What a terrible movie. On its own, it was a bad movie. As an 'adaptation' of an excellent Clancy book, a complete trainwreck. Besides sharing the title and the nuking of a football game, there is no correlation between the book and movie. Last time...
- 20.September.2010
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- by: Denis
- Denis rated this movie
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What a terrible movie. On its own, it was a bad movie. As an 'adaptation' of an excellent Clancy book, a complete trainwreck. Besides sharing the title and the nuking of a football game, there is no correlation between the book and movie. Last time I checked, the Cold War ended over a decade ago....by screwing with the plot lines and dates, they can't do other Clancy movies without completely ruining them.
- 20.September.2010
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- by: Denis
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[An Example of Squandered Potential]
The Sum of All Fears had an all-star cast, and much potential to be a great movie, unfortunately, that potential was squandered by its week screenplay (among other things). The screenplay was overly complicated...
- 24.October.2009
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- by: joseph.miklovic
- joseph.miklovic rated this movie0/10
[An Example of Squandered Potential]
The Sum of All Fears had an all-star cast, and much potential to be a great movie, unfortunately, that potential was squandered by its week screenplay (among other things). The screenplay was overly complicated for this type of movie. The screenplay's unfocused plot will probably be confusing to most audiences. I also believe that many scenes were distracting, and should have never made it past the cutting room.
The film score was good. I do not remember who the composer was, but he did a nice job.
I would not recommend The Sum of All Fears as a Saturday night special, however, it is worth a watch if you put it on in the background while doing something else.
- 24.October.2009
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- by: joseph.miklovic
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The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of all Fears is a pretty bland action flick, with a predictable plot and nothing that hasn't been done a hundred times before. Given the magnitude of the events that occur in the film there should be a feeling of great tension and...
- 24.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
- Alex Stajos rated this movie6/10Okay
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of all Fears is a pretty bland action flick, with a predictable plot and nothing that hasn't been done a hundred times before. Given the magnitude of the events that occur in the film there should be a feeling of great tension and overbearing urgency, but it never delivers. Sure, there are some paint by number tricks used to try and build suspense, but that can only bring a film so far. Part of the problem may lie in the acting of the lead role played by Ben Affleck. Normally I am a fan of Affleck, but I never believed his portrayal of Jack Ryan. It seemed as if Affleck was playing a character in one of his other roles and just seemed to stumble onto the wrong set. The film fails to capture the audience and create a feeling of overwhelming chaos and peril and therefore fails to deliver as a great movie given its genre. It is watchable, but not remarkable.
- 24.January.2009
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- by: Alex Stajos
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Not a great movie - but it did make me think.
Not all of the characters in this film were believable and the plot was not particularly thick. However, in light of recent events and the renewed cold war rhetoric coming from Russia these days, this movie takes on renewed significance.
- 17.December.2008
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- by: Michael Covington
- Michael Covington rated this movie7/10Good
Not a great movie - but it did make me think.
Not all of the characters in this film were believable and the plot was not particularly thick. However, in light of recent events and the renewed cold war rhetoric coming from Russia these days, this movie takes on renewed significance.
- 17.December.2008
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- by: Michael Covington
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not at all like the book
Only the main idea comes from the book. The screenplay was made for the movie, and it is very entertaining. after seeing this movie every one of my friends was sure he could run a small country :)
- 25.August.2008
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- by: blutarsky
- blutarsky rated this movie7/10Good
not at all like the book
Only the main idea comes from the book. The screenplay was made for the movie, and it is very entertaining. after seeing this movie every one of my friends was sure he could run a small country :)
- 25.August.2008
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- by: blutarsky
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