Jack Ryan is a character who has survived hopscotch casting. Now it’s time for “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” starring Chris Pine, who has already been Captain Kirk in the latest round of ...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (PG-13) “The descent from the sublime to the banal isn’t as depressing as it might have been with ‘Shadow Recruit,’ although the trip is often vertiginous.

Unlike the other films in the series, however, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is not based on a particular Clancy novel, but rather is based on an original script penned by Adam Cozad and ...

Based on Tom Clancy's best sellers, a young Jack Ryan is once again in the center of the action, from Afghanistan to New York City to Moscow. This bright and courageous young man is recruited by ...

Going into "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" I had a free mind with nothing to compare the film to. What I can say is this: "Shadow Recruit" is an extremely effective espionage thriller that will keep ...

Take five parts violence to one part sex. Garnish with quips. Serve shaken - not stirred - in a large, expensive film. That's been the recipe for a 007 movie for more than 50 years, and like the ...

Jack Ryan, the superstar CIA analyst created 30 years ago by Tom Clancy, is now in his fifth motion picture, with a fourth actor playing him. I’m more than happy to see Chris Pine, so good as ...

In “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit,” everyone is as they appear. The intelligence operatives are brave patriots, and the villains (here a shadowy cabal of Russian oligarchs) are sinister, and heavy ...

As espionage thrillers go, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit skillfully marshals all the familiar elements. That's the damn problem. Despite a timely spy plot with Russian baddies trying to crash the U.S.

Tom Clancy’s C.I.A. analyst-hero Jack Ryan returns to the screen in a workmanlike if unoriginal and uninspiring reboot — “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” This Ryan was an economics student in ...

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” comes off as a reasonable facsimile, serviceable but not compelling, something that could pass for the real thing if you’re not looking too hard. – Kenneth ...

Chris Pine demonstrates flexibility in this Jack Ryan franchise reboot. Known chiefly as Captain Kirk from Paramount’s new “Star Trek” and its sequel, Paramount rightly bets Pine can lose ...