Review of The Sum of All Fears (2002) by Simon H — 22 Apr 2008

'The Sum of All Fears' is the first movie I saw in the Tom Clancy franchise, and although I found the film fairly interesting, I ended up confused on who the actual villain it. There are no problems with the cast whatsoever.

Ben Affleck gives a suitable performance, as does Morgan Freeman and Liev Schreiber. James Cromwell also gives a fantastic performance as the President. His speeches really do come across as powerful.

There are some lovely scenes, with an amazing scene of the blast from a bomb in the stadium. Throughout the film, the storyline could be followed just about, but by the time it got to the end credits, I wasn't aware at all of who the actual villain is.

Names were said, but apart from Jack Ryan and the President, none of the individual names were memorable enough to remember. It was an ok thriller, but is hard for me to clearly say without viewing the other films in the series.