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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
An enjoyable, tense and sometimes stylish action film, but lacks the depth of characterization and technical proficiency that made Hunt a superior work.
It ain't exactly saving the world, but Patriot Games's earnestness belies its ultimate simplicity and smallness.
Director Phillip Noyce, who made the gripping thriller Dead Calm, has earned his directorial hack license here.
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.
Enjoyable thriller that has Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) going head to head with terrorists.
The film holds too few surprises to sustain our interest. All too often, we're ahead of the game.
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