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,
20 Jan 2014
rotten:
This is the very definition of an OK thriller.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
21 Jan 2014
rotten:
The dim star wattage in this fifth rehash is palpable from the start.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
24 Jan 2014
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,
14 Mar 2014
fresh:
"Shadow Recruit" is fun in a minor, winter-season way.