I’m beginning to feel like I’ve already seen Paramount Pictures’ reboot JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT. There is barely a day goes by without new footage in featurettes or clips from Kenneth Branagh’s franchise kick-starter, which, if you’ve been following production, will reintroduce the character based on Tom Clancy’s literary hero. Well, as the headline suggests, it’s another day so we better showcase the latest clip featuring Ryan’s mentor played by Kevin Costner.
The story follows Ryan from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the modern CIA where he becomes an analyst, under the guardianship of his handler, Harper (Kevin Costner). When Ryan believes he’s uncovered a Russian plot to collapse the United States economy, he goes from being an analyst to becoming a spy and must fight to save his own life and those of countless others, while also trying to protect the thing that’s more important to him than anything, his relationship with his fiancée Cathy (Keira Knightley).
JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT stars Chris Pine, Keira Knightly, Kevin Costner, Colm Feore, Nonso Anozie, David Paymer and Peter Andersson. It’s slated for the US on the 17th January and the UK 31st January
Craig was our great north east correspondent, proving that it’s so ‘grim up north’ that losing yourself in a world of film is a foregone prerequisite. He has been studying the best (and often worst) of both classic and modern cinema at the University of Life for as long as he can remember. Craig’s favorite films include THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, JFK, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE, and most of John Carpenter’s early work, particularly THE THING and HALLOWEEN.
