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Taut, suspenseful
by HeatherM (movies profile)
Nov 26, 2004
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2 people found this review helpful
Phil Alden Robinson was a pretty good director in the early nineties, making films like Field of Dreams and Sneakers. Then, he took a break. At last, he is back, and delivers a taut, suspenseful film. The Sum of All Fears is this film.
It's about neo-nazis who aquire the materials to nuke the U.S. at their precious Superbowl, and turn the U.S. and Russia against each other by framing the Russians, thus causing a hatred that would go beyond just a Cold War.
The CIA's Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck) investigates. There is one thing that I have noticed about Affleck. He is a much better actor when he plays a dramatic role, rather than a comedic or action role. He is alright as Jack Ryan, but both Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin were better, Ford being the best.
Liev Shreiber has a small role as another agent, and Morgan Freeman dominates every minute he has. Freeman is one of those actors who will give a good performance, but not rob it from everyone else. He does just that here as a fellow agent. James Cromwell plays the U.S. president and he plays him well: like a U.S. president would be.
The Sum of All Fears is good if you wanna lay back and watch some terrorists get their butts kicked and the world get saved. I think that was the whole intent of the movie after all: to entertain moviegoers not with realistic emotions or extremely detailed plots, but to simply entertain.
And if that is this movie's purpose, then it does it very well. |
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