Plot
CIA analyst Jack Ryan must thwart the plans of a terrorist faction that threatens to induce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and Russia's newly elected president by detonating a nuclear weapon at a football game in Baltimore.
Release Year: 2002
Rating: 6.3/10 (48,669 voted)
Critic's Score: 45/100
Director:
Phil Alden Robinson
Stars: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell
Storyline When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.
Writers: Tom Clancy, Paul Attanasio
Cast: Ben Affleck
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Jack Ryan
Morgan Freeman
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DCI William Cabot
James Cromwell
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President Robert 'Bob' Fowler
Ken Jenkins
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Admiral Pollack
Liev Schreiber
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John Clark
Bruce McGill
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National Security Advisor Gene Revell
John Beasley
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General Lasseter
Russell Bobbitt
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Israeli Pilot
Philip Baker Hall
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Defense Secretary David Becker
Al Vandecruys
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US STRATCOM Colonel
Richard Cohee
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Mt. Weather General
Philip Pretten
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President's Military Aide
Alison Darcy
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Fowler's Aide
Richard Marner
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President Zorkin
Ostap Soroka
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Zorkin's Translator
Opening Weekend: $31,178,526
(USA)
(2 June 2002)
(3183 Screens)
Gross: $118,471,320
(USA)
(1 September 2002)
Technical Specs
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Did You Know?
Trivia: Wolfgang Petersen was offered the chance to direct but declined.
Goofs:
Factual errors:
When Russians mobilized anti-aircraft rockets they didn't remove the lid from the top of the barrel, which has to be done before hoisting the missiles.
Quotes: Bill Cabot:
What's the t-shirt say?
Depot Worker:
"I am a bomb technician, if you see me running...
[laughs]
Depot Worker:
... try to catch up."
User Review
The Sum Of All Cop Outs
Rating: 3/10
I read the book "The Sum of All Fears" with fascination--Palestenians
discover an Isreali nuclear device lost when the aircraft is shot down in
the six day war, sell it to Al Queda, and the arab terrorists proceed to
blow up Denver with said nuke.
I was very much looking forward to this movie, only to find that for fear
of
offending Al Queda, the director and screenwriters had substituted some
ridiculous plot about German Nazi's and turned the whole thing into a
melodramatic hash.
This could have been a GREAT, prophetic, movie. instead it became a silly
waste of money and talent. I know Tom Clancy hated the movie, so did I.
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