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Patriot Games (1992)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:21
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is forced back into service when he saves the lives of the English minister to Northern Ireland and his family from a terrorist attack, killing one of the... Ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is forced back into service when he saves the lives of the English minister to Northern Ireland and his family from a terrorist attack, killing one of the perpetrators in the process. The dead man's brother, also a member of an IRA splinter faction, vows revenge on Ryan and his family and pursues them to the United States. Ryan knows it is only a matter of time till he comes face to face with his nemesis... and that only one of them will come out alive. Based on Tom Clancy's bestselling novel. [More]
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Sean Bean
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, Polly Walker, James Fox
Director: Phillip Noyce
Director: Phillip Noyce
Composer: James Horner
Story: Tom Clancy
Reviews for Patriot Games
Ford gives one of his most commanding performances outside of a Lucas production, establishing an action formula Ford would repeat...[Blu-Ray]
The film's dominant motif is that of revenge. In a key scene, the wife tells her husband (Harrison Ford): You get him. I don't care what you have to do, just get him." From that point on, the film becomes the story of a nuclear family in imminent danger.
It ain't exactly saving the world, but Patriot Games's earnestness belies its ultimate simplicity and smallness.
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