The Sum of All Fears

The script had to be rewritten from the Tom Clancy novel for Ben Affleck's character, Jack Ryan, since the novel's character was at least 15-20 years older and more senior in the CIA. Still, the movie was a reasonably good adaptation... Full review

This was a great movie that i fell in love with and was entertained by it the whole movie long two thumbs up.... Full review

Critics say this movie isn't anything special. Many viewers say the same. People are too busy reading into the technical aspects and analyzing the movie to just step back and look at the big picture. Sit down and enjoy the movie... Full review

First of all, Ben Affleck did an awesome job as the new Jack Ryan. I know - everybody's used to Harrison Ford, and "Patriot Games" was a good movie, but I've gotta tip my hat to Ben. His acting was superb,... Full review

I'm sure you've seen Hunt for Red october, Clear and preseant danger, patriot games. All have been about the same character Jack Ryan, first played by Alec Baldwin in Red october, then Harrison Ford played him in Patriot games and Clear... Full review

Although my first Jack Ryan Movie, this is a great movie. A movie with some shocks and twist, this is a great movie to start enjoying some of Tom Clancy movies. When a man sells a nuclear bomb to a terrorist,... Full review

The movie that hit close to home with the story it has to tell. A story that could very well be truth in some time. But right now it is just a story. A story about Jack Ryan who studies the... Full review

This film was a far cry from the book by Tom Clancy, who wrote about Al Queda terrorists reading a set off a nuclear bomb in America. The latter must have been sick watching this movie and typically-Left Wing Hollywood... Full review

The second-best Jack Ryan film, bested only by Red October. Ben Affleck is no Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford, but he's fine in the role, and he's surrounded by a great supporting cast and a stellar script. The story is smart... Full review

Best-seller novelist Tom Clancy is well known for his works in conspiracy/adventure accounts involving C.I.A. spy characters. His first big success novel was the original Jack Ryan novel, which spawned in a big blockbuster called “The Hunt for Red October”. I... Full review

For a film that tackles this subject, The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots (or cinema seats). The Sum of All Fears will play on yours: the fear of mad and bad terrorists dumping a nuclear bomb somewhere and setting off not only horrific deaths and mutilations but a world war to boot. ... Full Review

On its own terms and viewed with six years of hindsight, it's a fairly good thriller overall, just flawed in a couple of major ways. Parting Thoughts American audiences probably weren't really ready for a thriller like The Sum of All Fears so soon after 9/11 (I wasn't; I avoided it for that very reason), but several years later it's possible to see the film more clearly for what it is, a pretty good thriller that, despite its bizarrely upbeat ending, is the second-best Jack Ryan movie to date, and while th ... Full Review

Mobilized into action by CIA Director William Cabot (Morgan Freeman), Jack Ryan (Affleck) follows a danger-ridden trail to a shocking conclusion: terrorists plan to provoke a war between the U.S. and Russia - by detonating a nuclear bomb at a championship football game! ... Full Review

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Let's throw another pancake on the Jack Ryan flapjack stack, shall we? First we had a Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), then we had Indiana Jones (Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger), then we had Ben Affleck (The Sum... ... Full Article

In the old days, back when this decade started, movies had a consistent policy when it came to the apocalypse: Ultimate, annihilating, world-destroying disaster might threaten, but it could never actually happen. ... Full Article

Paramount has hired writer Hossein Amini ( Killshot , The Four Feathers ) to pen the latest Jack Ryan flick. The Clancy series has featured a rotating cast of Ryans including Alec Baldwin , Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck . ... Full Article

There you go execs, feel the excitement of the masses...Best voice over speaker in the history of mankind.I'mt not a fan of his, but I really like "Sum of all fears". ... Full Article

By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Is there such a thing as too many franchises? Screenwriter Hossein Amini has been hired to tackle a new Jack Ryan movie for Paramount Pictures. ... Full Article

What do you do when you have a successful film franchise with plenty of bestselling books to draw upon but your star--coincidentally the biggest box office draw in history-- has decided to pass? ... Full Article