Patriot Games

I tried reading a Tom Clancy book once, got about 5 or 6 pages into it, and had to stop. Look, I'm ok with right-wing fantasies as long as they're at least marginally entertaining ("Dirty Harry", "Death Wish") but I decided life was too short after reading only a half dozen pages of fetishistic descriptions of military hardware and weapons, and closed the book, never to re-open it (or any other Clancy book). So, I wasn't exactly eager to see this film, but somebody lent me the DVD, expected it back in a timely fashion, and so I bit the bullet, figuring, How bad could it be? Turns out, pretty bad. If it had been made 50 years ago, Harrison Ford would have been John Wayne and the Irish would have been savage, bloodthirsty Indians. I'm of primarily Irish background, but I'm not so sensitive that I can't watch a negative portrayal of an Irishman on the screen (I'm still waiting for someone to do that cinematic version of William Kennedy's "Legs" by the way) but there's not an even halfway ... Read more

My favorite of the Jack Ryan movies, I especially liked the scene where the commandos take out the terrorist camp while the suits watch the action back in DC via satellite link. Probably happens all the time now.

harrison ford playing the role he is best at, the reluctant hero. a great film with a great plot.

Probably the best adaption of a Tom Clancy book on film.

THIS is rated below Face/off?!? (scuse me, have to go lay down...)

i never get tired of harrison ford in tom clancy thrillers. of course, that only includes this and "clear and present danger". but this movie has a perfect blend of realistic and action-fantasy....

I thought that Harrison Ford played an excellent hero. I like the way his character was shown to be a strong family man with compassion.

could have been soooo much better

Go Go Harrison Ford!!