When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

• Jack Ryan: Harrison Ford
• Dr. Caroline “Cathy” Ryan: Anne Archer
• Sally Ryan: Thora Birch
• Sean Miller: Sean Bean
• Kevin O’Donnell: Patrick Bergin
• Annette: Polly Walker
• Lord William Holmes: James Fox
• Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson: Samuel L. Jackson
• Adm. James Greer: James Earl Jones
• Paddy O’Neil: Richard Harris
• Marty Cantor: J.E. Freeman
• Dennis Cooley: Alex Norton
• Watkins: Hugh Fraser
• Inspector Highland: David Threlfall
• Owens: Alun Armstrong
• Sissy: Berlinda Tolbert
• Lord Justice: Gerald Sim
• First Aide: Pip Torrens
• Ashley: Thomas Russell
• Charlie Dugan: Andrew Connolly
• Ned Clark: Keith Campbell
• Jimmy Reardon: Jonathan Ryan
• Court Guard: P.H. Moriarty
• Interviewer: Bob Gunton
• CIA Technician: Ted Raimi
• Secretary: Brenda James
• Paddy Boy: Karl Hayden
• Lady Holmes: Claire Oberman
• Young Holmes: Oliver Stone
• The Electrician: Tom Watt
• Constable: Tim Dutton
• Constable: Martin Cochrane
• Rose: Ellen Geer
• Winter: John Lafayette
• Ferro: Shaun Duke
• Spiva: Fritz Sperberg
• CIA Analyst: Allison Barron
• Dr Shapiro: Philip Levien
• FBI Agent Shaw: Jesse D. Goins
• Avery: Michael Ryan Way
• FBI Director’s Bodyguard (uncredited): Peter Weireter

Film Crew:

• Director of Photography: Donald McAlpine
• Original Music Composer: James Horner
• Screenplay: W. Peter Iliff
• Producer: Mace Neufeld
• Producer: Robert Rehme
• Director: Phillip Noyce
• Screenplay: Donald Stewart
• Editor: William Hoy
• Editor: Neil Travis
• Casting: Cathy Sandrich Gelfond
• Makeup Artist: Michael Key
• Casting: Amanda Mackey
• Executive Producer: Charles H. Maguire
• Makeup Department Head: Peter Robb-King
• Art Direction: Joseph P. Lucky
• Hairstylist: Anne Morgan
• Costume Design: Norma Moriceau
• Makeup Artist: Pat Gerhardt
• Set Decoration: John M. Dwyer
• Makeup Artist: John R. Bayless
• Production Design: Joseph C. Nemec III
• Stunts: Dick Ziker
• Stunts: Terry Leonard
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Grasmere
• Visual Effects Supervisor: John C. Walsh
• Stunt Coordinator: Andy Bradford
• Stunt Coordinator: Steve Boyum
• Stunts: Michael T. Brady
• Stunts: Janet Brady
• Stunts: William H. Burton Jr.
• Stunts: Bobby Bass
• Stunts: Keith Campbell
• Stunts: David Burton
• Stunts: Clarke Coleman
• Stunts: Gerry Crampton
• Stunts: Cynthia Cypert
• Stunts: Laura Dash
• Stunts: Gabe Cronnelly
• Stunts: Steve M. Davison
• Stunts: Jeff Imada
• Stunts: Jeffrey J. Dashnaw
• Stunts: Annie Ellis
• Stunts: Richard M. Ellis
• Stunts: Tony Epper
• Stunts: Elaine Ford
• Stunts: Kenny Endoso
• Stunts: James M. Halty
• Stunt Coordinator: Martin Grace
• Stunts: Steve Hart
• Stunts: Scott Hubbell
• Stunts: Craig Hosking
• Stunts: Henry Kingi
• Stunts: Joel Kramer
• Stunts: Paul Jennings
• Stunts: Gene LeBell
• Stunts: Gary McLarty
• Stunts: Mark McBride
• Stunts: Bennie Moore
• Stunts: Valentino Musetti
• Stunts: John C. Meier
• Stunts: Alan Oliney
• Stunts: Chuck Picerni Jr.
• Stunt Double: Bobby Porter
• Stunts: Steve Picerni
• Stunts: Tony van Silva
• Stunts: Chad Randall
• Stunts: Rod Woodruff
• Stunt Double: Vic Armstrong
• Second Unit Director: David R. Ellis
• Stunts: Gregory J. Barnett
• Stunts: Tim A. Davison
• Novel: Tom Clancy

Movie Reviews:

• John Chard: Good guys are real good, and the bad guys are real bad.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 baddies are led by the brooding Sean Bean who is a little under written, whilst Richard Harris is sadly underused. However, the action set pieces make their mark and thankfully we get a riveting final reel that cements the entertainment deal for time spent with the pic.
• It is formulaic to a degree, but that is OK if the combined efforts of all involved are spot on, and thankfully here they are. 7/10
• CinemaSerf: Clearly Alec Baldwin was too exhausted after his submarine adventure in 1990, so Harrison Ford picked up the mantle of “Jack Ryan” – now a former CIA operative who is on the UK on holiday with his family. Hardly have the titles ended before he is embroiled in an IRA attempt to kidnap “Lord Holmes” (James Fox), a distant cousin of the Queen Mother. Intervening, he kills one of the attackers who happens to be the younger brother of the surviving attacker “Sean” (they kept it simple for Mr Bean). Of course he is sprung from police custody via some dinghies near Tower Bridge and next thing “Ryan” and family are the new targets of this vengeful terrorist cell. What now ensues is a really dry thriller that plods along with little to make it stand out. There is an irony that the IRA man is played by an Englishman, but neither Richard Harris nor Samuel L. Jackson really make much impression on this politically simplistic revenge vehicle for a star who is far from his best. The perilous scenarios rather lurch from frying pan to fire, but never with much jeopardy – before an ending at sea that at least gave the pyrotechnics folks something to do. It’s not Tom Clancy’s best book, and is really only a passable watch on screen.