Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director:

Kenneth Branagh

Writers:

Adam Cozad, David Koepp

Stars:

Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Pine	...	Jack Ryan
Keira Knightley	...	Cathy Muller
Kevin Costner	...	Thomas Harper
Kenneth Branagh	...	Viktor Cherevin
Lenn Kudrjawizki	...	Constantin
Alec Utgoff	...	Aleksandr Borovsky
Peter Andersson	...	Dimitri Lemkov
Elena Velikanova	...	Katya
Nonso Anozie	...	Embee Deng
Seth Ayott	...	Teddy Hefferman
Colm Feore	...	Rob Behringer
Gemma Chan	...	Amy Chang
Aleksandar Aleksiev	...	Cherevin's Bodyguard
Andrew Byron	...	Cherevin's Bodyguard
Derek Lea	...	Cherevin's Bodyguard

Storyline

This new version of the saga of C.I.A. analyst Jack Ryan begins as Jack attends the London School of Economics. 9/11 happens. He subsequently enlists in the Marines, sustaining severe injuries when the chopper deploying him to Afghanistan is shot down. While in intense rehab, he grabs the attention of Harper, a man who works for the C.I.A., and who would like Jack to finish his studies, get a job on Wall Street, and seek out terrorist plots through their financial transactions. Ten years pass. Jack finds anomalies in the accounts of a Russian named Cherevin, and thinks he should go to Russia to check out what's going on. He's told not to tell anyone who he is, including his girlfriend Cathy, which makes her doubt him when she catches him in some lies. In Russia, Cherevin assigns someone to assist Jack, but when the two are alone, the man tries to kill Jack instead, so Jack kills him. Obviously, Cherevin is hiding something. Jack goes to meet him and says he'll bring his fiancée along,...

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Plot Keywords:

russian | marine | covert analyst | stock market | spy | 

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Taglines:

Trust No One

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and intense action, and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Twitter

Country:

USA Russia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

17 January 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Moscow

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,200,000, 19 January 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$50,577,412

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$135,511,030

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,Skydance Media,Di Bonaventura Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The third Paramount Pictures movie directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh. The others being Dead Again (1991) and Thor (2011).

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Goofs

When the van hits the water, it is approximately 5 or 6 meters away from the side. The explosion however is much farther away.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jack Ryan: Hey, what's going on?
Student: In there. It's on the news.

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Crazy Credits

The title of the film doesn't appear until 12th minutes into the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in Blackcatloner Reviews: Man of Steel (2015)

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Soundtracks

Jazz Hands
Written by Geoffrey Edwards
Courtesy of Beats & Rhymes

User Reviews

A Simple But Thrilling Spy Tale

Well made, excitingly paced action, spy pic. All of the lead actors were exactly what was needed: Chris Pine, soft on the eyes, action hero, an average Joe in for more than he bargained for, but a soldier first and foremost; Keira Knightley, the pretty innocent who tags along, and then is up to the tasks at hand; Kevin Costner, the old mentor and Kenneth Branagh, who gets special mention for playing a Russian flawlessly. The plot was not complicated, easy to understand, but exciting even with its simplicity. And the plot was thoughtful in our contemporary times: full of technology and ideas of economic terrorism. The films was pleasant in its setting: lavish apartments and office buildings, high tech screens, exteriors in Moscow.