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Title: Patriot Games (1992)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Harrison Ford | ... | Jack Ryan | |
| Anne Archer | ... | Cathy Ryan | |
| Patrick Bergin | ... | Kevin O'Donnell | |
| Sean Bean | ... | Sean Miller | |
| Thora Birch | ... | Sally Ryan | |
| James Fox | ... | Lord Holmes | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Robby | |
| Polly Walker | ... | Annette | |
| J.E. Freeman | ... | Marty Cantor | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Admiral Greer | |
| Richard Harris | ... | Paddy O'Neil | |
| Alex Norton | ... | Dennis Cooley | |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | Watkins | |
| David Threlfall | ... | Inspector Highland | |
| Alun Armstrong | ... | Owens | |
Former CIA analyst, Jack Ryan is in England with his family on vacation when he suddenly witnesses an explosion outside Buckingham Palace. It is revealed that some people are trying to abduct a member of the Royal Family but Jack intervenes, killing one of them and capturing the other, and stops the plan in its tracks. Afterwards, he learns that they're Irish revolutionaries and the two men are brothers. During his court hearing the one that's still alive vows to get back at Jack but is sentenced and that seems to be the end of it. However, whilst the man is being transported, he is broken out. Jack learns of this but doesn't think there's anything to worry about. But, when he is at the Naval Academy someone tries to kill him. He learns that they are also going after his family and so he rushes to find them, safe but having also been the victims of a failed assassination. That's when Jack decides to rejoin the CIA, and they try to find the man before he makes another attempt. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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I think this film's greatness (it is indeed great) is a credit more to Clancy than the film makers, because writing is the most crucial part of any film. Unfortunately, a novel adapted to a film will almost never be as good as the book because there just isn't enough time or money to include everything and make everything look as good as it reads. This is evident here. Having said that they certainly didn't leave it to the story to support itself. Impressive heroics from Ford and a superb bad guy performance from Sean Bean (strikingly similar to his performance in the James Bond film Golden Eye) turned Clancy's classy classic book into a classy film. I was also impressed to discover that the director was none other than Australia's Phillip Noyce. As is also sadly common among films made from books, the plot was a little hard to follow due to the audience having to fill in the gaps that were left by the film makers not having time or money to include it all.