Patriot Games

"Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child."

1992 1h 57m EN

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★6.7TMDB · 1,898

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When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

“Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.”

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Cast

Harrison Ford
Jack Ryan
Anne Archer
Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan
Thora Birch
Sally Ryan
Sean Bean
Sean Miller
Patrick Bergin
Kevin O'Donnell
Polly Walker
Annette
James Fox
Lord William Holmes
Samuel L. Jackson
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Donald E. Stewart, W. Peter Iliff
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Jack Ryan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Phillip Noyce, shot by Donald McAlpine. 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 James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Harrison Ford and Anne Archer and Thora Birch carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Phillip Noyce directs. Donald McAlpine behind the camera. James Horner scores. William Hoy cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "The Jack Ryan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Phillip Noyce, shot by Donald McAlpine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by James Horner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor William Hoy shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Harrison Ford and Anne Archer and Thora Birch carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.".
9IMDB entry: tt0105112 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "assassin", "washington dc, usa", "based on novel or book", "psychopath".

The technical file

Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Original score: James Horner
Editing: William Hoy
Production design: Joseph C. Nemec III
Costume design: Norma Moriceau
Makeup / hair: John R. Bayless
VFX supervisor: Robert Grasmere
Stunt coordinator: Martin Grace
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $178,051,587
Return: 396% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Patriot Games (1992)

Part of

The Jack Ryan Collection

John Patrick "Jack" Ryan, Sr. is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy who appears in many of his novels and their respective film adaptations.

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John Chard2019-03-15
★ 7/10
Good guys are real good, and the bad guys are real bad. Patriot Games is a more than serviceable thriller, perhaps a bit out of date when viewing it now, but still a very effective good against evil piece. The source material is so dense and intricate it was always going to be hard to condense that into a 2 hour movie, but I feel the makers manage to keep it fleshy whilst making the respective characters interesting and watchable. The acting on show is more than adequate, Harrison Ford is great in the role of Jack Ryan, he manages to portray him as a sensitive family man who can step up to the plate when things get ugly, and Anne Archer is solid enough as the wife and mother caught up in the web of nastiness unfolding. The baddies are led by the brooding Sean Bean who is a little under written, whilst Richard Harris is sadly underused. However, the action set pieces make their mark and thankfully we get a riveting final reel that cements the entertainment deal for time spent with the pic. It is formulaic to a degree, but that is OK if the combined efforts of all involved are spot on, and thankfully here they are. 7/10
CinemaSerf2022-07-07
★ 6/10
Clearly Alec Baldwin was too exhausted after his submarine adventure in 1990, so Harrison Ford picked up the mantle of "Jack Ryan" - now a former CIA operative who is on the UK on holiday with his family. Hardly have the titles ended before he is embroiled in an IRA attempt to kidnap "Lord Holmes" (James Fox), a distant cousin of the Queen Mother. Intervening, he kills one of the attackers who happens to be the younger brother of the surviving attacker "Sean" (they kept it simple for Mr Bean). Of course he is sprung from police custody via some dinghies near Tower Bridge and next thing "Ryan" and family are the new targets of this vengeful terrorist cell. What now ensues is a really dry thriller that plods along with little to make it stand out. There is an irony that the IRA man is played by an Englishman, but neither Richard Harris nor Samuel L. Jackson really make much impression on this politically simplistic revenge vehicle for a star who is far from his best. The perilous scenarios rather lurch from frying pan to fire, but never with much jeopardy - before an ending at sea that at least gave the pyrotechnics folks something to do. It's not Tom Clancy's best book, and is really only a passable watch on screen.