Phillip Noyce
Giochi Di Potere

LA RECENSIONE

Film from 1992, not to be confused with the 2018 namesake, directed by Phillip Noyce and based on the series of novels by Tom Clancy featuring Jack Ryan, including the famous (and great) The Hunt for Red October.

So, Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is a former CIA agent, a former marine, basically a former everything, who now makes a living through teaching and conferences, and it is for a conference that he's in London. Like men of a certain caliber do, such as Jack, he takes advantage of the opportunity to bring his wife and daughter for a little vacation.

But by golly, misfortune strikes as he finds himself in the middle of an IRA attack. Not only that, our guy, who can't mind his own business in the face of injustice, feels the need to play the hero (also to show these limp Brits a bit of American badassery), saves a member (in the sense of a person) of the royal family and kills three terrorists, including Sean Bean's brother, who vows terrible revenge.

Luckily, the rascal is swiftly locked up, but alas, jail won't stop him for sure. After all, he is Irish, and on top of that, he has a powerful and especially evil friend, so evil that even the IRA tells him what the hell though!, who helps him escape using the powerful means that evilness offers.

Meanwhile, Jack and his family have returned home to the USA, but the CIA pays him a visit and says hey, that guy has escaped, and he's like, "So what? Do you really think the IRA will come to America for me, the biggest loser?" and they say, "Are you sure? Wouldn't you want to come back with us to the UK, catch him and kick his ass?" And he's like, "No, look, my wife would kill me, she's even pregnant with our second child, can't be done. Okay? Okay."

But nothing's okay, Jack, because you didn't count on Sean Bean's stubbornness. He is always Irish.

And bada bim bada boom, the IRA, knock knock, is at the US's doorstep, explosions, gunshots, Harrison Ford stunned, gunshots, explosions, Sean Bean evil, gunshots, stunned, the IRA aren't all bad, but Sean Bean is so evil, gunshots, CIA, explosions, but no, he's just crazy, the true villain is the other guy!, explosions, stunned, and in short, this film isn't much, it's much better the sequel two years later, also with Harrison Ford and still directed by Phillip Noyce, already reviewed by me here.