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31 May 2002 (USA) moreTagline:
27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing.Plot:
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must thwart the plans of a terrorist faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's newly elected president by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(36 articles)
Will Clooney Be The New Jack Ryan? (From EmpireOnline. 6 July 2009, 11:59 PM, PDT)
George Clooney Interested in Taking on Jack Ryan?
(From MovieWeb. 6 July 2009, 11:15 AM, PDT)
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Jack Ryan Saves the World! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ben Affleck | ... | Jack Ryan | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | DCI William Cabot | |
| James Cromwell | ... | President Robert 'Bob' Fowler | |
| Ken Jenkins | ... | Admiral Pollack | |
| Liev Schreiber | ... | John Clark | |
| Bruce McGill | ... | National Security Advisor Gene Revell | |
| John Beasley | ... | General Lasseter | |
| Russell Bobbitt | ... | Israeli Pilot | |
| Philip Baker Hall | ... | Defense Secretary David Becker | |
| Al Vandecruys | ... | US STRATCOM Colonel | |
| Richard Cohee | ... | Mt. Weather General | |
| Philip Pretten | ... | President's Military Aide | |
| Alison Darcy | ... | Fowler's Aide | |
| Richard Marner | ... | President Zorkin | |
| Ostap Soroka | ... | Zorkin's Translator |
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Rated PG-13 for violence, disaster images and brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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124 min | Spain:128 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Austria:12 (Steiermark) | Austria:16 | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38988)Fun Stuff
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The wintry Moscow scene was shot in the summer, so the snow is artificial. moreGoofs:
Continuity: There are at least two different "Tail Numbers" shown for the President's aircraft - a four digit (42xx) tail number is used when the aircraft is on the ground, and later a five digit (7xxxx) number is used when the plane is flying. moreQuotes:
[over the Hot Line, after the carrier attack]President Nemerov: [in Russian] I ordered no such attack. You must not respond to this action until we have investigated all possibilities.
President Fowler: Like you did in Chechnya? Mr. President, who is in control of your armed forces?
President Nemerov: [in Russian] You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya!
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"The Sum of All Fears" is the latest film in the Jack Ryan series as written by Tom Clancy. In the previous films, Ryan was presented as a family man and played by Alex Baldwin and Harrison Ford. This time around we are asked to accept a Ryan who is 25 years younger (Ben Affleck), unmarried and a nerdy, wet behind the ears CIA historian. The age difference would have been more believable had the film been set in 1973, when the story begins, rather than the present.
Anyway, the story is about a disgruntled ex-Nazi, Dressler (Alan Bates) who acquires a nuclear device and plans to instigate a war between the USA and Russia and then take over when the super powers destroy each other. The new Russian President, Nemerov (Ciaran Hinds) is set up by Dressler to be blamed for a nuculear attack which wipes out a large part of Baltimore. U.S. President Fowler (James Cromwell) calls in the CIA headed by William Cabot (Morgan Freeman).
Cabot enlists the aide of historian Jack Ryan (Affleck) because Ryan has done a thorough study on Nemerov. Ryan believes the Russian to be innocent even though all around him believe him guilty. As each side prepares to launch their respective missles, Ryan and CIA Operative John Clark (Liev Schrieber) are busily gathering information and Ryan is racing against the clock to convince Fowler of Nemenov's innocence.
Affleck tries his best to make us forget Harrison Ford but to no avail. He simply cannot be taken seriously as the man who holds the world's fate in his hands. Freeman is excellent as always and Cromwell and Hinds stand out as the two world leaders. Bates makes a nasty villain and Schrieber is good as the mysterious man with a past, Clark. Bridget Moynahan appears as Affleck's love interest and future wife.
The real star of the picture are the special effects. The nuclear explosion is realistic and believable and the attack on the aircraft carrier is equally good.
I hope that in the next Jack Ryan movie, he is portrayed by someone who is at least old enough to shave.