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Release Date:
31 May 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
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 synopsis
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2 wins
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4 nominations
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Exclusive: Chris Pine Discusses Taking Over Jack Ryan from Alec Baldwin And Harrison Ford
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Moynahan congratulates Brady, Gisele
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(From MTV Movies Blog. 10 December 2009, 8:00 AM, PST)
Moynahan congratulates Brady, Gisele
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"This is canned!"
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Cast
(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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Also Known As:
Der Anschlag (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, disaster images and brief strong language.
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Runtime:
124 min | Spain:128 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
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)
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The nuclear bunker that James Cromwell and Morgan Freeman walk into at the beginning of the movie is a real nuclear bunker. The scene was shot at a real Canadian nuclear bunker in Carp, Ontario. This bunker was designated as the one that members of the Canadian government, including the Prime Minister, would be housed in during a nuclear attack. The bunker was in operation from 1961 until the mid 1980s, and was known as the "Diefenbunker" in honor of former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who was PM during its initial construction.
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Goofs:
Continuity: After spraying the chain link fence with the chemical agent, Clark pulls the section of fence toward him and drops it. When the guards find the hole in the fence, the section is on the other side.
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Quotes:
President Nemerov:
For you to get involved here, its like sleeping with another mans wife... and what you are suggesting is that afterwards they all live together under the same roof... but what really happens is that the betrayed husband goes out and buys a gun.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
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Soundtrack:
The Mission
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Is this film a prequel to The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger?more
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As an average espionage movie, this is a good flick. In fact, if the names involved weren't "Jack Ryan" and Tom Clancy, and if we hadn't actually seen some terrorist disasters in the last eight months, I would've thought it a really well-done intelligence thriller, looking at how Russia and the U.S. might head towards nuclear war if somehow a nuke went off in the U.S. during a time of tension. Affleck and Freeman seemed fine, but I keep on reminding myself supposedly that these are the characters that should have become James Earl Jones and Baldwin.
After September 11, and especially with the Clancy/Ryan films that have already been made, "Sum" just feels wrong. Philip Baker Hall's line about the response from the Russians, "This is canned!" feels like a description of the whole film. How can you blow up Baltimore and still have a happy go-lucky ending? If you are going to, ADMIT that you're just trying to make a fun Friday night flick, and not a TOPICAL IN-DEPTH film about U.S. security, which is kind of what Affleck and Clancy have been claiming they're doing. (Kind of like claiming the ridiculous "Air Force One" was a serious look at how to respond to terrorism on board the president's plane.)
Also, if this was a film about nuclear war, then it should have stuck to that possibility. If it's a film about the hunt for some terrorists planning a nuclear attack, that would be a different story. The way the film neatly wraps up everything in the end (with the exception of the destruction of BALTIMORE) is both silly and pure Hollywood. I'm disappointed, and I hope this is a hiccup in an otherwise intriguing series of well-done espionage films.