Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 American action thriller film, directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh available on DVD. Chris Pine along with Kevin Costner and Keira Knightley, star in leading roles.

Based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, “Jack Ryan” is a global action thriller set in the present day. This original story follow a young Jack (Chris Pine) as he uncovers a fi nancial terrorist plot. The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper (Kevin Costner). When Ryan believes he’s uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that’s more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancée Cathy (Keira Knightley).

Critic Reviews:

• " Shadow Agent starts slowly, but builds beautifully. " – Eleanor Ringel Cater

• " (Director) Branagh doesn't reinvent the wheel here, but he does take the rims off a flashy 2014 Tesla and put them on a 1985 Camaro: a big, comfy muscle car asking only that you point it in the right direction and step on the gas. " – Bill Newcott

• " Pine deserves another shot at a stronger more daring Jack Ryan film. " – Felix Vasquez Jr.