Synopsis
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
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Cast
- Chris PineJack Ryan
- Keira KnightleyCathy Muller
- Kevin CostnerWilliam Harper
- Kenneth BranaghViktor Cherevin
- Lenn KudrjawizkiConstantin
- Colm FeoreRob Behringer
- Gemma ChanAmy Chan
- Alec UtgoffAleksandr Borovsky
- Peter AnderssonDimitri Lemkov
- Nonso AnozieEmbee
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is half silliness, half swagger, but Branagh's arms-akimbo impudence as a director makes it work. He takes it all seriously, but with a wink. - 75
New York Post
Soundly structured, smart and fast, with a plausible central scenario, several gripping moments and well-wrought dialogue. - 75
Slant Magazine
In keeping his actors on his sober-yet-buoyant plane, Kenneth Branagh presents a convincing romance that doesn't stall the film's brisk clip. - 70
Variety
Crisp, efficient and appreciably modest in scale...this conspicuous attempt to breathe new life into a long-dormant action franchise gets at least a few things right, chiefly the shrewd casting of Chris Pine. - 70
The New York Times
A competently made, moderately diverting variation on a genre standard. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Branagh did a nice job of directing "Thor," but all he can do here is try to energize the recycled pulp of the script. - 63
USA Today
The film is slow in getting started and once it's underway it's only intermittently involving. It's also occasionally far-fetched. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Branagh & Co. keep up appearances with a thriller that works mainly because all of its parts — locations, fights and plot twists — are well worn from all the thrillers they’ve been in before.
