Shadow Recruit is an origin story of CIA analyst Jack Ryan, based on the character created by Tom Clancy. This is the first Jack Ryan film not to be based on a Clancy novel.
Chris Pine becomes the 4th person to play Ryan on Film, following on from Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October) Harrison Ford (Patriot Games/Clear & Present Danger) and Ben Affleck (The Sum of all Fears)
Despite this being an prequal/Origin film, it is a very modern setting, taking place in 2013 Wall Street.
The main leads do a decent job, Pine is up there with the best of the previous Jack Ryan incarnations, Knightly does a good job as his Girlfriend and Kevin Costner is superb as his CIA boss.
This is a decent film, you know what to expect from this type of movie and it doesn't disappoint in that regard, however it follows a fairly predictable and safe format, there is very little here that hasn't been done before and with nothing to surprising. I was perhaps, hoping for something a bit more risky, new and refreshing. 8/10
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