Patriot Games (1992)
78 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 21 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: Ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is forced back into service when he saves the lives of the English minister to Northern Ireland and his family from a terrorist attack, killing one of the perpetrators in the process. The dead man's brother, also a member of an IRA splinter faction, vows... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin
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The film's dominant motif is that of revenge. In a key scene, the wife tells her husband (Harrison Ford): You get him. I don't care what you have to do, just get him." From that point on, the film becomes the story of a nuclear family in imminent danger.
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05/20/03
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It ain't exactly saving the world, but Patriot Games's earnestness belies its ultimate simplicity and smallness.
04/29/03
Enjoyable thriller that has Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) going head to head with terrorists.
01/10/03
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