banks on Wall Street, looking out for financial discrepancies, but of course this is just to cover up he actually works for the CIA as Financial Intelligence as an analyst, eventually he finds something massive. So he has to report this to the person that gave him this opportunity; Cmdr Thomas Harper [Kevin Costner:] he works for the CIA.

Generally speaking: the framework, pacing and action; the framework and pacing of this 105 minutes film is very quickly tiresome as we the audience jump roughly from here to there, in place and time jumps such as I said earlier that some point 10 years later, that even at this early stage I was beginning to switch off mentally anyway; I will say this now so I don't have to repeat myself, even by this early stage it is already beginning this film feels really slow even though in the action sequences it may really quick, it just feels like they are actually slow and mundane. Speaking of that action sequences themselves; in conjunction with what I have just said they are very ordinary and nothing stands out in the slightest, I mean later on in the film Dr. Ryan in a tight situation without giving too much away in a nutshell finds himself escaping through this secret passageway and for creativity, imagination and/or action sequences I should point out; that in itself is it everything else you would expect from this genre of action or just a general action film.

Character developments, comedy and performances; they are safe and reliable solid versions of their character types, we have an argument between these two doctors in front of the commander; this was comical and for the performances they are/were likewise a solid version of their character types.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; as I may have indicated by now this film is so boring, yet somehow it has some awards accredited to it; 3 Nominees which includes 2 from the same award ceremony/event just different times Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Saturn Awards 2014 Best Action/Adventure Film and 2019 Best DVD/Blu-Ray Collection Release Jack Ryan: 5 Film Collection Shared with: The Hunt for Red October Patriot Games Clear and Present Danger The Sum of All Fears