#Patriot games sean bean movie

Ford has the maturity to keep this from happening, and he does so again in this film. He has had so many films where he can over-emphasize, over-dramatize, and simply over-act. Harrison Ford is the master of remaining as low-key as possible. What it was intended to be was entertaining, and it lived up to this expectation.

#Patriot games sean bean movie

If I were to make a quick summary of this movie, it would be 'a good, but not great, action flick.' I don't think this movie was intended to be innovative, to be great, to be memorable. It is formulaic to a degree, but that is OK if the combined efforts of all involved are spot on, and here they are, 7/10. The baddies are led by the brooding Sean Bean who is a little under written, whilst Richard Harris is sadly underused, but the action set pieces make their mark and thankfully we get a riveting final reel that cements the steady ride we have under taken. The acting on show is more than adequate, Harrison Ford is great in the role of Jack Ryan, he manages to portray him as a sensitive family man who can step up to the plate when things get ugly, and Anne Archer is solid enough as the wife and mother caught up in the web of nastiness unfolding. The source material is so dense and intricate it was always going to be hard to condense that into a 2 hour movie but I feel the makers manage to keep it fleshy whilst making the respective characters interesting and watchable.

Patriot Games is a more than serviceable thriller, perhaps a bit out of date when viewing it now, but still a very effective good against evil piece.