Review of Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021) by Arostislavna — 30 Apr 2021

This film fails to grab you, or make you care about any of the characters.

I will say for an attempt at demonizing Russia, all the Russians in this film have done everything by the book, with equal measure of force against the CIA/SEALs, they are not the protagonists of this story. It's just a shame they didn't put it in the Russian perspective.

"CIA murders Russians in illegal occupation of Syria, Russia responds by attacking SEALs, Rogue John Kelly/Clark, SU-57s see through disguised civilian airliner that was commiting an act of war and shoots it down." etc. etc.

The film loses me when John Kelly decides to commit acts of terror on Russians, they somehow decide it's justified to do for the sole purpose that "SIX" has to get out of Russia alive, and some shadow deep state required them to start World War III... WHAT!?

Tom Clancy was a Russophobe and this film fails to make you feel anything but contempt for the USA, so if that's it's intentions then it's serviceable, but completely not what Clancy would have wanted. The failures of the director & subsequently the writers are evident when they could not make you like the supposed "protagonists" even if they are clearly the enemy.