The Sum of All Fears
After reading the wicked plan of a new Nazi attack, that seeks to destroy the ties between the United States president and the new elected president of Russia, by detonating a nuclear weapon in Paltimore during a football match, Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, does his best and struggles against destroying their evil plans.
5 July 1975, Dallas, Texas, USA
28 April 1971, Binghamton, New York, USA
4 October 1967, San Francisco, California, USA
29 June 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
6 May 1932, Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
16 September 1942, New York City, New York, USA
10 September 1931, Toledo, Ohio, USA
October 25, 1965 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
18 April 1950, Kingston, Jamaica
4 December 1954, Khorostkov, Ternopol Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Khorostkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]
April 29, 2009
A solid thriller with a great cast that tends to suffer from some faults...August 05, 2008
Though this political adventure requires substantial suspension of disbelief, the witty script and mature approach keep the film on track. [Blu-Ray]January 07, 2004
... Entertaining and far more relevant than most other action/adventure movies.January 22, 2014
[Ben Affleck's] Jack Ryan is simply impossible to take seriously, and that's something the film could probably never survive.June 04, 2002
A trite espionage thriller without the thrills but with a lingering measure of nausea.August 13, 2016
The Sum of All Fears is ultimately a decent Ryan adventure that could (and should) have been so much better...June 03, 2002
The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment.June 13, 2002
I'm not saying Affleck is in way over his head, but a scuba tank and swim fins might come in handy.January 01, 2011
Generic action film not good for kids, or anyone.June 10, 2002
Affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into, a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority.June 02, 2002
Phil Alden Robinson, who directed from a script by Paul Attanasio and Daniel Pyne, is an accomplished craftsman, but his movie has been upstaged by the sum of our fears.July 20, 2002
An implausible apocalypse without depth or resonance, a cartoon of international politics presented with no James Bond-like playfulness and with all the superficial realism money can buy.