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Patriot Games (1992) Rank 3 Reviews
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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Out with Alec Baldwin and in with Harrison Ford -- as CIA analyst Jack Ryan becomes caught up in an international incident again as he lectures in London, throwing so much action at us that we are meant to forget they switched the lead actors on ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
DVD Clinic ("JoBlo")
Ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan foils an Irish terrorist organization’s plan to assassinate a major British political figure, and with it, kills the younger brother of one of the group’s more erratic members. Vowing revenge on Ryan and his family, the nutty ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at DVD Clinic ("JoBlo")
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
CIA agent Jack Ryan is back, this time on vacation in England when he stops an assassination attempt on a member of the Royal Family by a band of Irish terrorists. In the scuffle, Ryan kills a young lad and the terrorists vow revenge on Ryan and his famil ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
MovieFreak.com (Dennis Landmann)
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Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The movie kills most of the fun by watering down Clancy.Though it's hard to tell tom Clancy's bestselling, right-wing, CIA-worshiping techno-thrillers apart, his 1987 Patriot Games stands out for its opening sequence: History prof Jack Ryan, a former CIA ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Austin Chronicle (Steve Davis)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
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. ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Reportedly, two more Clancy movies are planned with Ford playing John Ryan, ``Clear and Present Danger,'' followed by ``The Sum of all Fears.'' Let's hope they are as good as this one is. This film rates a B. ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
UpcomingDiscs.com (Gino Sassani)
Synopsis
Former CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Ford) stumbles on an IRA plot against the Royal Family while in England with his family. In the scuffle to stop the bad guys, Ryan kills one of the gunmen and captures his brother Sean Miller (Bean). When ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Gino Sassani)
DVDActive (Tom Woodward)
Overall then I found Patriot Games to be a disappointing second adventure for Jack Ryan. Although Harrison Ford puts in a solid and believable performance he is let down by a poorly paced and predictable script. It isn’t all bad though. The film ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at DVDActive (Tom Woodward)
ToxicUniverse.com (Laurie Edwards)
I'd give Patriot Games two stars and be done with it if I could. For a dozen reasons, ranging from ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Laurie Edwards)
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filmcritic.com
Out with Alec Baldwin and in with Harrison Ford -- as CIA analyst Jack Ryan becomes caught up in an international incident again as he lectures in London, throwing so much action at us that we are meant to forget they switched the lead actors on ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at filmcritic.com
Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
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Richard John Rauser
To start with Jack Ryan, let's be brutally honest. This character is boring. He is uninspired. He is bland. He is dull as dishwater. He is an analyst. Yes, a CIA analyst, but don't let the "CIA" part fool you, folks. An analyst is an analyst whether they ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at Richard John Rauser
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
You don't expect a Tom Clancy movie to end with people tracking each other around a darkened house, followed by a gun battle involving two speedboats, one of them on fire, on a dark and ...read the complete Patriot Games movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
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