Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses and agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery.
Written by SindyMac
Excerpts from James Horner's score were taken directly from a piece of music from
Aliens, and the
Patriot Games, also scored by Horner. It is worth noting that both excerpts re-used by Horner are direct lifts from the 3rd Movement of the 5th Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
When John Clark (Willem Dafoe) first meets Jack Ryan at the hotel in Bogata, her refers to Jack as Dr. Ryan. At the end of the conversation he asks "Do you like coffee Mr. Ryan?"
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Quotes
Jack Ryan:
[confronting Ritter on "Reciprocity"]
Why was I kept out if it? Ritter:
You weren't kept out of it, you're NECK DEEP in it! You went before Congress and you got the money for it! See more »