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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

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Reviews for Patriot Games

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out
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12/05/03
Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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Joseph McBride
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Variety
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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Director Phillip Noyce, who made the gripping thriller Dead Calm, has earned his directorial hack license here.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

The film holds too few surprises to sustain our interest. All too often, we're ahead of the game.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post

The movie kills most of the fun by watering down Clancy.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
05/12/01
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

I expected this one to be a little more cerebral and without the Indiana Jones ending.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It moves along at a speedy clip, though it substitutes sadism for such niceties as wit and style.

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03/04/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

No review available.

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11/12/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Not bad. Pretty intense ending.

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04/09/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

An enjoyable, tense and sometimes stylish action film, but lacks the depth of characterization and technical proficiency that made Hunt a superior work.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It ain't exactly saving the world, but Patriot Games's earnestness belies its ultimate simplicity and smallness.

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04/29/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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.

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10/07/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Enjoyable thriller that has Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) going head to head with terrorists.

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01/10/03
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

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07/02/06
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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05/16/03
JoBlo
JoBlo
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Great Tom Clancy adaptation

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02/19/03
Kevin Fiddler
Kevin Fiddler
Henderson Home News (Henderson, NV)
 
 
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