The Sum of All Fears

By Harry Kassen

Continuing (and ruining) the classic Jack Ryan series, the first films being The Hunt For Red October and then the two Harrison Ford movies, Patriot Games and A Clear and Present Danger. The Sum of All Fears is a prequel, showing us an unmarried Jack Ryan, just recruited as a lowly analyst. There is a new Jack Ryan picture in development, starring Chris Pine, that I seriously hope is an actual attempt at making a movie,

The Sum of all Fears was a joke.

Ben Affleck has destroyed my love of this character forever with his emotionless portrayal of this classic spy. Sometimes I wonder if he needs to train himself to be that devoid of emotion. But Morgan Freeman was the co-star, he is a good actor.

So…

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