| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (2002) |
| Director | Phil Alden Robinson |
| Writer | Tom Clancy, Paul Attanasio, Daniel Pyne |
| Lead Actor | Ben Affleck |
| Cast | Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ian Mongrain |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Release Date | May 31, 2002 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 4m(124 min) |
| Budget | $68 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.5/10 |
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THE SUM OF ALL FEARS is another doomsday averted scenario adapted from one of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan novels Clancy is among the few fiction writers who can compete with the evening news.
In past films Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin portrayed Ryan. Now Ben Affleck plays the CIA man, who has lost 20 years and his wife and family. He’s seen wooing Dr. Cathy (Bridget Moynahan), a physician who will come in handy for post disaster scenes. Their romance is constantly interrupted by Ryan’s boss (Morgan Freeman), who sends him on overseas missions to find out what’s happening with the new Russian president and the shocking use of chemical weapons in Chechnya.
The audience knows what the principals do not A nuke lost decades ago by an Israeli jet has turned up on the black market and been sold to neo Nazi terrorists who want to kick off a war that will destroy both Russia and America. Ryan and fellow agent and budding superspy John Clark (Liev Schreiber) strive to stop the carnage.
The Middle East is involved as just part of the context. Most of the feeling is still 20th century Cold War the slick computer technology, the leftover Hitler admirers who think the time is ripe for fascism, the Strangelovian generals afraid of not being tough enough as civilization rushes to the brink. The American president (a flawed fellow played with nuance by James Cromwell) is ready to push the mother of all buttons.
The physical impact of a nuclear blast is only suggested and radioactivity simply ignored its horror post 9/11 is closer to the nerve than any Hannibal Lecter. As the humane Russian president (played by Irish actor Ciaran Hinds) asks softly, after being told missiles will be launched to take out U.S. command sites in the Rockies, “How many people are there in Colorado Springs?” The parts don’t quite mix, and the awesomeness of it all is trivialized in familiar spy thriller clichés not especially recommended.
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