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Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy's international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer) and child (Thora Birch). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes' assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.
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Patriot Games review by RP
Dated - but enjoyable
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A political / action thriller, now looking a little dated, but still pretty good. Harrison Ford plays Harrison Ford in his usual role as the humble man (of course) who battles to protect his family and (of course) succeeds in the end against the odds.
The storyline goes like this: Harrison Ford plays Jack Ryan (ex US Marines, ex CIA analyst) who is in London for a conference. He foils an IRA-type attack on a minor Royal but kills the younger brother of one of the terrorists, who then targets Ryan and his family. The terrorist training camp in Libya is wiped out, but the baddies have already left and attack Ryan at his home. Baddies die, goodies live.
The problem is that events have overtaken the story, making it quite dated. There has been peace in N. Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the IRA has disarmed, and with the growing normalisation of relations with Libya from 2003 to the downfall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 the idea of desert training camps is very much yesterday's news. Terrorist attacks in the UK have been from home-grown Islamic militants from 2005 onwards :(
The politics in the film is naive, and assumes the existence of 'good' terrorists (the IRA, represented by Richard Harris) and 'bad' terrorists (a violent splinter group, represented by Sean Bean). In fact it was the IRA (more accurately, the Provisional IRA) which was responsible for UK mainland bombings.
That said, I enjoyed the film way back in 1992 and enjoyed it now (2012) on DVD. But as I said, it has suffered from the passage of some 20 years. The world has moved on, but Harrison Ford is still playing the same 'humble man' roles :)
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Rated: 3.7 stars out of 5 from 24 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 01/01/2000 |
| Production Year: | 1992 |
| Run Time: | 112 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- Patriot Games Up Close - New Cast And Crew Interviews
- Theatrical Trailer
