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The Sum of All Fears is the prequel to the other Tom
Clancy stories such as The Hunt for Red October, Patriot
Games, and Clear and Present Danger. This time Ben
Affleck is the hero Jack Ryan. In this episode Ryan starts off
his career by saving the world against a nuclear holocaust.
In Fears Jack Ryan gets caught up, for the first time,
in high government affairs because of his background knowledge
of President Nemerov (Ciaran Hinds) of Russia. The US Government,
led by President Fowler (James Cromwell), seems to think that
Nemerov is a bad guy, but Ryan believes otherwise. Ryan, together
with his mentor, Bill Cabot (Morgan Freeman) and undercover agent
John Clark (Liev Shreiber), discovers that some Russian scientists
have run away and are building bombs of their own. Some time later,
Baltimore gets nuked (which is cool, but could have been cooler)
and Ryan figures out where it came from before the US and Russia
begin an all out nuclear war.
Fears is fun for its secret high level government activity,
mystery solving and even some explosions and special effects.
The picture is always nice and Affleck comes off well as the slick
character he’s supposed to be. Beyond the occasional action
and suspense, however, Fears offers nothing to really
get excited about.
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