Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

"Trust no one."

2014 1h 45m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 3,200

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Synopsis

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Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

“Trust no one.”

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Cast

Chris Pine
Jack Ryan
Keira Knightley
Cathy Muller
Kevin Costner
William Harper
Kenneth Branagh
Viktor Cherevin
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Constantin
Colm Feore
Rob Behringer
Gemma Chan
Amy Chan
Alec Utgoff
Aleksandr Borovsky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Tom Clancy, Adam Cozad, David Koepp
Languages: English, Russian
Countries: Russia, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Russia, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenneth Branagh, shot by Haris Zambarloukos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Martin Walsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Chris Pine and Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Kenneth Branagh directs. Haris Zambarloukos behind the camera. Patrick Doyle scores. Martin Walsh cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Russia, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.

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1Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 12 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
4International production across 2 countries: Russia, United States of America.
5Directed by Kenneth Branagh, shot by Haris Zambarloukos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Patrick Doyle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Martin Walsh shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Chris Pine and Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Trust no one.".
10IMDB entry: tt1205537 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 24 themes, including "sniper", "new york city", "london, england", "central intelligence agency (cia)".
12Released under 26 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Haris Zambarloukos
Original score: Patrick Doyle
Editing: Martin Walsh
Production design: Andrew Laws
Costume design: Jill Taylor
Makeup / hair: Paula Price
VFX supervisor: Matt Johnson
Sound: Ian Tapp
Stunt coordinator: Vic Armstrong
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $135,500,000
Return: 226% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-11
★ 1/10
Chris Pine does a really good job, brings his A-Game. Keira Knightley, well, OK, she is pretty under-rated and ALWAYS seems to bring her A-Game even to the worst possible movies.... and she brought her A-Game again. And Kevin Costner, well he can be off the mark every now and again, but he seemed to try his best to make this movie good. And that is why it's watchable. Pine, Knightley, and Costner all bring their best games to this film and do their absolute best to make Shadow Recruit a good movie.... .... and this is despite the HORRIBLE SCRIPT and mostly incompetent direction. Branagh has always been a better actor than he ever was a director, and when it comes to a movie that needs to be taunt and stressful.... they needed someone else. But then, they also needed a script that could build tension and a director that can work with it, not just do the same trick he failed to execute properly with Frankenstein. So what you have here are three actors conspiring to save a movie... and unfortunately you need more than three actors doing their absolute best to save a film from a poor script and a poor director.
CinemaSerf2024-08-04
★ 6/10
Chris Pine takes on the mantle of the eponymous US intelligence officer who survives an helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea only to be recruited by "Harper" (Kevin Costner) into the community at Langley where he is to investigate dodgy financial activities. It's this task that alerts him to the dubious antics of "Cherevin" (Kenneth Branagh) who seems to be mis-declaring his accounts and syphoning off large sums. Why? Well the conspiracy theorists readily believe his suggestion that this is all part of a not very cunning plan to destabilise the dollar and bankrupt his United States. "Ryan" is to be sent to Moscow but that poses two problems. He's just an analyst and reluctant to take to the field, and his rather possessive girlfriend "Cathy" (Keira Knightley) suspects that he's at it! Anyway, off he goes into the lion's den and before he can get to the bottom of things, she makes an annoying surprise visit and soon both are on the hit list of the nasty Russian and his seemingly inexhaustible army of goons who couldn't hit the Kremlin with an Howitzer. Pine does fine here and despite his thick accent, so does Branagh - but Costner is pretty flat and Knightley is just plain terrible. She manages to create a character that just irritates from start to finish as the rest of the story lurches from one far-fetched scenario to another. The denouement is quickly paced but messy and somehow I felt disappointed by the sheer simplicity and sloppily procedural nature of the whole thing. Adequate, but not a patch on the Harrison Ford outings.