Jack Ryan is back for the first time!

I was a fan of the early Tom Clancy books (Hunt For Red October, Patriot Games) until it became a franchise.  Harrison Ford was good as Jack Ryan. Now like the Super Hero movies like Spiderman, Batman and Superman, they have re-booted Jack Ryan.  When I quit reading about Jack, he had become President. Now He is starting over for the first time.

Jack Ryan, Shadow Recruit is the new movie starring Chris Pine as Harrison Ford and with Kevin Costner (Mentor), Kenneth Branagh (Bad guy) and Keiri Knightly (flawless girlfriend who is always shiny and never out of place).

This is what I call a popcorn movie.  It is fun- James Bond-like spy fun.  Impossible car chases and saving the world in the Knick of Time is whats to watch.  It is simple and great escapism.  Just don't expect too much and you will be happy. It gets its PG13 by an F-bomb snuck in to a sentence of dialogue in the first 10 minutes. 

Popcorn movies are all **1/2 stars.

2014 Movie #4