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3/4
SIngli6 - wrote on 12/18/2019
Patriot Games is a slow-burn, which suits me just fine, but will distance other aficionados of the action/thriller genre. Stick with it, though, and you're in for a rollicking final twenty minutes. A respectable 90s espionage thriller.
Rating of
2.5/4
Gabe - wrote on 08/13/2015
A good action film featuring a peak Harrison Ford and the future Ned Stark. It's actually a fairly predictable action film, however it's still entertaining with some good performances and action pieces.
Rating of
3/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 08/11/2014
"The names Ryan. Jack Ryan!" In Patriot Games, Harrison Ford plays former CIA agent Jack Ryan, taking over from Alec Baldwin, who had played author Tom Clancy's brainy protagonist in Hunt for Red October. This time around, Ryan foils an attempted assassination, thereby incurring the wrath of a maniacal Irish radical (Sean Bean). After seemingly neutralizing the villains, and deciding to celebrate the occasion with his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter (Thora Birch), everything appears to be back to normal; then all hell breaks loose. Harrison Ford in this movie was freaking fantastic and Sean Bean played a great villain in this movie just like Hans Gruber in Die Hard.
Rating of
3/4
mitchellyoung - wrote on 07/21/2011
An effective thriller that balances action scenes with the politics behind them. Harrison Ford is at his best as the cool and in control Jack Ryan and Sean Bean is also memorable as a reckless Irish terrorist.
