01-22-2015, 10:59 AM
Greg Wrote:The parents were hungry and agreed to walk to the Jack Ryan Beggar’s Bush pub that was just out the back door through the car park.Woah, Jack has a pub too? I had no idea.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an action vehicle for Chris Pine. I like Chris. He's my new fav over-actor. Think Capt. Kirk. I wish he had overacted more in this one. It would have been much better. He came off flat. That's weird considering it was directed by Branagh (HP factor 1 - Professor Lockhart) who is a Shakespearean-trained over actor (the best kind of over actor - think Capt. Picard). Costner is good, lending some gravitas, but all of his best lines are in the trailer. Keira isn't nearly as cute when she's not using a Brit accent. She's actually kind of annoying when doing an American accent. The action is mediocre. Pine runs around acting like some sort of super programmer but just makes rather obvious observations (think Admiral Ackbar). There are some nice shots of Russia, which was kind of cool as I doubt I'll ever go there personally. But it's one of those espionage films where they bend time - there's no way they could achieve all that they do against that ticking clock. You can't fly from Russia to America to bust the mole terrorist in that little amount of time. You can't break into a high security building in that little amount of time. It's all in the trailer. That little amount of time is all you really need to see. Very disappointing.
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