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This is the very definition of an OK thriller.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Trust no one.
2014 · 1h 45m · PG-13
Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Kenneth Branagh
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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Overview
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Director and cast
- Kenneth Branagh Director
- Chris Pine as Jack Ryan
- Keira Knightley as Cathy Muller
- Kevin Costner as William Harper
- Kenneth Branagh as Viktor Cherevin
- Lenn Kudrjawizki as Constantin
- Colm Feore as Rob Behringer
- Gemma Chan as Amy Chan
- Alec Utgoff as Aleksandr Borovsky
- Peter Andersson as Dimitri Lemkov
- Nonso Anozie as Embee
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"Shadow Recruit" is fun in a minor, winter-season way.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
I'm aware that commercial and cultural forces require everything to be rebooted triennially with fresher, hotter stars. But this is the second time the Jack Ryan franchise has rejected a youth transplant.
Alex Pappademas, Grantland
Rotten
The dim star wattage in this fifth rehash is palpable from the start.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh
Director Kenneth Branagh knows how to invest the ridiculous with a sort of grandeur - Exhibit A: the surprisingly fun Thor - but Shadow Recruit is more straightforward in nature, so he can't get too fancy.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
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