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Patriot Games doesn't win many points for verisimilitude, but some entertaining set pieces -- and Harrison Ford in the central role -- more than compensate for its flaws.
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Much of Patriot Games is routine: good guys and bad guys running around with heavy artillery. But at its best moments, Noyce and Ford snap the genre back to life. Feb 8, 2018 | Full Review…
Much of Patriot Games is routine: good guys and bad guys running around with heavy artillery. But at its best moments, Noyce and Ford snap the genre back to life.
David Ansen
Patriot Games is a good laugh, and a good look at Harrison Ford, and any connection with political truth, or with the real layout of London, is entirely coincidental. Jan 3, 2018 | Full Review…
Patriot Games is a good laugh, and a good look at Harrison Ford, and any connection with political truth, or with the real layout of London, is entirely coincidental.
Anthony Lane
It flounders from one absurdity to another, with results that are hilarious when they aren't insulting. There is as much political realism in the film as there is in Naked Gun 2 1/2, except that in Patriot Games it matters. Nov 15, 2017 | Full Review…
It flounders from one absurdity to another, with results that are hilarious when they aren't insulting. There is as much political realism in the film as there is in Naked Gun 2 1/2, except that in Patriot Games it matters.
Adam Mars-Jones
While Ford is a solid blend of thought and action in his James Bondish role, and his need to protect his family gives the film some gripping moments, the film's moral viewpoint is strictly neanderthal. Oct 30, 2008 | Full Review…
While Ford is a solid blend of thought and action in his James Bondish role, and his need to protect his family gives the film some gripping moments, the film's moral viewpoint is strictly neanderthal.
Joseph McBride
The movie kills most of the fun by watering down Clancy. May 12, 2001
The movie kills most of the fun by watering down Clancy.
Peter Travers
I expected this one to be a little more cerebral and without the Indiana Jones ending. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
I expected this one to be a little more cerebral and without the Indiana Jones ending.
Roger Ebert
...a thoroughly engrossing and often impressively exciting thriller... Aug 24, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
...a thoroughly engrossing and often impressively exciting thriller...
David Nusair
manages the action with verve and efficiency while also giving the film a more nuanced emotional sensibility, emphasizing Ryan as a father who above all wants to protect his family, not save the world Sep 17, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
manages the action with verve and efficiency while also giving the film a more nuanced emotional sensibility, emphasizing Ryan as a father who above all wants to protect his family, not save the world
James Kendrick
The film is too fancy and not sufficiently harsh. Jul 24, 2018 | Full Review…
The film is too fancy and not sufficiently harsh.
Vanessa Letts
Spy thriller mixes nonstop violence with pro-family message. May 27, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Spy thriller mixes nonstop violence with pro-family message.
Tracy Moore
It's Ford and Patriot Games that made Jack Ryan a top-notch action hero and not just a capable CIA nerd. Jan 18, 2014 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It's Ford and Patriot Games that made Jack Ryan a top-notch action hero and not just a capable CIA nerd.
Tim Brayton
Although it simplifies global conflict to make a swift impression, the intrigue maintains a pop and the inner fires still burn bright. Baldwin is missed, yet Ford finds his place in the franchise quickly and efficiently. Jun 4, 2012 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Although it simplifies global conflict to make a swift impression, the intrigue maintains a pop and the inner fires still burn bright. Baldwin is missed, yet Ford finds his place in the franchise quickly and efficiently.
Brian Orndorf
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