DramaActionThrillerCrime

Patriot Games

- Not for honor. Not for country. For his wife and child.

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

Release Date : 1992-06-04

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount PicturesMace Neufeld Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jack Ryan

Original Name : Harrison Ford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan

Original Name : Anne Archer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sally Ryan

Original Name : Thora Birch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sean Miller

Original Name : Sean Bean

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kevin O'Donnell

Original Name : Patrick Bergin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annette

Original Name : Polly Walker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord William Holmes

Original Name : James Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

Original Name : Samuel L. Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adm. James Greer

Original Name : James Earl Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paddy O'Neil

Original Name : Richard Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marty Cantor

Original Name : J.E. Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dennis Cooley

Original Name : Alex Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Watkins

Original Name : Hugh Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Highland

Original Name : David Threlfall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Owens

Original Name : Alun Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sissy

Original Name : Berlinda Tolbert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord Justice

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Aide

Original Name : Pip Torrens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ashley

Original Name : Thomas Russell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Dugan

Original Name : Andrew Connolly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ned Clark

Original Name : Keith Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy Reardon

Original Name : Jonathan Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Court Guard

Original Name : P.H. Moriarty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Interviewer

Original Name : Bob Gunton

Gender : Male

Character Name : CIA Technician

Original Name : Ted Raimi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Brenda James

Gender : Female

Character Name : Paddy Boy

Original Name : Karl Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Holmes

Original Name : Claire Oberman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Holmes

Original Name : Oliver Stone

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Electrician

Original Name : Tom Watt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable

Original Name : Tim Dutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable

Original Name : Martin Cochrane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rose

Original Name : Ellen Geer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Winter

Original Name : John Lafayette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ferro

Original Name : Shaun Duke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spiva

Original Name : Fritz Sperberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : CIA Analyst

Original Name : Allison Barron

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr Shapiro

Original Name : Philip Levien

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent Shaw

Original Name : Jesse D. Goins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Avery

Original Name : Michael Ryan Way

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Director’s Bodyguard (uncredited)

Original Name : Peter Weireter

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

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.