Jack Ryan Series

Reboot! This is the most recent int he series, but it goes all the way back - Origins! He is in college when this begins. All the others below are after. Problem - the ones below take place in the 90s. The new one above takes place after September 11, 2001. Don't let that hold you back - go with the flow. Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) directs and acts in this film. Pine (Star Trek) takes on the role of Jack Ryan. The second role where he has big shoes to fill. He decides to play it more like Alec Baldwin than Harrison Ford in my opinion. Knightly (Love Actually) plays his fiance - American accent horrible as usual! Costner (Dances With Wolves) is the man that has recruited him for the CIA - he is not Greer (the character played by Jones or Jackson). The action scenes are good. Pine is believable in the role. It is a relevant plot. All in all, I say: SEE IT - I saw it in theatres and I have to warn you - I got dizzy a lot with the camera work.

Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) played Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October. He played it as a reluctant CIA analyst that would rather be behind a desk and go home every night to his wife and young kid than be in the field. It took place during the Cold War. He knows the most about the situation, so he has to go on board a US submarine and help a Russian captain defect to the US with a state if the art Russian submarine. Connery (The Rock), Glenn (Silence of the Lambs), Neill (The Piano), Jones (Click), Firth (MI-5), Curry (Young Justice), Skarsgard (Thor), and Vance (Dangerous Minds) all appear in this 1990 blockbuster. Director was John McTiernan (Die Hard). All in all, I say: SEE IT - and see it first.

Harrison Ford (Regarding Henry) played Jack Ryan the longest starting with Patriot Games in 1992. He gets involved with an IRA plot and they seek out his family for revenge. He is an older and his kids are older in this sequel to Hunt for Red October. Archer (The Art of War) is his wife, Bergin (Sleeping with the Enemy) is the main bad guy, Bean (Game of Thrones) [honestly who cares what part he plays - yummy], Birch (American Beauty) is Ryan's daughter, Jackson (Pulp Fiction), and Jones (Star Wars), and Walker (Enchanted April) also appear in this blockbuster. Director is Phillip Noyce (Salt). All in all, I say: SEE IT.

Next, Clear and Present Danger in 1994 has Jack Ryan dealing with the Colombian drug cartels and corrupt government officials. Dafoe (Finding Nemo), de Almeida (Fast Five), Archer again, Birch again, Moffat (The Thing), Sandoval (Medium), Bratt (Miss Congeniality), and Cruz (Major Crimes) also appear. Director is Phillip Noyce (The Bone Collector). All in all, I say: SEE IT.