Patriot Games [Blu-ray] | Anne Archer, Alun Armstrong

Patriot Games [Blu-ray] | Anne Archer, Alun Armstrong | Overlooked thriller

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	Patriot Games [Blu-ray] Anne Archer, Alun Armstrong Paramount, 2008 average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

simply outstanding

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.

Overlooked thriller

I picked up this DVD almost as an afterthought a couple years ago. I recently watched it again and was struck at how good everything is: excellent cast, great timing, great directing. I enjoy Harrison Ford in the role of Jack Ryan and think he was the best of the three actors who have played Ryan so far, although to be fair, Alec "Stone Henry Hyde to Death" Baldwin did a very good job in "Red October." The screenplay knocks a lot of the rough edges off of Clancy's book while remaining faithful to its essence. Highly recommended.

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Harrison Ford Wins Again

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.

A solid movie

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.

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It has it's moments...

This movie has very few things that stand out from other movies of its type. In structure, it has nothing: a man is forced into defeating terrorists to save his family. The man is Harrison Ford playing the same role he does often, the unwilling hero who must negotiate evil to protect his family and ultimately the world. Being that it's a Tom Clancy story, it involves a lot of helicopters.

It's worth watching though for maybe a few subtleties. For one thing, the quicker exposition of the plight of the family and how it isn't really overplayed or over-dramatized. In theory, this film could almost be a little more realistic than the usual snazzy explosion-thriller. Also it has one of those "slam-bang" endings that is actually pretty exciting. Thus, it has just enough stuff in it to keep it interesting and watchable, though it's extremely forgettable and rather uninteresting.

For me the only thing that ended up piqueing my interest is seeing Thora Birch being her usual sarcastic self at such a young age. Whodathought that someone's personality would also go through their acting careers at completely different stages of life?

--PolarisDiB

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