Review – Patriot Games

I originally saw this in a theater right around the time I saw Stephen Seagal’s Marked for Death. The Seagal flick is about a man who protects his family from drug terrorists by personally killing the bad guys. This one, on the other hand, is about a man (Tom Clancy’s ubiquitous hero Jack Ryan, played by Harrison Ford) who protects his family from political terrorists by engaging a massive international effort – everything from CIA satellites to British commandos – to try to do them in. The two make an interesting couple. Contrast aside, this isn’t too bad for a big-budget international intrigue movie. The presentation of Irish politics is a little simple-minded, but I suppose that’s to be expected from a largely pro-English action movie. Mildly amusing