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The Sum of All Fears

- 27,000 nuclear weapons. One is missing.

When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians.

Release Date : 2002-05-31

Language :ArabicEnglishRussianUkrainianGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesMace Neufeld Productions

Production Country : CanadaGermanyUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ben Affleck

Character Name : Jack Ryan

Original Name : Ben Affleck

Gender : Male

Morgan Freeman

Character Name : DCI William Cabot

Original Name : Morgan Freeman

Gender : Male

James Cromwell

Character Name : President Fowler

Original Name : James Cromwell

Gender : Male

Liev Schreiber

Character Name : John Clark

Original Name : Liev Schreiber

Gender : Male

Bridget Moynahan

Character Name : Dr. Cathy Muller

Original Name : Bridget Moynahan

Gender : Female

Alan Bates

Character Name : Dressler

Original Name : Alan Bates

Gender : Male

Ciarán Hinds

Character Name : President Nemerov

Original Name : Ciarán Hinds

Gender : Male

Philip Baker Hall

Character Name : Defense Secretary Becker

Original Name : Philip Baker Hall

Gender : Male

Ron Rifkin

Character Name : Secretary of State Owens

Original Name : Ron Rifkin

Gender : Male

Bruce McGill

Character Name : National Security Advisor Revell

Original Name : Bruce McGill

Gender : Male

Colm Feore

Character Name : Olson

Original Name : Colm Feore

Gender : Male

Josef Sommer

Character Name : Senator Jessup

Original Name : Josef Sommer

Gender : Male

Ken Jenkins

Character Name : Admiral Pollack

Original Name : Ken Jenkins

Gender : Male

Michael Byrne

Character Name : Anatoli Grushkov

Original Name : Michael Byrne

Gender : Male

John Beasley

Character Name : General Lasseter

Original Name : John Beasley

Gender : Male

Jamie Harrold

Character Name : Dillon

Original Name : Jamie Harrold

Gender : Male

Ian Mongrain

Character Name : Syrian Radar Operator

Original Name : Ian Mongrain

Gender : Male

Russell Bobbitt

Character Name : Israeli Pilot

Original Name : Russell Bobbitt

Gender : Male

Al Vandecruys

Character Name : US STRATCOM Colonel

Original Name : Al Vandecruys

Gender : Male

Richard Cohee

Character Name : Mt. Weather General

Original Name : Richard Cohee

Gender : Male

Philip Pretten

Character Name : President's Military Aide

Original Name : Philip Pretten

Gender : Male

Alison Darcy

Character Name : Fowler's Aide

Original Name : Alison Darcy

Gender : Female

Richard Marner

Character Name : President Zorkin

Original Name : Richard Marner

Gender : Male

Ostap Soroka

Character Name : Zorkin's Translator

Original Name : Ostap Soroka

Gender : Male

Robert Martin Robinson

Character Name : Zorkin's Interviewer

Original Name : Robert Martin Robinson

Gender : Male

Dale Godboldo

Character Name : Rudy

Original Name : Dale Godboldo

Gender : Male

Lee Garlington

Character Name : Mary Pat Foley

Original Name : Lee Garlington

Gender : Female

Stefan Kalipha

Character Name : Arab Gravedigger

Original Name : Stefan Kalipha

Gender : Male

Nabil Elouahabi

Character Name : Ghazi

Original Name : Nabil Elouahabi

Gender : Male

Maria Monakhova

Character Name : Zorkin's Aide

Original Name : Maria Monakhova

Gender : Male

Francois Bryon

Character Name : CIA Wardrobe Guy

Original Name : Francois Bryon

Gender : Male

Pragna Desai

Character Name : Dr. Rita Russell

Original Name : Pragna Desai

Gender : Male

Michel 'Gish' Abou-Samah

Character Name : Olson's Translator

Original Name : Michel 'Gish' Abou-Samah

Gender : Male

Edward Zinoviev

Character Name : Nemerov's Aide

Original Name : Edward Zinoviev

Gender : Male

Sheena Larkin

Character Name : Pam Lathrop

Original Name : Sheena Larkin

Gender : Female

Frank Fontaine

Character Name : General Rand

Original Name : Frank Fontaine

Gender : Male

Andre Cornellier

Character Name : Kremlin Photographer

Original Name : Andre Cornellier

Gender : Male

Maxime Opadtchii

Character Name : Kremlin Photographer's Assistant

Original Name : Maxime Opadtchii

Gender : Male

Mariusz Sibiga

Character Name : Nemerov's Translator

Original Name : Mariusz Sibiga

Gender : Male

Norman Mikeal Berketa

Character Name : American Scientist

Original Name : Norman Mikeal Berketa

Gender : Male

Lev Prygunov

Character Name : General Saratkin

Original Name : Лев Прыгунов

Gender : Male

Mace Neufeld

Character Name : WHCA Dinner Chairman

Original Name : Mace Neufeld

Gender : Male

Jennifer Seguin

Character Name : President's Aide

Original Name : Jennifer Seguin

Gender : Female

Josh Kimmel

Character Name : White House Mess Waiter

Original Name : Josh Kimmel

Gender : Male

Evgeniy Lazarev

Character Name : General Dubinin

Original Name : Евгений Лазарев

Gender : Male

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Character Name : Haft

Original Name : Sven-Ole Thorsen

Gender : Male

Heinar Piller

Character Name : Dressler's Associate

Original Name : Heinar Piller

Gender : Male

Arthur Holden

Character Name : Dressler's Associate

Original Name : Arthur Holden

Gender : Male

Marcel Sabourin

Character Name : Monsieur Monceau

Original Name : Marcel Sabourin

Gender : Male

Vie Nystrom

Character Name : Dressler's Secretary

Original Name : Vie Nystrom

Gender : Female

Joel Bissonnette

Character Name : Jared Mason

Original Name : Joel Bissonnette

Gender : Male

Kwasi Songui

Character Name : Dockyard Navy Veteran

Original Name : Kwasi Songui

Gender : Male

Marina Lapina

Character Name : Nemerov's Wife

Original Name : Marina Lapina

Gender : Female

Victoria Reuter

Character Name : Russian Nurse

Original Name : Victoria Reuter

Gender : Female

France Arbour

Character Name : Spassky's Mother

Original Name : France Arbour

Gender : Female

Lubomir Mykytiuk

Character Name : Spassky

Original Name : Lubomir Mykytiuk

Gender : Male

Vladimir Radian

Character Name : Orlov

Original Name : Vladimir Radian

Gender : Male

Gregory Hlady

Character Name : Milinov

Original Name : Gregory Hlady

Gender : Male

Valeri Koudriavtsev

Character Name : Ukrainian Guard

Original Name : Valeri Koudriavtsev

Gender : Male

Victor Pedtrchenko

Character Name : Ukrainian Guard

Original Name : Victor Pedtrchenko

Gender : Male

Willie Gault

Character Name : Sportscaster

Original Name : Willie Gault

Gender : Male

Gary Gelfand

Character Name : Sportscaster

Original Name : Gary Gelfand

Gender : Male

Arnold McCuller

Character Name : National Anthem Singer

Original Name : Arnold McCuller

Gender : Male

Craig Hosking

Character Name : Helicopter Pilot

Original Name : Craig Hosking

Gender : Male

Jerry Markbreit

Character Name : Referee

Original Name : Jerry Markbreit

Gender : Male

John Eaves

Character Name : Secret Service Agent

Original Name : John Eaves

Gender : Male

J.J. Carle

Character Name : Hospital Physician

Original Name : J.J. Carle

Gender : Male

David Vazquez

Character Name : Marine Rescuer

Original Name : David Vazquez

Gender : Male

David Schaap

Character Name : US Stratcom Colonel

Original Name : David Schaap

Gender : Male

LisaGay Hamilton

Character Name : Capt. Lorna Shiro

Original Name : LisaGay Hamilton

Gender : Female

Kirk Taylor

Character Name : AFRAT Specialist Wesson

Original Name : Kirk Taylor

Gender : Male

Jason Antoon

Character Name : AFRAT Specialist Stubbs

Original Name : Jason Antoon

Gender : Male

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Character Name : NAOC Hotline Operator

Original Name : Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Gender : Female

Aleksandr Belyavskiy

Character Name : Admiral Ivanov

Original Name : Александр Белявский

Gender : Male

Jason Winer

Character Name : Aircraft Carrier Petty Officer

Original Name : Jason Winer

Gender : Male

Antonio David Lyons

Character Name : Aircraft Carrier Petty Officer

Original Name : Antonio David Lyons

Gender : Male

Lennie Loftin

Character Name : Aircraft Carrier Duty Officer

Original Name : Lennie Loftin

Gender : Male

Mike McDougal

Character Name : Russian Pilot

Original Name : Mike McDougal

Gender : Male

Matt Holland

Character Name : Pickup Truck Owner

Original Name : Matt Holland

Gender : Male

Roger Tonry

Character Name : F-16 Pilot

Original Name : Roger Tonry

Gender : Male

Oleg Belkin

Character Name : Russian Defense Minister

Original Name : Oleg Belkin

Gender : Male

Constantine Gregory

Character Name : General Bulgakov

Original Name : Constantine Gregory

Gender : Male

Griffith Brewer

Character Name : Burn Victim

Original Name : Griffith Brewer

Gender : Male

Jacklyn St. Pierre

Character Name : Baltimore Nurse

Original Name : Jacklyn St. Pierre

Gender : Male

Mariah Inger

Character Name : Baltimore Nurse

Original Name : Mariah Inger

Gender : Female

Mark Antony Krupa

Character Name : US STRATCOM Captain

Original Name : Mark Antony Krupa

Gender : Male

Joseph Antaki

Character Name : Arab Doctor

Original Name : Joseph Antaki

Gender : Male

Marcel Jeannin

Character Name : Baltimore Cop

Original Name : Marcel Jeannin

Gender : Male

Gerry Wood

Character Name : AF Lt. Colonel

Original Name : Gerry Wood

Gender : Male

Conrad Pla

Character Name : Pentagon Security Guard

Original Name : Conrad Pla

Gender : Male

Philip Akin

Character Name : General Wilkes

Original Name : Philip Akin

Gender : Male

Henri Pardo

Character Name : Pentagon NCO

Original Name : Henri Pardo

Gender : Male

Irwin Dillion

Character Name : Pentagon Mo-Link Operator

Original Name : Irwin Dillion

Gender : Male

Real Auger

Character Name : Dubinin's Killer

Original Name : Real Auger

Gender : Male

Gilles Marsolais

Character Name : Dubinin's Killer

Original Name : Gilles Marsolais

Gender : Male

Eric Steibi

Character Name : Dressler's Aide

Original Name : Eric Steibi

Gender : Male

Marie-Josée Colburn

Character Name : Mother (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie-Josée Colburn

Gender : Female

Marie Matiko

Character Name : Captain Vicky Shiro (uncredited)

Original Name : Marie Matiko

Gender : Female

Laraine Newman

Character Name : Russian Translator on TV (uncredited)

Original Name : Laraine Newman

Gender : Female

Reviews

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John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Let's see. Who else has 27,000 nukes for us to worry about? The Sum of All Fears is directed by Phil Alden Robinson and adapted to screenplay by Paul Attanasio and Daniel Pyne from the novel of the same name written by Tom Clancy. It stars Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ciaran Hinds, Liev Schreiber, Bridget Moynahan and Michael Byrne. Music is scored by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by John Lindley. Film is the fourth film to feature the character Jack Ryan (Affleck). It is set in present day 2002 but with Ryan younger than in the other films and at the start of his career in the CIA. Plot is Cold War themed and finds America in a sweat when it is found that renegade terrorists have a nuclear weapon in their possession; just as a new supposed radical president takes up office in Russia. Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal. 2002 saw two great thrillers released that starred Ben Affleck, one was Changing Lanes, the other was this Jack Ryan based effort that attempted to reboot the series. Coming a year after the September 11 attacks and featuring a plot involving terrorists using a bomb that America supplied the Israelis in the 70s during the Yom Kippur War, it was material too close to the bone for some critics. Yet the film did well at the box office in the States and including Worldwide takings it garnered well over $100 million in profit. Impressive figures considering it's not an action blockbuster, it relies on brain over brawn and leading man Affleck was on the back of Pearl Harbor and bearing the brunt of critical scorn. Each day we lose a little bit more of our separate, sovereign ability to determine our own futures... and each day the world comes a little bit closer to that terrible moment when the beating of a butterfly's wings unleashes a hurricane God himself cannot stop. Comforted by the superb cast around him, which also includes the likes of Colm Feore, Phillip Baker Hall and Alan Bates in support slots, Affleck proves perfect for the material to hand. Without doubt he's no Harrison Ford, in the same way Moynahan is no Anne Archer, tough boots to fill in the roles of Jack and Cathy Ryan respectively, but in a re-jig of Ryan the character, we now have the arrogance of youth dressed up in slacks and t-shirt, a smart brained youngster beginning his CIA career at a perilous time, a time that thankfully is devoid of jingoistic flag waving, but of adult political sensibilities. Affleck's Ryan as a character is as refreshing as the writers' responsible attitude is. You dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. You dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Do not lecture me on Chechnya! With shades of the Cuban Missile Crisis and a Fail-Safe like finale, The Sum of All Fears rounds out as a nail biter of a thriller. Dig deeper and some implausibilities surface, but we are asked to tune into the paranoia and get in deep with the characters trying to avert global catastrophe, to decry the film's cerebral thriller qualities is churlish. The Jack Ryan parts of the film involving Cathy the girlfriend are the least interesting, but here's the thing, young Jack Ryan is just one of the components making up a far bigger whole. The film isn't solely a Jack Ryan movie. The source novel was a door stopper, so inevitably much as been excised from it, and inevitably fans of the book have been vocal in their displeasure; though we would have needed another hour of film to even get close to Clancy's big block of fiction. So in place is a picture that is uncomplicated in structure and story telling and comes in at under two hours running time. It's credit to director Robinson that The Sum of All Fears engrosses from start to finish. It was hoped that the reboot would herald the start of a run of more Jack Ryan based movies, but in spite of the great box office, this didn't materialise. But that is in no way any marker to the quality of the film, or its standing in the Jack Ryan series. Judge it on its own merits and ideas and the rewards are many, especially on a second viewing. At the time of writing Jack Ryan will return to the big screen in December 2013, titled simply as Jack Ryan, with another young actor, Chris Pine in the role of Ryan. Undoubtedly that will be high on action, such is the way of drawing in the young dollars at the multiplexes these days. But if it has half the tension and brains of Robinson's picture then we will be blessed. If not? Then there's an even bigger reason to treasure Jack Ryan's 2002 version. 7.5/10

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-05-17

_**The sum of all OUR fears**_ A nuke falls into the hands of a neo-fascist madman who wants to pit America against Russia. Then the unthinkable happens. Based on the Tom Clancy novel, "The Sum of All Fears" (2002) features Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst-turned-operative; Morgan Freeman plays his boss; and James Cromwell is on hand as the president. There are several other notables; even the hulking Sven-Ole Thorsen shows up. I’ve only see one other Clancy movie featuring Jack Ryan and that was “Patriot Games” (1992). While it was a’right, this one’s better; top-of-the-line actually. It’s a realistic globe-trotting political thriller that shows how the world is a tinder box and it’s not going to take much to set it on fire. It’s augmented by some welcome wit & low-key humor. The film runs 2 hours, 4 minutes. The locations are too many to list. GRADE: A-/B+

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sooner1ksn

@sooner1ksn

2021-12-03

As a movie, it is OK, actually one of Afflec's better efforts. However, apparently the writer of the screenplay read a different book than I did, because "The Sum Of All Fears", the movie, had about 3 things in common with the book: The name, the main characters, and the fact that it involved nuclear weapons. Why change from Denver to Baltimore? The relationships between Ryan and most of the other characters is scrambled up. Neither Afflec nor Harrison Ford got the character of Jack Ryan right (Ryan is NOT an action hero, he is a deep thinker with a giant inferiority complex who still manages to be a hero, because he HAS to). Actually, Baldwin got it closer in Red October. If you haven't read the book, this film is passable, but if you expected to recognize Clancy's story, you will be disappointed.

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-02-11

For once, Morgan Freeman isn't playing the US President in this rather run of the mill, political apocalypse film. He's actually the CIA director "Cabot" who is working with an analyst "Jack Ryan" (Ben Affleck) to try and thwart a cunning plan to detonate a recently stolen nuclear explosive in the United States so he can start an all out war with Russia. The fascists behind the scheme know full well that any such disaster will put the pressure on "Pres. Fowler" (James Cromwell) to counter-attack the newly installed Russian "Pres. Nemerov" (the dreadfully wooden Ciaran Hinds) and that all of their advisors will be suggesting a kill or be killed philosophy. The aftermath of the explosion further complicates matters for "Ryan" as he struggles to get to the truth, and then to get that to the authorities before all hell breaks loose. The story here works well enough but the casting is distinctly under-par. Freeman does as he alway does, as does Cromwell but Affleck is rather out of his depth with his more substantial role. He is just a bit too light-weight - regardless of how many cuts and bruises the make up folks give him - to step into the shoes of Alex Baldwin or even Harrison Ford with this more cerebral character. There are some decent pyrotechnics and for a while at the end there is a decent bit of tension, but it takes far too long to get the pieces together and though still quite a chilling assessment of just how destructive military might can be, it's just all a bit wordy and flat.