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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tom Clancy (novel)
Donald Stewart (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 August 1994 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Truth needs a soldier. more
Plot:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations more
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A Lot More Good Than Bad more (112 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence and language.
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141 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The scene in which the convoy of Suburbans is attacked by the drug cartel is now actually used as a training video in US government agencies. The footage was also used in an episode of "JAG" (1995). more
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Factual errors: After Petey is assigned his "special program" to break into Ritter's computer, he is seen typing a code that is non-functional. He is assigning constant values to a character variable that is 13 digits long, which is a base 10 number so large that a computer at that time could not possibly address it or store it in memory, and, furthermore, there is no known computer language that includes two equals signs as modals between the variable (e.g., "x") and the numeric constant - the assigned number; only one equals sign is used to assign variables, regardless of the computer language or platform. What is shown is all gibberish. more
Quotes:
The President: So go down there, establish it.
Jack Ryan: Go down where?
The President: Colombia.
Jack Ryan: Who, me?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-15)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Breaking News #2 Theme more

FAQ

What is the song that the military band is playing at the airport when the bodies are returned from Columbia?
Why is Jack called "John" when he is called into court?
Why did the Columbian killers rush to put up a flag when their boat was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard?
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19 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
A Lot More Good Than Bad, 21 March 2006
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Harrison Ford returns as "Jack Ryan," star of the very well-done "Patriot Games," the film adaption off the best-selling Tom Clancy novels. Also returning are Anne Archer and James Earl Jones.

THE BAD - This isn't as intense, especially in the first half hour, as Patriot Games and the ending was a little disappointing with a action-scene credibility problem. Once again - it's getting to be a tired Hollywood theme - top U.S. government officials, going all the way to the President, are corrupt people, liars not to be trusted.

THE GOOD - It's nice to see Willem Dafoe finally play a good guy. The villains in here are deceptively interesting, actors such as Joaquim De Almeida, Harris Yulin and Henry Czerny and Miguel Sandoval - not big names but recognizable and good actors. The violence is not overdone in here and when the action does occur, the sound is terrific. The best action scene was shootout in the streets with snipers firing at cars below.

The positives are far more than the negatives, making this a solid thriller.

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