It takes off breathlessly like a rocket, creating a spy movie that rivals modern masterpieces like skyfall. The story begins when jack ryan, a young staff in charge of analyzing the situation, finds a financial terrorist plot led by a criminal economy of the russian. Shadow recruit skillfully marshals all the familiar elements. Impossible 1996, the sum of all fears 2002, london has fallen 2016. After an unsteady start, this movie finds its feet and unrolls as a pretty suspenseful, largely engaging, and hardly ever toooverthetop spy. Today he is 39, and has starred in 34 movies in total, 12 since jack ryan. Shadow recruit is a blistering action thriller that follows ryan chris pine. The title of the film doesnt appear until 12th minutes into the movie. This is summer blockbuster quality entertainment delivered in the dead of winter a most welcome development. Once ryan finds himself in moscow, investigating what looks to him like a conspiracy to sink the u. Shadow recruit makes you question your previous decisions. The jack ryan spy franchise receives a slick reboot with the rather clumsily titled jack ryan.
Shadow recruit is a 2014 american action thriller spy film directed by kenneth branagh. With chris pine, kevin costner, keira knightley, kenneth branagh. Fandango chief correspondent dave karger breaks them down with a little help from chris pine. Shadow recruit when he played the character jack ryan that was over 6 years ago in 2014. Starring chris pine, colm feore, david paymer, keira knightley, kenneth branagh, kevin costner, nonso anozie. Shadow recruit earns a place at the top in my book, right up there with tom. Shadow recruit clip hotel room attack based on the character created by bestselling author tom clancy, jack ryan is a global action thriller set in the present day. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. Meet jack ryans cia mentor william harper in this actionthriller. A series of cliches vaguely edited in the shape of a movie like jack ryan. It doesnt reinvent the actionthriller wheel, but jack ryan. I wouldnt call myself an action movie gal but i do enjoy the genre. The film features the fictional character jack ryan created by author tom clancy. But it doesnt exactly put the thrill in action thriller.
Theres a little bit of romance mostly kissing and embracing in bed but. Shadow recruit is based on tom clancys famous cia agent protagonist, and includes a good bit of violence, from fast and clean shots execution or sniper style to more closeup drownings and stabbings and fights to the death or on moving vehicles. Shadow recruit earns a place at the top in my book, right up there with tom cruises mission impossible movies. It is the fifth film in the jack ryan series but is presented as a reboot that departs from the previous installments. Young cia analyst jack ryan chris pine uncovers a russian plot to crash the u. After the terrorist attacks on 911, jack ryan, studying at the london school of economics, becomes a u. To his friends and loved ones, young jack ryan chris pine appears to be an ordinary executive. Shadow recruit was originally scheduled for a december release but was bumped by paramount to open up a slot for the wolf of wall street. Shadow recruit 2014 full movie hd for free megashare movies, watch jack ryan.
The bourne films have accustomed us to highly layered espionage plots, but in shadow recruit theres just a lone oldschool russian bad guy. Shadow recruit kevin costner character poster jan 3, 2014. The movie could easily coast on having great action and a terrific villain, but with branagh also serving as director, the movie has more depth than one might expect. Jack ryan is distracted in the new york restaurant. Based on the character created by bestselling author tom clancy, jack. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including ride along, the nut job and devils due. Shadow recruit 2014 kenneth branagh on allmovie just three short months after the death of author. Shadow recruit 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jack ryan, as a young covert cia analyst, uncovers a russian plot to crash the u. A good movie leaves you questioning previous notions.
Through jack and some of his comrades, the movie lauds the seasoned and wellsynchronized efforts of men and women in the cia to protect the nation. The artisan of clerkenwell, st johns square, clerkenwell, london ec1 the smart manhattan restaurant, though, where ryan is distracted by the tv news and agrees to go to paris with cathy, is back in london. Tom clancys jack ryan 2018, the kingdom 2007, mission. Shadow recruit 2014 starring chris pine and kevin costner on dvd and bluray. Men, the robocop reboot and the plethora of slushier valentines day movies. Shadow recruit is a wellmade movie, wellacted costner and branagh seem to be having an especially good time and a pleasant diversion.
Shadow recruit 2014 tt1205537 jack ryan, as a young covert cia analyst, uncovers a russian plot to crash the u. Despite a timely spy plot with russian baddies trying to crash the. Chris pine, kevin costner, branagh, and keira knightley star in leading roles. Shadow recruit fxm a cia analyst uncovers a nefarious russian conspiracy to destroy the u. The action scenes are exciting, and between kenneth branaghs menacing russian bad guy tactics and kevin costners air of mystery, the tension keeps you hooked throughout.
Its delay gives moviegoers something to get excited about in january. Shadow recruit is a 2014 espionage thriller starring chris pine as jack ryan, the cia analyst made popular in a series of novels written by tom clancy and previously portrayed onscreen by alec baldwin, harrison ford, and ben affleck in the feature films the hunt for red october, patriot games, clear and present danger and the sum of all fears. Shadow recruit critics consensus it doesnt reinvent the actionthriller wheel, but jack ryan. Shadow recruit, darkness mission is set in the context of the 21st century. While working undercover on wall street, cia analyst jack ryan uncovers a terrorist plot to bring. Shadow recruit was released how old do you think he looks in the movie. Shadow recruit is currently available to stream, rent, and buy in the united states. Shadow recruit offers a sleek, reasonably diverting reboot for a longdormant franchise. Shadow recruit was released in 2014 on friday, january 17, 2014 in nationwide movie theaters. Ryan was originally brought in to crunch global data, but when he uncovers a carefully planned scheme to crash the u. Shadow recruit is a blistering action thriller that follows ryan chris pine, star trek from his quiet doublelife as a veteranturnedwall street executive to his allout initiation as a hunted american agent on the trail of a massive terrorist plot in moscow. I was going to be making another movie, but it went away and this one came to.