A classic

To be honest, even though this movie has a really solid reputation, I have to admit that I always had some mixed feelings about this flick. I mean, obviously, for John McTiernan, it was a 3rd huge success in a row (following the superior ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Predator’) and he was, back in those days, one of the most highly regarded directors in Hollywood. Anyway, since this movie was regarded as a great thriller, I was expecting a lot from it. Unfortunately, I thought it turned out to slightly disappointing. I mean, sure, it was still not bad at all and even fairly entertaining but I just had a rather hard time to get into the story. Above all, I thought that to choose Sean Connery and Sam Neill to portray some Soviet officers was a rather odd move and made the whole thing rather unconvincing. Eventually, this movie would be also the very first one involving Jack Ryan and, for some weird reason, Alec Baldwin thought it would be a better idea to drop out from this franchise and the character would be eventually forever linked to Harrison Ford. Anyway, to conclude, even though I didn’t really love the damned thing, it remains an entertaining thriller and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.