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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) - Critic Reviews - Page 3 of 9

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 24 Jan 2014

Perfectly fine stupid entertainment for the dark months…

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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 24 Jan 2014

Most of this year's episodes of the TV series The Blacklist are more engaging than Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 24 Jan 2014

If you were to take dashes of Bourne and Bond, season with Mission: Impossible 4 and pour the lot into a mixer, the result would look a lot…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 24 Jan 2014

It is entertaining enough, with Pine breathing refreshing new life into a character previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford (twice)…

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By Charles Koplinski (232) for Illinois Times (232) on 23 Jan 2014

Reluctant Spy Device Distinguishes Recruit…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 23 Jan 2014

Feels cobbled together from every other action movie you can vaguely remember having seen…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Jan 2014

Branagh might as well have opened a can and dumped it on a plate, the ridges of a factory-line production still perfectly hatched on a gelatinous…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 23 Jan 2014

The historical/geopolitical calendar is a little topsy-turvy. We begin with 9/11, then go into a cold war-style showdown in Moscow…

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By Ben Rawson-Jones (229) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 23 Jan 2014

Kenneth Branagh's reboot of Tom Clancy's courageous CIA agent is smart and thrilling enough to soar above most espionage movies while still…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 23 Jan 2014

Chris Pine headlines this post-Cold War spy caper whose pleasures are few and far between…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 23 Jan 2014

Serviceable, well acted and nicely paced thriller that delivers the requisite amount of explosions, car chases and suspense moments, though…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 23 Jan 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit passes by with fearsome urgency but minimal relevance, like an express train thundering through a country station…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 22 Jan 2014

In Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, actor/director Kenneth Branagh comes up with a new form: IMAX-EGO…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 22 Jan 2014

This is a conventional Hollywood spy action film, but Chris Pine shows he is up to the mark as Jack Ryan…

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By Rob Carnevale (227) for The List (2,018) on 21 Jan 2014

A competent genre entry that delivers its thrills efficiently and in a more old-school manner than the recent Bourne or Bond films…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 21 Jan 2014

Though directed with great precision by Branagh, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is saddled with a boilerplate script…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 21 Jan 2014

There's a lot that's retro about Jack Ryan. ... But there's enough fresh blood here to warrant giving the property another shot…

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By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 20 Jan 2014

The world has changed since Tom Clancy's heyday - cinema doesn't need Jack Ryan any more…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 20 Jan 2014

[VIDEO ESSAY] For a no frills spy thriller, Kenneth Branagh directs a respectable rendering of Tom Clancy's well-worn Jack Ryan superspy character…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 20 Jan 2014

Why reboot remains a question, but this is a smart popcorn thriller with a surprisingly sensitive performance by Chris Pine, and a wonderfully…

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