As a violinist, I had the privilege of performing on the score for this film and working with composer James Horner. The very first cue we recorded was for the convoy ambush scene and OMG, it was an amazing experience. Have fun, everyone!
Remember the time Obama gave guns he thinks American citizens shouldn't be allowed to have to drug cartels, and got nothin in return? Guns that were used to kill US border agents? Or the time he used drone strikes to murder US citizens without trial? Or how he, like Nixon, stole information from an opposing party's campaign? Probably not. We only talk about it when certain presidents do terrible things.
This is a really good film. I remember it was always playing on TV growing up and I never actually saw it in order as a result lol. The ambush scene is one of the tensest set pieces of the 1990s
I enjoyed Alec Baldwin's performance in Hunt for Red October very much, he seemed more vulnerable than Ford. It was good for the character to make him an analyst who is way out of his depth when thrown into the midst of naval operations in the North Atlantic, thrown into cold water, quite literally.
Quality trilogy with an odd cast change that really makes it work even today. Baldwin was such a great "naive" young "Jack" and then "Ford" is "grizzled" and more hardened in each sequel. Love to marathon them. I'm a former Marine and was in I.T. in the Federal Government, when this was released, so it's near and dear to my heart.
The Sum of All Fears... I liked it. You have to take these movies as chronicles of the same character, that don't necessarily connect with each other... A bit like James Bond movies. New side characters, new setting, same kind of feeling though. I'd vote YES for you to see it. :)
It’s not really a true sequel though. It’s simply a movie using some of the same characters that happens to come after the aforementioned film. It doesn’t continue the same storyline. If it did, then it would be a sequel.
If the movies had been done in the right sequence, it would be (first) The Sum of All Fears, then Patriot Games, then The Hunt For Red October and finally, Debt of Honor (not made).
@@qwertymanor Authors frequently write stories in sequence. When they draw the interest of a publisher, the publisher will look at the material, then decide what comes first. In the case of Clive Cussler. his editor chose Raise the Titanic because just the name of the ship would draw interest, even though four books had been written first (those four books would be published after Raise the Titanic, Night Probe and Deep Six were big sellers. Same thing happened with Tom Clancy. His publisher felt Red October was more marketable, then the other books were published. Red October was filmed first, then Patriot Games, then Clear & Present Danger and then Sum of All Fears. Debt of Honor was never filmed for many reasons but it is VERY obvious that Osama Bin Laden read the book.
One of the movies I have no idea why no one has done. And Sherlock Holmes. The Italian Job/Wahlberg. Denzel's Fallen and The Pelican Brief. City Island. And a bunch of others that haven't been touched.
I don't know if you like reading or not Shan. But if you do, as good as these films are, the books are much much better. They go a lot more into depth.
The Jack Ryan series from Clancy himself are excellent. The subseqent authors in the series are good but just don't have the magic Tom had. I still have enjoyed them, though.
The Sum of all Fears is Worth watching Shan! It ups the game a bit and brings some relevant ideas to the front. As an "almost" 55 year old Male, I grew up during the Paranoid era in the 80's...as far as Politics and War went. I watched this movie in a co-workers apartment...and later bought it on DVD. Ben didn't do "that bad" of a job playing Jack Ryan in my opinion...any more than all the actors to portray James Bond in movies... Thanks for reacting to this movie!!! It was a Step Above Patriot Games and solidified Jack Ryan as an iconic Character in future movies (no I haven't watched the latest movie...yet...).
I'd vote yes for The Sum of all Fears. It would be most closely considered a prequel from a movie standpoint but it's also a reboot. Jack Ryan is a new analyst for The Company when the events take place but it's set in the timeframe of it's release with modernized technology and world affairs.
The film is also satisfying because it contrasts men of honor, the James Earl Jones character, Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, men who keep their word, vs the president and his lackeys, men of didhonor. It is a little simplistic, but it works dramatically.
Thanks for doing this reaction. This is only the 2nd reaction I've been able to find of this movie. The first, by Popcorn in Bed, was actually the first movie reaction I ever watched.
This film is my favorite in the Jack Ryan series. I had a VHS copy of it that I recorded off of HBO at the time. I watched it countless times. It was great to hear your analysis of a film that I know so well. Great job again, Shan.
Ryan's back and knees are shot, which is why he's an analyst and not a field agent. They briefly mentioned it in Red October, a helicopter accident, when he washed out of the military.
Clark and Chavez are the characters in Rainbow 6 book. Clark is usually the behind the scenes guy doing the dirty work in a lot of the novels. Chavez is is sidekick in about half.
Loved your reaction, Shan. This is, imo, a great film. Regarding 90s thriller/action films of substance, easily my very favorite is In The Line Of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood also with John Malkovich giving one of his best performances. I highly recommend it. Keep up the great work!
Tom Clancy's best selling Cold War thrillers were great reading! But they were so rich with textural details of his fictional espionage world, that all the threads and side plots and subplots were difficult to keep in mind, unless you binged the whole book. Great travel reads, so immersive.
I'd seen this movie as a kid, but it was Rainbow 6, the game, that introduced me to Clark and Chavez etc. And then, as I saw this movie again, those characters became much more important. Chavez was always one of the best soldiers to have around just as he is in the movie :D
This is a solid film, I think it’s better than Patriot Games but Hunt for Red October is a incredible film. The Sum of All Fears is next and it’s underwhelming.
"These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States." Fun Fact: The Oval Office set was originally built for Dave (1993). What Script Fact: Ryan's (Harrison Ford) line asking Ritter (Henry Czerny) if he played tennis (to distract him during the computer showdown) was ad-libbed. Lost In Adaptation Fact: In Tom Clancy's novel, Ryan (Harrison Ford) breaks into Ritter's (Henry Czerny) safe to obtain the damning documents. The filmmakers thought that was too clichéd for film and created the dueling computers scene instead. Location Location Fact: The drug lord mansion destroyed by the missile was a real brick-and-mortar residence in Mexico purchased by the filmmakers from a divorcée who had unpleasant memories of the place. The filmmakers bought the mansion and destroyed it. The divorcée kept the land and presumably built a new house after clearing out the rubble.
@@AMERICANNERD76 I read both of those last year and loved them. Although, I think the military battle scenes would be somewhat expensive to film, especially for Executive Orders.
A fantastic film. I do think the Sum of All Fears is definitely worth a watch/reaction from you. I'm still holding out hope one day you can check out the film Buffalo Soldiers (2001), an excellent cast and unique plot
I enjoyed "The Sum Of All Fears", I think it's worth watching. The series is pretty good also with John Krasinski and "Shadow Recruit" is decent also with Chris Pine. May as well watch all of them.
While I didn't buy Han Solo as Jack Ryan in Patriot Games, I was able to accept him in the role this time. Clear and Present Danger is my second-favorite Clancy adaptation--after The Hunt for Red October, of course.
I kind of geeked out a little when I noticed a young Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) during the sniper testing. Jack Ryan is always seen as a boyscott, someone you looked up to. I enjoyed the character growing up. Ben Affleck wasn't the greatest in Sum of All Fears and the movie felt very short like they didn't spend too much time on story, but there was some good scenes.
This reminds me of Sicario, where the main character is a girl-scout couched inside an illegal war. In a way, both characters are do-gooders and not by doing good, staying within the law but they are serving a larger illegal regime, so sort of good and bad at the same time.
I enjoyed “The Sum of All Fears”. It is very relevant to the state of affairs in our world. None of the Clancy movies hold a candle to the books, though.
I know Ritter was looked at as one of the 'bad guys', but the more I watched this movie growing up the more I realized if I was in his shoes I would have done exactly what he did. Now, you can say he should have played the 'boy scout' role like Jack, but in the real world I wouldn't see Ritter as the bad guy.
I think what makes Ritter and Cutter the unequivocal villains here is the way they sell out the troops. You can make an argument that their actions in going after the cartels is both reasonable and a criminal act of war- that is just how nation states work with covert ops, etc. But, it is their total disregard for looking after their own that displays their total lack of morals. One of Clancy's major themes throughout many of his books is this amoralistic approach to politics. The 'good guys' are always those who retain their moral authority even if they commit exceedingly violent acts. Clark is a good example- he's a good man despite the fact that in Without Remorse he goes on a serial killing rampage through Baltimore- but he only kills gangsters and his acts are generally applauded despite being a vigilante. Cutter and Ritter perform similar acts to Clark (and here, recruit him) and in some ways are difficult to distinguish from Clark, but their corruption is to leave their own people behind, which Clancy/Clark/Ryan find abominable.
@@juvandy Keep in mind though that it's Cutter who is in charge. Ritter is just his lead pony and follows directions from his boss. As I mentioned before, Ritter could quit or turn Cutter in, but that is not the real world. And that's what makes Jack Ryan a hero. Boy scout that he is 😉
The Sum Of All Fears is before The Hunt For Red October. Yes, it's worth it. There's also Shadow Recruit before that one. They should have made another or two ending to his retirement like Spy Game.
Joaquim de Almeida is always great every time I see him in a movie. It's fun that he's Ryan's main enemy, and that the two intelligence operatives come to physical blows in the end.
Personally I like The Sum of all Fears. Obviously it suffers from Ben Affleck not being Harrison Ford (I know controversial opinion 😅😂) but still a solid movie.
Love this movie. Much better than Patriot Games. A really good political action thriller. The Sum of All Fears is also great. It's from Phil Alden Robinson who made the brilliant Field of Dreams and Sneakers.
For more movies about the drug trade from South America to the US, and the latter nation's war on drugs and the drug cartels, check out Sicario (2015) and Traffic (2000). Great movies both, with spectacular casts. :)
It's very accurate in terms of backstabbing drug groups and corrupt politics. The best scene is between Cutter & Cortez, an accurate summary of the drug trade reality.
Surprisingly, this was the first Jack Ryan movie I saw. I first saw it in 2001 while my grandma was in the hospital (she eventually passed away) when I was 12. I first saw Hunt for Red October in 2011 at 22. And I first saw Patriot Games in 2021 at 32. What is it with years ending in 1? Lol
I love this trilogy. When The Sum of All Fears cane out, I watched it, but with a chip on my shoulder as I felt Affleck was a poor casting choice. The film has since grown on me. While nowhere near as good as Red October, Patriot Games, or C&PD, it's still a pretty decent political thriller and is worth a watch. Ben Affleck is forgettable as Jack Ryan, but Liev Schreiber picks up the character of John Clark from Willem Dafoe in C&PD.
Why would you think that Jack Ryan doesn't have a character flaw? His naivete is the defining weakness he has for this movie, and it enables others to run circles around him and trap him into conspiracies. He is good, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a flaw. His growth is that he becomes a very active character in the second part, rescuing the stranded soldiers
The Sum Of All Fears is indeed a sequel (for the book series) however because they recast Ryan they chose to make it "earlier" in Jack Ryan's career. The book is, of course, much much better but the movie is still worth watching. However I did read the book first so I may have filled in parts of the story without realizing it.
Definitely watch the Sum of All Fears....Affleck does a good young Jack Ryan...and cmon...Morgan Freeman?? You can't go wrong. Tom Clancy wrote the Jack Ryan series....he's an excellent thriller author along with the dark side of politics. Characters like Clark (Dafoe) and Chavez are regular Characters. Definitely give those a read.
I think Ryans whole weakness through the movie is he's an analysist/nerd/bookworm family man who expects others to act with integrity. The minute he goes south he is out his depth and relies on his wits to survive and escape. I still don't know what other weakness he needs to have, some people are honest and do their job. This movie clearly shows what happens when people of power are corrupt or vengeful. Sum of All fears, can't remember the plot which says much for a weak sequel and the passing of the Jack Ryan torch to Ben Affleck.
Raymond Cruz was in everything in the 80s and 90s. By the time he was in BB, it was like, “Hey, it’s that guy who was in everything. Damn, he got fat and old!” 😂
Sum of All Fears is another good one though i like the others w/ Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin a bit more. The last gift my dad got me before he passed away in early 2019 was one of the more recent Jack Ryan books at the time, Power and Empire.
I don't usually say this - but the book was SO much better than the movie. I love Harrison Ford as Ryan but they missed some of the greatest beats and scenes from the books that they could have included here. It was a good movie - but it could have been a great movie.
A really great movie. Other great Harrison movies are Frantic , Regarding Henry and Firewall. Also the next Jack Ryan is also great The Sum Of All Fears with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.
What Lies Beneath, a very different Harrison Ford movie but the real star is Michelle Pfeiffer. A perfect Halloween movie to watch for Shan to watch 2023!!!
As always, Shan and his reactions and great reviews. However, your like Stanley Kubrick as they are far and in between. Wish there were more. Now you should join your fellow reactors and I hope you have not seen it yet. Everything, Everywhere, All At Once (2022). You are missing one of the most original movies. All reactors have watched mostly and thought the movie the best movie they ever seen. And it stars, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, (Shortround from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom), Jamie Lee Curtis, etc etc. This movie had killed it at the Academy Awards, best movie, best actor, best actress, etc etc. The etc really means something. Love to hear your thoughts. Everyone from Patreon needs to vote for Shan's reaction and review of this movie next, 🙏
What you say at about 25:30 is precisely what makes me disinterested in most modern films. For me, a well-crafted script can make or break any movie, whatever its budget. Another great draw for me are practical effects, such as you will find in twentieth century movies. Groundbreaking CGI, such as in Jurassic Park or Lord of the Rings certainly is glorious (alongside their great scripts and acting), but nowadays, you can CGI any visual, so what's the point? I seriously could care less about the MCU or DCU although I used to collect the comics way back when they were 12¢ each.
Great choice, one of my favorites from childhood. Also Sum of all Fears is worth watching, it’s not quite as good as clear and present danger, but it’s still good.
25:28 I agree with your sentiment but this was a high budget movie. At 65m this movie had a higher budget than Forrest Gump and Stargate, both at about 55m that same year. Not that surprising when you have such huge stars on location shoots, I think this was peak Harrison Ford payroll days.
The only thing that didn’t make sense in the movie vs the book is the secretary. It didn’t make sense kill her and lose a contact within the administration. In the book, she was just abandoned and she was left with a broken heart and possibly legal trouble for her involvement.
The "Sum of all Fears" is easily the worst of the Jack Ryan films because it was poorly told. It is a perfect example of someone who read the book and forgets to add important details to forward the story when creating the screenplay. If you watch it, you will see the plot holes, especially if you don't read the books first.
13:50 - Horner reuses a discordant clatter in several of his movie scores. Pelican Brief, Clear and Present Danger, and Apollo 13 all have the same sound byte. (About 1h 2m into Pelican Brief.)
14:26 saw them film this scene! lol…filmed on the flight line outside the passenger terminal at Andrews AFB near Washington DC….it’s the actual parking spot for Air Force One. I was stationed there in 93-94. Worked with the guy standing next to Jack’s wife, saluting. Few months later I was in Georgetown when they were filming True Lies. The scene where Tom Arnold is sitting in the van & Arnold goes into the building (and kills the bad guys in the bathroom). Can’t believe it was over 30 years ago! lol
Delighted that you reacted to one of my favorite movies Shan! This movie never got the credit it deserved. The world could use more Jack Ryan’s. By the way, “Inside Man” with Denzel & Jodie Foster as well as the late Christopher Plumber is a fantastic movie. I hope you can react to it!
As a violinist, I had the privilege of performing on the score for this film and working with composer James Horner. The very first cue we recorded was for the convoy ambush scene and OMG, it was an amazing experience. Have fun, everyone!
I also worked on this film…in the back end profit participations department at Paramount. Lol 😂
@@BDogg2023 Cool! It takes all of us to make things happen!
@@garykuovideos Wow, thanks for your work. Do you still perform for film composers?
@@richardadesmond You’re welcome! I became a composer and do that full-time now.
@@garykuovideos great. What other work have you done?
Sum of All Fears is a must watch. There's one moment in it that still gives me chills after all these years. Unforgettable.
For me simply one of THE best Harrison Ford movies and a darn good thriller.
The Iran-Contra affair is essentially what this book was about.
Remember the time Obama gave guns he thinks American citizens shouldn't be allowed to have to drug cartels, and got nothin in return? Guns that were used to kill US border agents? Or the time he used drone strikes to murder US citizens without trial? Or how he, like Nixon, stole information from an opposing party's campaign? Probably not. We only talk about it when certain presidents do terrible things.
This is a really good film. I remember it was always playing on TV growing up and I never actually saw it in order as a result lol. The ambush scene is one of the tensest set pieces of the 1990s
Excellent, I wish Harrison Ford did more Jack Ryan movies.
We need president Ryan and rainbow six
I enjoyed Alec Baldwin's performance in Hunt for Red October very much, he seemed more vulnerable than Ford. It was good for the character to make him an analyst who is way out of his depth when thrown into the midst of naval operations in the North Atlantic, thrown into cold water, quite literally.
Quality trilogy with an odd cast change that really makes it work even today. Baldwin was such a great "naive" young "Jack" and then "Ford" is "grizzled" and more hardened in each sequel. Love to marathon them. I'm a former Marine and was in I.T. in the Federal Government, when this was released, so it's near and dear to my heart.
Henry Czerny, who played Ritter, also played Kittridge in the first Mission Impossible. Great actor, especially at playing shady characters.
You should check out his return on Dead Reckoning, Part 1.
The Sum of All Fears... I liked it. You have to take these movies as chronicles of the same character, that don't necessarily connect with each other... A bit like James Bond movies. New side characters, new setting, same kind of feeling though. I'd vote YES for you to see it. :)
Willem Dafoe: you know, I'm something of an operator myself.
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For years I had no idea that Clear and Present Danger was a sequel to Patriot Games.
It’s not really a true sequel though. It’s simply a movie using some of the same characters that happens to come after the aforementioned film. It doesn’t continue the same storyline. If it did, then it would be a sequel.
If the movies had been done in the right sequence, it would be (first) The Sum of All Fears, then Patriot Games, then The Hunt For Red October and finally, Debt of Honor (not made).
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@@qwertymanor Authors frequently write stories in sequence. When they draw the interest of a publisher, the publisher will look at the material, then decide what comes first. In the case of Clive Cussler. his editor chose Raise the Titanic because just the name of the ship would draw interest, even though four books had been written first (those four books would be published after Raise the Titanic, Night Probe and Deep Six were big sellers. Same thing happened with Tom Clancy. His publisher felt Red October was more marketable, then the other books were published. Red October was filmed first, then Patriot Games, then Clear & Present Danger and then Sum of All Fears. Debt of Honor was never filmed for many reasons but it is VERY obvious that Osama Bin Laden read the book.
I really hope Spy Games comes across this list sometime. Such a great movie.
This!
One of the movies I have no idea why no one has done. And Sherlock Holmes. The Italian Job/Wahlberg. Denzel's Fallen and The Pelican Brief. City Island. And a bunch of others that haven't been touched.
I don't know if you like reading or not Shan. But if you do, as good as these films are, the books are much much better. They go a lot more into depth.
The Jack Ryan series from Clancy himself are excellent. The subseqent authors in the series are good but just don't have the magic Tom had. I still have enjoyed them, though.
The Sum of all Fears is Worth watching Shan! It ups the game a bit and brings some relevant ideas to the front. As an "almost" 55 year old Male, I grew up during the Paranoid era in the 80's...as far as Politics and War went. I watched this movie in a co-workers apartment...and later bought it on DVD. Ben didn't do "that bad" of a job playing Jack Ryan in my opinion...any more than all the actors to portray James Bond in movies... Thanks for reacting to this movie!!! It was a Step Above Patriot Games and solidified Jack Ryan as an iconic Character in future movies (no I haven't watched the latest movie...yet...).
The Sum of All Fears is a guilty pleasure. You HAVE to watch it!
It's entertaining. That's the best I can say about it.
I rank it about even with George Clooney's 'Peacekeeper' 1997
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Sum of all fears has its flaws but it’s a guilty pleasure for me too. It’s worth the watch for sure
it's ok, but it has the least convincing John Clark, I mean, are people like Michael Biehn not available at the time?
@@joshchu i don't know, when did he make The Rock?
Always loved how "Felix" had the digital Jane's Catalog and "Jack" was thumbing through the printed volumes.
I'd vote yes for The Sum of all Fears. It would be most closely considered a prequel from a movie standpoint but it's also a reboot. Jack Ryan is a new analyst for The Company when the events take place but it's set in the timeframe of it's release with modernized technology and world affairs.
Sum of all Fears is my favorite! I really hope you'll watch it.
You are an underrated movie reviewer, one of only two which I watch and rate. Thanks as ever.
Who's the other?
The film is also satisfying because it contrasts men of honor, the James Earl Jones character, Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, men who keep their word, vs the president and his lackeys, men of didhonor. It is a little simplistic, but it works dramatically.
Thanks for doing this reaction. This is only the 2nd reaction I've been able to find of this movie. The first, by Popcorn in Bed, was actually the first movie reaction I ever watched.
This film is my favorite in the Jack Ryan series. I had a VHS copy of it that I recorded off of HBO at the time. I watched it countless times. It was great to hear your analysis of a film that I know so well. Great job again, Shan.
The switch to English from Spanish when Cortez visits Escobedo the first time is a callback to the switch from Russian in Red October.
Ryan's back and knees are shot, which is why he's an analyst and not a field agent. They briefly mentioned it in Red October, a helicopter accident, when he washed out of the military.
Clark and Chavez are the characters in Rainbow 6 book. Clark is usually the behind the scenes guy doing the dirty work in a lot of the novels. Chavez is is sidekick in about half.
Loved your reaction, Shan. This is, imo, a great film. Regarding 90s thriller/action films of substance, easily my very favorite is In The Line Of Fire, starring Clint Eastwood also with John Malkovich giving one of his best performances. I highly recommend it. Keep up the great work!
Tom Clancy's best selling Cold War thrillers were great reading! But they were so rich with textural details of his fictional espionage world, that all the threads and side plots and subplots were difficult to keep in mind, unless you binged the whole book. Great travel reads, so immersive.
You really had to be a Clancy fan to read Sum of All Fears lol. Tons of geopolitics and an entire chapter about a split-second of physics.
Best one by far. One of the best 3rd entries ever. One of the best movies of the 90s.
I'd seen this movie as a kid, but it was Rainbow 6, the game, that introduced me to Clark and Chavez etc.
And then, as I saw this movie again, those characters became much more important.
Chavez was always one of the best soldiers to have around just as he is in the movie :D
This is a solid film, I think it’s better than Patriot Games but Hunt for Red October is a incredible film. The Sum of All Fears is next and it’s underwhelming.
Yes...the Sum of All Fears is good movie. It's a prequel to these stories as Jack is a rookie analyst in the CIA and dating his future wife.
the novel take place after C&PD but Ford was too old and so they "rebooted" and made Jack at the beginning of his CIA career
@@chernobyl68 - Thanks but I was speaking about the movie only. Not the novel timeline. He is reviewing the movies not the books. LOL
The movie doesn't fit into the any timeline, it's just its own story
"These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States."
Fun Fact: The Oval Office set was originally built for Dave (1993).
What Script Fact: Ryan's (Harrison Ford) line asking Ritter (Henry Czerny) if he played tennis (to distract him during the computer showdown) was ad-libbed.
Lost In Adaptation Fact: In Tom Clancy's novel, Ryan (Harrison Ford) breaks into Ritter's (Henry Czerny) safe to obtain the damning documents. The filmmakers thought that was too clichéd for film and created the dueling computers scene instead.
Location Location Fact: The drug lord mansion destroyed by the missile was a real brick-and-mortar residence in Mexico purchased by the filmmakers from a divorcée who had unpleasant memories of the place. The filmmakers bought the mansion and destroyed it. The divorcée kept the land and presumably built a new house after clearing out the rubble.
The term 'Clear and Present Danger' is essentially a justification to take action that's contrary to the constitution.
Oaf ...The politics of this movie is beyond the scope of this comment. I try to keep trivia to filmmaking only.
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I wouldn’t say it's a great film, but I do think that the Sum of All Fears is 100% worth the watch!
Sum of All Fears is a great movie, maybe the best of them.
@MoMoMyPup10 I respectfully disagree. In my opinion, Clear and Present Danger is the best with the Hunt for Red October in a very close second.
The book is great!
@Steri Opticon agreed. I really wish they did movies for Debt of Honor and Executive Orders with Harrison Ford in them!
@@AMERICANNERD76 I read both of those last year and loved them. Although, I think the military battle scenes would be somewhat expensive to film, especially for Executive Orders.
A fantastic film. I do think the Sum of All Fears is definitely worth a watch/reaction from you. I'm still holding out hope one day you can check out the film Buffalo Soldiers (2001), an excellent cast and unique plot
"The Sum of all Fears" is excellent. Watch it, you will not be disappointed.
I still say that to anyone today when I’m joking about not knowing about something, “I have no recollection of that senator”.
I enjoyed "The Sum Of All Fears", I think it's worth watching. The series is pretty good also with John Krasinski and "Shadow Recruit" is decent also with Chris Pine. May as well watch all of them.
While I didn't buy Han Solo as Jack Ryan in Patriot Games, I was able to accept him in the role this time. Clear and Present Danger is my second-favorite Clancy adaptation--after The Hunt for Red October, of course.
I kind of geeked out a little when I noticed a young Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) during the sniper testing. Jack Ryan is always seen as a boyscott, someone you looked up to. I enjoyed the character growing up.
Ben Affleck wasn't the greatest in Sum of All Fears and the movie felt very short like they didn't spend too much time on story, but there was some good scenes.
I always remember liking this film when I would watch it, and also not being able to explain what it was about a few days later.
This reminds me of Sicario, where the main character is a girl-scout couched inside an illegal war. In a way, both characters are do-gooders and not by doing good, staying within the law but they are serving a larger illegal regime, so sort of good and bad at the same time.
"is it time we remake this movie?"
"we already did, it's called Days of the Soldado"
I enjoyed “The Sum of All Fears”. It is very relevant to the state of affairs in our world. None of the Clancy movies hold a candle to the books, though.
Yes. Been waiting for this. One of my fav harrison ford films. The whole cast is great!
The Sum of All Fears is a must.
I know Ritter was looked at as one of the 'bad guys', but the more I watched this movie growing up the more I realized if I was in his shoes I would have done exactly what he did. Now, you can say he should have played the 'boy scout' role like Jack, but in the real world I wouldn't see Ritter as the bad guy.
I think what makes Ritter and Cutter the unequivocal villains here is the way they sell out the troops. You can make an argument that their actions in going after the cartels is both reasonable and a criminal act of war- that is just how nation states work with covert ops, etc. But, it is their total disregard for looking after their own that displays their total lack of morals.
One of Clancy's major themes throughout many of his books is this amoralistic approach to politics. The 'good guys' are always those who retain their moral authority even if they commit exceedingly violent acts. Clark is a good example- he's a good man despite the fact that in Without Remorse he goes on a serial killing rampage through Baltimore- but he only kills gangsters and his acts are generally applauded despite being a vigilante. Cutter and Ritter perform similar acts to Clark (and here, recruit him) and in some ways are difficult to distinguish from Clark, but their corruption is to leave their own people behind, which Clancy/Clark/Ryan find abominable.
@@juvandy Keep in mind though that it's Cutter who is in charge. Ritter is just his lead pony and follows directions from his boss. As I mentioned before, Ritter could quit or turn Cutter in, but that is not the real world. And that's what makes Jack Ryan a hero. Boy scout that he is 😉
The Sum Of All Fears is before The Hunt For Red October. Yes, it's worth it. There's also Shadow Recruit before that one. They should have made another or two ending to his retirement like Spy Game.
All the Jack Ryan movies are great. The books are absolutely awesome! You should absolutely watch The Sum of All Fears.
This film reminds me of the 'Iran-Contra' affair. America conveniently chooses to forget the corruption Reagan was involved in. Good film though.
Joaquim de Almeida is always great every time I see him in a movie. It's fun that he's Ryan's main enemy, and that the two intelligence operatives come to physical blows in the end.
You, sir are an expert in reaction and review and what a selection of films!!
Personally I like The Sum of all Fears. Obviously it suffers from Ben Affleck not being Harrison Ford (I know controversial opinion 😅😂) but still a solid movie.
Not controversial at all. :D
Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms (1998)
This movie was made in 94, well into the clinton era, the book was writen right before.
Love this movie. Much better than Patriot Games. A really good political action thriller. The Sum of All Fears is also great. It's from Phil Alden Robinson who made the brilliant Field of Dreams and Sneakers.
Frantic, is another great suspense movie starring Harison Ford.
Yes! Very good....He's a doctor and wife is kidnapped.
Sum of all fears is well worth it. Good movie.
For similar subject matter, Traffic (2000) is a good shout
John clark had his own bok series and was a main character in the Rainbow 6 games
For more movies about the drug trade from South America to the US, and the latter nation's war on drugs and the drug cartels, check out Sicario (2015) and Traffic (2000). Great movies both, with spectacular casts. :)
you really need to watch ..."NO WAY OUT".....
It's very accurate in terms of backstabbing drug groups and corrupt politics. The best scene is between Cutter & Cortez, an accurate summary of the drug trade reality.
Surprisingly, this was the first Jack Ryan movie I saw. I first saw it in 2001 while my grandma was in the hospital (she eventually passed away) when I was 12. I first saw Hunt for Red October in 2011 at 22. And I first saw Patriot Games in 2021 at 32.
What is it with years ending in 1? Lol
I love this trilogy. When The Sum of All Fears cane out, I watched it, but with a chip on my shoulder as I felt Affleck was a poor casting choice. The film has since grown on me. While nowhere near as good as Red October, Patriot Games, or C&PD, it's still a pretty decent political thriller and is worth a watch. Ben Affleck is forgettable as Jack Ryan, but Liev Schreiber picks up the character of John Clark from Willem Dafoe in C&PD.
After watching the movies. Don't read the books. It is a WTF moment if you do. Red October is closest to the book
Why would you think that Jack Ryan doesn't have a character flaw? His naivete is the defining weakness he has for this movie, and it enables others to run circles around him and trap him into conspiracies. He is good, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a flaw. His growth is that he becomes a very active character in the second part, rescuing the stranded soldiers
By the way the voice of Darth Vader is James Earl Jones.
The Sum Of All Fears is indeed a sequel (for the book series) however because they recast Ryan they chose to make it "earlier" in Jack Ryan's career. The book is, of course, much much better but the movie is still worth watching. However I did read the book first so I may have filled in parts of the story without realizing it.
hair's looking good. hippie. 😎
Thank you so much but I gotta cut it off this month. It's very hard to manage :(
I read this book coz of my dad, and I love the fact that I got excited when I realized this is kinda like a prequel to Rainbow Six.
Suggestions for Intelligence/Spy/Espionage movies: 3 Days of the Condor, the Good Shepherd, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Munich
+1 for Three Days of the Condor
I liked The Tailor of Panama (2001) and The Quiet American (2002)
Definitely watch the Sum of All Fears....Affleck does a good young Jack Ryan...and cmon...Morgan Freeman?? You can't go wrong. Tom Clancy wrote the Jack Ryan series....he's an excellent thriller author along with the dark side of politics. Characters like Clark (Dafoe) and Chavez are regular Characters. Definitely give those a read.
The Sum of all Fears is a really good Jack Ryan film too, well worth a watch :)
4:08 - 4:15
Peter Griffin: Ah, ah. He said it, he said it.
I think Ryans whole weakness through the movie is he's an analysist/nerd/bookworm family man who expects others to act with integrity. The minute he goes south he is out his depth and relies on his wits to survive and escape. I still don't know what other weakness he needs to have, some people are honest and do their job. This movie clearly shows what happens when people of power are corrupt or vengeful. Sum of All fears, can't remember the plot which says much for a weak sequel and the passing of the Jack Ryan torch to Ben Affleck.
Raymond Cruz was in everything in the 80s and 90s. By the time he was in BB, it was like, “Hey, it’s that guy who was in everything. Damn, he got fat and old!” 😂
Sum of All Fears is another good one though i like the others w/ Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin a bit more. The last gift my dad got me before he passed away in early 2019 was one of the more recent Jack Ryan books at the time, Power and Empire.
I don't usually say this - but the book was SO much better than the movie. I love Harrison Ford as Ryan but they missed some of the greatest beats and scenes from the books that they could have included here. It was a good movie - but it could have been a great movie.
A really great movie. Other great Harrison movies are Frantic , Regarding Henry and Firewall. Also the next Jack Ryan is also great The Sum Of All Fears with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman.
What Lies Beneath, a very different Harrison Ford movie but the real star is Michelle Pfeiffer. A perfect Halloween movie to watch for Shan to watch 2023!!!
As always, Shan and his reactions and great reviews. However, your like Stanley Kubrick as they are far and in between. Wish there were more.
Now you should join your fellow reactors and I hope you have not seen it yet. Everything, Everywhere, All At Once (2022). You are missing one of the most original movies. All reactors have watched mostly and thought the movie the best movie they ever seen. And it stars, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, (Shortround from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom), Jamie Lee Curtis, etc etc.
This movie had killed it at the Academy Awards, best movie, best actor, best actress, etc etc. The etc really means something. Love to hear your thoughts. Everyone from Patreon needs to vote for Shan's reaction and review of this movie next, 🙏
The Score by James Horner is completely different from Patriot Games as that Score is Irish Themed and Danger is Patriotic Themed
By far my favorite Harrison Ford movie Jack Ryan did have 1 flaw his flaw was being perfect Although he did try to make a deal with the drug lord
What you say at about 25:30 is precisely what makes me disinterested in most modern films. For me, a well-crafted script can make or break any movie, whatever its budget. Another great draw for me are practical effects, such as you will find in twentieth century movies. Groundbreaking CGI, such as in Jurassic Park or Lord of the Rings certainly is glorious (alongside their great scripts and acting), but nowadays, you can CGI any visual, so what's the point? I seriously could care less about the MCU or DCU although I used to collect the comics way back when they were 12¢ each.
Great choice, one of my favorites from childhood. Also Sum of all Fears is worth watching, it’s not quite as good as clear and present danger, but it’s still good.
Fort Hunter Liggett is a real Army base in California
Glad you're back, Where have you been for two weeks?
I was ill :(
All better now though!
@@ShanWatchesMovies Good to hear. I love your reactions and reviews. One of my favorite channels.
Ryan does have a flaw. He’s no John Wick. More an every day guy. But determined enough to come out on top.
25:28 I agree with your sentiment but this was a high budget movie. At 65m this movie had a higher budget than Forrest Gump and Stargate, both at about 55m that same year. Not that surprising when you have such huge stars on location shoots, I think this was peak Harrison Ford payroll days.
Shan. Go out of your way to read this book. It is worth the time and trouble.
Great movie.
Better book
I enjoyed The Sum of All Fears
Excellent reaction and review. Cheers S
That great moment with Harrison Ford’s character Jack is dressing down the president with anger. It was the president asked him. How dare you?
Cut to the closer version of Harrison Ford, and now he’s standing in front of the painting of Washington. Framed himself.
The only thing that didn’t make sense in the movie vs the book is the secretary. It didn’t make sense kill her and lose a contact within the administration. In the book, she was just abandoned and she was left with a broken heart and possibly legal trouble for her involvement.
The "Sum of all Fears" is easily the worst of the Jack Ryan films because it was poorly told. It is a perfect example of someone who read the book and forgets to add important details to forward the story when creating the screenplay.
If you watch it, you will see the plot holes, especially if you don't read the books first.
13:50 - Horner reuses a discordant clatter in several of his movie scores. Pelican Brief, Clear and Present Danger, and Apollo 13 all have the same sound byte. (About 1h 2m into Pelican Brief.)
14:26 saw them film this scene! lol…filmed on the flight line outside the passenger terminal at Andrews AFB near Washington DC….it’s the actual parking spot for Air Force One. I was stationed there in 93-94. Worked with the guy standing next to Jack’s wife, saluting. Few months later I was in Georgetown when they were filming True Lies. The scene where Tom Arnold is sitting in the van & Arnold goes into the building (and kills the bad guys in the bathroom). Can’t believe it was over 30 years ago! lol
Delighted that you reacted to one of my favorite movies Shan! This movie never got the credit it deserved. The world could use more Jack Ryan’s. By the way, “Inside Man” with Denzel & Jodie Foster as well as the late Christopher Plumber is a fantastic movie. I hope you can react to it!
Sum of all Fears is really good, I like it alot.
Watch the whole series with Ben Affleck. And then watch Shadow Recruit, with Kenneth Branagh. He is a genius.
Favorite Harrison Ford movie.