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(1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1   "Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's intrepid hero? Ridiculous. What's next? D.J. Qualls as Indiana Jones? Or Tom Green as Han Solo?"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2/5 "The unequivocal death of the Jack Ryan franchise."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Awash in explosions and plotted out the wazoo, full of sinister villains, exotic locations, and itself, the fourth Jack Ryan movie is also distressingly out of date."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs C "It's the kind of empty Hollywood film that has been made since the onset of films."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "With a premise that is eerily similar to the tragic events of 9/11...it wavers somewhere on the disappointing line of emotional sterility."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "In The Sum of All Fears, Evil is fond of anecdotes and opera music, speaks with ghoulish inflections and consumes only luxury food products."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez C+ "Thirty years ago, it would have been groundbreaking. Now it's just tired."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Director Phil Alden Robinson is able to set-up the film’s second half with enough precision to shock us, frighten us and have us gripping the theater’s armrests."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "Works on the levels you would expect it to but doesn't go the extra mile."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C "Comes across as a relic from a bygone era, and its convolutions...feel silly rather than plausible."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "The movie does what all good thrillers should do -- provide enough shocks and surprises to keep us guessing, and never lets up on the suspense until the end credits arrive."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "takes on a gut-churning immediacy that is hard to deny"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "Tom Clancy franchise gets a surprisingly satisfying reinvention thanks to star Ben Affleck and director Phil Alden Robinson."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3.5/4 "In light of the most recent terrorist warnings, this edgy thriller about a lost nuclear weapon reasonates with timely apprehension and dread."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth D "Sum's world is a moron-friendly version of Thirteen Days posing as current events, one where the Middle East is barely given a passing glance."   Matinee Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 6/10 "If you can manage to turn off your brain or at least the more critical and analytical part of it, this isn't a half bad political thriller."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 6/10 "It was an okay movie with okay acting, an okay story and an okay premise..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3/4 "El filme provoca que la audiencia piense y medite sobre el mundo en que habitamos, así como en los obsoletos sistemas de gobierno que hemos creado como sociedad."   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3/5 "To sum it up: heavy on imagination and light on reality."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 4/5 "All shame aside, not being a Tom Clancy fan or Jack Ryan fan, I did quite enjoy it. Is it Morgan Freeman?"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2/4 "(Not) the biggest or best film of this summer's blockbuster season, but it does hold up well under fire as long as you don't think about anything too hard."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "It’s a great movie. And I’m not only saying this because I’m in it!"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest B+ "a tightly constructed political thriller overflowing with fanatical terrorists, red-faced politicians, double-crossing spies and hidden agendas"   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll B+ "the best Clancy screen adaptation to date"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 8/10 "A Alden Robinson, el director, le sentó bien la amistad con Tom Hanks y Spielberg al haber dirigido recientemente para la TV, el drama de guerra Band of Brothers. "   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2/5 "Based on the 1991 Tom Clancy technothriller, this big-budget spectacle treads an uneasy path between the traditions of globe-trotting espionage movies and nightmare-inducing nuclear scare pictures like Fail Safe. The two don't really go together."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "Begins as a political potboiler but is smart enough to find a place for an actual message in the midst of its intrigue."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/4 "Evidence accumulates as in a murder mystery, slowly building to an unforgettable climax"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Current events lend this an urgent intensity it probably was not intended to evince."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Breathes fresh life into a durable film franchise that, based on this installment, still has a promising future. "   Movie Poop Shoot   Michael Dequina 2/4 "Retreads a lot of familiar elements from other "international thrillers" while occasionally dipping its foot into the real-life horror of terrorism."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/5 "More about sensation than about sense, and the ultimate resolution does not feel either ultimate or resolved."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C+ "A little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B+ "Filled with action, intrigue and tension, it is the best of all Clancy adaptations ..."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ ""The Sum of All Fears" is an intelligent, adult thriller that reps a very good alternative to the blockbuster, fantasy flicks out there."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "Taken outside the context of the current political climate (see: terrorists are more evil than ever!), The Sum of All Fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg "Robinson handles it all with a swift precision and an intense, jet-powered stride."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell B- "I can’t really blame Affleck not being Harrison Ford. These days, not even Harrison Ford is Harrison Ford."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus "There's no question that this is a well-made movie, but are you psychologically prepared to see a shocking depiction of what you're worried about in real life?"   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 2/4 "Aspires for a nihilistic weariness that our new reality has made naïve and conventional."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 9/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 2/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 7/10 Read review   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf Read review   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 47) of 47 OFCS Rating: 63% Fresh Page   1