Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

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Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director:

 Kenneth Branagh

Writers:

 Adam Cozad, David Koepp, 1 more credit »

Stars:

 Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley |See full cast and crew »

Storyline

This new version of the saga of CIA analyst Jack Ryan begins as Jack attends the London School of 
Economics. 9/11 happens. He subsequently enlists in the Marines, sustaining severe injuries when the
 chopper deploying him to Afghanistan is shot down. While in intense rehab, he grabs the attention of
 Harper, a man who works for the CIA and who would like Jack to finish his studies, get a job on Wall 
Street, and seek out terrorist plots through their financial transactions. Ten years pass. Jack finds 
anomalies in the accounts of a Russian named Cherevin and thinks he should go to Russia to check out
 what's going on. He's told not to tell anyone who he is, including his girlfriend Cathy, which makes 
her doubt him when she catches him in some lies. In Russia, Cherevin assigns someone to assist Jack,
 but when the two are alone, the man tries to kill Jack instead, so Jack kills him. Obviously, Cherevin 
is hiding something. Jack goes to meet him and says he'll bring his fiancée along, but ... 
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Movie Reviews

This Jack Ryan was more involved in events rather by choice as oppose accidents. Compared to the 
Ryan of Ford and Affleck this Ryan was more equipped for fighting than using his brains. The acting
 was good, the interaction between characters was very good, the fight scenes and SFX were up to
 standard. Russians, Chinese, and North Koreans are your most popular bad guys these days and 
whats happened to the Crimea adds some weight to the story line. Ryan is known for his cerebral
 power outsmarting his opponent or identifying solutions to problems. The movie was entertaining with
 lots of good fight scenes and technology but you could easily call be titled Mission Impossible or male
 version of SALT.