Patriot Games | | Cast : | Harrison Ford, Sean Bean | | Director : | Phillip Noyce | | Studio : | Paramount Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | June 05, 1992 | | DVD Released Date : | May 06, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | This time it's for family... | Content
 | Jack Ryan first came to the screen in THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. In that film, Ryan was a CIA analyst who was reluctantly placed in the middle of an intriguing political chess match. The stakes were high as all-out war was pending. Now, Jack's back in PATRIOT GAMES. It's a different film that Red October. Different Pace. Different stakes. Different Ryan.
We pick up years after Red October. Ryan has left the front lines of the CIA and has become an instructor. While his family is operating in London, they are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ryan prevents a terrorist attack that is attributed to the IRA. Not one to be easily defeated, the terrorist turns his sites on Ryan and his family. This time it's personal.
Philip Noyce picked up directing duties with this film. He continued the interest in the cool, cutting edge techno-gadgets. A tactical mission attack seen only through a satellite night vision shows a new kind of warfare, and a new way to watch it. But, Noyce's story doesn't have the claustrophobic feel of RED OCTOBER and the overall stakes in the film are so much smaller that it feels like a more standard action film. PATRIOT GAMES puts a lot more on the back of Ryan, as October had Sean Connery's Ramius to carry much of the film.
Harrison Ford took over the role of Ryan from Alec Baldwin and made many changes that worked within the new film. He is now a more seasoned agent and at times an action hero, something Baldwin's character worked so hard to avoid. Ford makes the role his own and is immediately comfortable in the role. His wife is played by Anne Archer and his daughter by a young Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY, GHOST WORLD.) but, their roles are limited to victim. The wonderful James Earl Jones reprises his role as the Intelligence leader Admiral Greer. All four of them would return in the next Ryan film, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. But they are haunted by Sean Bean as the angry young man with an extreme issue with revenge. There is even a strange alliance with the leader of the IRA entertainingly presented by Richard Harris.
PATRIOT GAMES is a professional entry in the extremely sturdy Jack Ryan series, recently joined by Ben Affleck's entry in THE SUM OF ALL FEARS. The audio transfer is excellent on the DVD; however, the video transfer has trouble in the darker scenes.
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| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Harrison Ford Wins Again | Content
| Patriot Games is an exciting and deep movie about IRA terrorism in London and Harrison Ford's intervention. The drama is excellent with comparable action. But there is a deeper message in this movie: terrorism is violence, regardless of the cause. A secondary theme is the destructiveness of revenge. I recommend this movie with no reservations. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | A solid movie | Content
| Patriot Games is a good thriller based on the very famous Tom Clancy novel. This movie has good suspense, good action and a good conclusion. At times, the movie is slow moving and a little unrealisitc but hey..
The movie's about an ex CIA guy, Jack Ryan played by Harrison Ford who goes on vacation with his wife and daughter. But, of course, something goes wrong. They go to London and Jack becomes a hero when he saves a higly ranked Englishman's life. But, in the process, he kills one of the terrorists that attacked him. And the brother of the guy he killed isn't pleased. And that terrorist and his pals go to the U.S to get revenge, mainly by targeting Ryan's wife and kid. So Ryan is on the most important case of his life where he has to save his family. The movie includes one very suspensful scene where the terrorists are in a van on the highway shooting machine guns at Ryan's wife's Porsche. That should make you want to watch it. Anyway, I really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone in the mood for a good thriller, Tom Clancy style. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 23, 2005 | | Summary | simply outstanding | Content
| This movie is full of memorable scenes, although it's probably been more than a decade since I last saw it. It's suspenseful without being gory...the most memorable scene is one that is absolutely chilling without ever showing a drop of blood. And even though I'd read the book and knew the outcome I was on the edge of my seat right to the finish. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | A thriller based upon the IRA (not the IRS) | Content
| I vaguely remember this film when it was shown on cable TV about 12 years ago. Patriot Games is politically naive and a bit shallow and too short at under 2 hours, and where it gets it "R" rating is beyond me. The music is good though, and helps build suspense. The music is probably the best thing about this film. Richard Harris already looks like a skeleton and is the poster boy for abstaining from alcohol. He's an Irishman's Irishman for certain. He looked alot better in Orca from 1977. |
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