Fresh
"Shadow Recruit" is fun in a minor, winter-season way.
David Denby, New Yorker
Overview
Two episodes of the TV series UFO edited together for cinema release
Director and cast
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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
Rotten
This is the very definition of an OK thriller.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
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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