Just in case you didn’t know... ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,’ is a reboot of the ‘Jack Ryan’ franchise which starred about three different actors as the titular spy during the nineties. This time, he’s a younger incarnation, played by Chris ‘Captain Kirk’ Pine. Our new Jack works as an analyst for the CIA, but discovers a plot by the Russians to crash the US economy, therefore he’s shipped off to Moscow to sort things out.
Naturally, things don’t go to plan (and that’s just his personal life!). For he leaves behind his long term girlfriend, Keira Knightley, who, naturally, hasn’t got a clue what he does between 9-5. Therefore, poor little Jack has to balance keeping her in the dark, while saving the world. Does that sound familiar?
It should. It’s been done a hundred times before. Sometimes it’s been done better. Sometimes not. How many times have you seen a spy/hitman/killer struggle to keep his better half in the dark regarding his murky profession? How many times have you seen the hero have dinner with the baddie before they finally square off? How many car chases have you seen?
There’s not an awful lot wrong with Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Its major flaw is that it’s been done so many times before and there just isn’t that much new here to get excited about. Everyone plays their parts well and there’s action and stuff. But, if you’re into action and/or spy movies, then you’ve probably seen better and worse. If you’re really desperate to watch yet another international spy movie then you could do worse. It’s just that if that’s what you want to watch then you’ve probably seen better as well.
6/10 May just keep you awake if Freddy Krueger was haunting your nights
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