Disclaimer: Review may be a bit biased as I have not read the Tom Clancy novel of the same name.
Patriot Games is a short thriller based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It follows the events after an IRA assassination plot is foiled by CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford). Sean Bean plays IRA renegade Sean Miller seeking revenge. Though all good performances, they are forgotten in this mediocre movie.
There are some beautiful set pieces that take the audience back and forth on different sides of the Atlantic. Yet, I found the plot tying all events together a bit too convenient to be believable.
Action is too far and few between to keep the audience captivated. Some things happen too conveniently. And the plot moves at a snail's pace.
3/5. Though I like espionage films, I couldn't find myself recommending this to anyone except the most devout Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan fans.
Patriot Games is a short thriller based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It follows the events after an IRA assassination plot is foiled by CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford). Sean Bean plays IRA renegade Sean Miller seeking revenge. Though all good performances, they are forgotten in this mediocre movie.
There are some beautiful set pieces that take the audience back and forth on different sides of the Atlantic. Yet, I found the plot tying all events together a bit too convenient to be believable.
Action is too far and few between to keep the audience captivated. Some things happen too conveniently. And the plot moves at a snail's pace.
3/5. Though I like espionage films, I couldn't find myself recommending this to anyone except the most devout Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan fans.