Patriot Games Reviews

To be honest, even though ‘The Hunt for Red October’ is pretty much a classic, I always had some rather mixed feelings about the damned thing. Eventually, for some reasons, Alec Baldwin decided to not come back for this sequel and he was therefore replaced by Harrison Ford. Apparently, the fact that Jack Ryan was really the main character this time around convinced Ford to take over the role which he actually turned down for ‘The Hunt for Red October’. Anyway, sure, the story was still rather far-fetched but the whole thing was really well made. On top of that, Harrison Ford was just so damned charismatic back in those days and you don’t find many actors who can be at the same pretty bad-ass and still quite relatable like him. Recently, they tried to reboot the whole thing with ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ with a younger version of Jack Ryan played by Chris Pine but it was a flop and I was amazed myself about how underwhelming the whole thing was. Anyway, coming to back to our main feature, even though it was nothing really groundbreaking, I though it was a solid and entertaining spy feature and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.