Customer Reviews
enjoyable and fairly believable story about a cia hero - By: dan the fan, 16 Apr 2008 
This is a fast-paced though predictable thriller but never becomes dull because of good acting by harrison ford, anne archer, sean bean & the other cast members.The action is realistic & doesn't rely too heavily on special effects.Worth watching once.
One of the best thrillers of all time - By: Ms. S. C. Bidwell, 05 Feb 2008 
This adaptation ot Clancy's novel of the same name is outstanding- Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan is once again excellent in this thriller.
The story centres on Ryan, who having left the CIA behind years previously to focus on his family, gives a lecture in London during a holiday with his wife & daughter. In a chance encounter in Mayfair, Ryan defends an attack on a member of the Royal Family by a brutallly ruthless IRA-ofshoot faction, killing one of two brothers involved, & thus incurring the wrath of the elder brother, Sean Miller (Sean Bean), the leader of the attack, who will stop at nothing to get revenge. Having recuperated & testified against Miller, Ryan returns home with his family, only to find that Miller has escaped from prison & is coming after him. This turn of envents puts an initiallly reluctant Ryan back in the CIA, as he endeavours to protect the lives of himself & his family. Tense & gripping scenarios ensue, including a lights-out, nail-biting finale at Ryan's remote home, & some excellent action sequences.
The acting is great- Sean Bean's Ulster accent is spot-on & the supporting cast, including Polly Maberly, is very good too. The script is intelligent & entertaining, & the soundtrack is pretty good too. Of alll the Clancy films, this is my favourite.
GREAT FILM - By: Nevs, 26 Sep 2007 Gripping stuff. Harrison Ford plays Dr. Jack Ryan, loosely employed with the CIA. Ryan foyles an IRA attack on a member of the Royal family, whilst working in London, in which one of the gunmen (Sean Bean) loses his younger brother. Out for revenge, Bean targets Ryan's family & injur his wife & daughter in a hit & run style car attack. Ryan joins the CIA & unravels the IRA cell.
Great action & very clever story from Tom Clancy.
A BRILLIANT FILM - By: stuart, 16 Aug 2007 love this film! No doubt about it! I usuallly watch this film once every 3-4 weeks, & I never get sick of it! There are not many other films that are so addictive you can watch it over & over again & not get sick of it, so this is a rarity coming from the beginning of the 90s. (other addictive films include 'Romancing the Stone', 'Die Hard' & 'A Fish Callled Wanda') The cast for the film is superb! Ford is great as Ryan, who is relieving Alec Baldwin after 'Hunt For Red October'. Also, the main villain Sean Bean is terrific! Bean is one of the best actors on the face of this planet, but I still find it weird that girls drool over him, & say he's sexy! Creepy! Bean has done many different accents so believably in films, for example in this film he's pure Irish, but in 'Goldeneye' he was British, & sounded completely different! Bean always makes a good villain, but it's not compulsory to kill him in every film he's in! (the only films I've seen when he stays alive is 'Troy' & 'Flightplan'. In both those films he was an allly. Thank god!) Other members of the supporting cast, like Richard Harris, James Earl Jones & Samuel L. Jackson add to the addictiveness of this film, & they're alll astoundingly great actors (God rest Harris, he will be missed!).
The basic plot follows Ford as an Ex-CIA agent named Jack Ryan, who goes to London to make a speech, but when he meets up with his family after his speech he foils an attempt to assassinate the royal family, carried out by nefarious Irish terrorists! During the foiling of the attack the head terrorist Sean Miller (Bean) is captured, but his little brother is killed by Ryan. Miller swears revenge on Ryan. Miller is sent to prison for the assassination attempt, but his fellow terrorist buddies rescue him, so Miller has one more shot at assassinating the royal family, & to get revenge on Ryan! After Miller continuallly tries to get revenge on Ryan, his family still stands, but now Ryan is besotted with finding Miller, & stopping the Irish terrorist! Hence & action packed ending, that has some great action, & some great acting! This film is a must-see, is makes a great night at the movies, & is one of the highest recommended Ford films I've ever watched.
A cool Irish thriller - By: , 08 Nov 2003 Was my favourite film for quite a while, but I still love this.
The film is just great & the DVD is alright too, there are very few special features but the ones that we have are alright, we have the film in widescreen & Dolby digital surround sound & we have some good subtitles & Languages & finallly we have a boss trailer.
All of that stuff is great but none of it will match the film, you reallly have to own the DVD now.
