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JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT

Director:

  Kenneth Branagh
  

Year Released:

  2014

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Kevin Costner
  Keira Knightley
  Chris Pine
  Team USA
  Team Ruskie
Movie Haiku:Forget anything else you may know about Tom Clancy-based characters. Entertaining "guilty pleasure" about a stand-up guy (Pine) who joins the CIA after grievously wounded in Afghanistan. Costner is great as "the mentor," Branagh plays "the heavy" (a Russian who serves the financial oligarchy now rather than the Commies), & Knightley is the obligatory "love interest."

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2014