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Release Date: 29 October, 2002 Retail Price: $12.98 OUR Price: $11.99 You SAVE: $0.99! Cast: Complete Cast (11 total) |
The Sum of All Fears Reviews
An International Techno-Thriller
Jack Ryan, the hero of several of Tom Clancy's novels, is back at it in this movie about terrorism and global nuclear war.
In 1973, during the Arab-Israeli war, a lone Israeli pilot took off and flew toward the Arab lines. His cargo: one nuclear bomb. However, the plane is shot down, but somehow, the bomb survived. It is soon buried in the sand and left unnoticed for twenty-nine years.
Meanwhile, trouble has been occuring in other parts of the world as well. The President of Russia mysteriously dies, and a new President, Nemerov, (Ciaran Hinds) takes power. This move alerts the American CIA, especially director William Cabot (Morgan Freeman). Nemerov is known to be a wild card, and many are unsure of his motives. However, Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) isn't convinced about Nemerov. Ryan wrote a paper about Nemerov, and he seems to think that he is more conservative in his views.
Directed by President Robert Fowler (James Cromwell), Cabot and Ryan are sent to Russia to check on the status of their nuclear disarmament. Once there, they are given a tour of a Russian nuclear assembly plant. Many renowned Russian scientists work there. However, three have mysteriously disappeared.
Back in the Middle East, two men have managed to dig up the remains of the missing nuclear bomb. They sell them to a man named Olson (Colm Feore), who pays a mere [...] for the bomb. Immediately, the wheels are set in motion. The three missing Russian scientists and Olson have devised a plan to construct their own nuclear bomb, smuggle it back into the United States, and detonate it at the Super Bowl. The detonation would lead the United States to believe that, due to the instability of the Russian government under Nemerov, the Russians would be blamed for the detonation. Both the United states and Russia would destroy each other while the scientists and Olson sat by and watched.
However, Ryan manages to put all of the pieces together and is on his way to Baltimore when the bomb is detonated. A huge mushroom cloud covers the city, and many people are killed. As expected, President Fowler immediately suspects that the Russians are to blame and immediately orders a counter-strike. Thus begins a tense game of international chess; who will blink first? Can Ryan arrive in time to stop World War III, or will he be too late?
I found this to be a very exciting and entertaining movie. The story is thrilling and very well-conceived. The special effects are very good as well. The attack on the American aircraft carrier was one of my favorite sequences of the film. Morgan Freeman, Ben Affleck, and James Cromwell give fine performances. Although I appreciated Affleck's effort, I still think Alec Baldwin ("The Hunt for Red October") and Harrison Ford ("Patriot Games") did a better job as Jack Ryan.
I recommend this very good movie. Although I haven't read the book yet, I plan to soon to see how well the movie compares to it. If you're a fan of techno-thrillers, then don't miss this one.
sum of all stars? zero!
Maybe no one noticed but towards the end of the movie when the Russian President and Jack Ryan are talking to each other through the computer, repeat is spelled "reapeat". On top of that, the acting was horrible...this movie didn't take itself seriously enough. Ben Affleck sucked as much as he did in this movie as he did in Pearl Harbor.
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