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Patriot Games is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phillip Noyce released in USA on 4 june 1992 with Harrison Ford
Patriot Games (1992)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 june 1992
Length 1h57
Directed by Phillip Noyce
OriginUSA
Themes Spy films, Politique, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Political films, Conflit nord-irlandais
Rating67%
Patriot Games is a 1992 American spy thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, but with different actors in the leading roles, Harrison Ford starring as Jack Ryan and Anne Archer as his surgeon-wife. James Earl Jones is the lone holdover, reprising his role as Admiral James Greer. The cast also includes Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Harris.
The film premiered in theaters in the United States on June 5, 1992 and spent two weeks as the No. 1 film, grossing $178,051,587 in box office business. It currently holds a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes with 32 critical reviews counted. On June 9, 1992, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the RCA Records music label. The soundtrack was composed and orchestrated by musician James Horner. The film series' next installment also featured Ford and Archer in the 1994 film Clear and Present Danger.
Synopsis
Retired CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Ford) is on vacation with his family in London. They witness a terrorist attack on Lord William Holmes (Fox), British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Ryan intervenes and is injured, but he kills one of the assailants, Patrick Miller, while his older brother Sean (Bean) looks on. The remaining attackers flee, as Sean is apprehended by the police. While recovering, Ryan is called to testify in court against Miller, who is part of a splinter cell of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Miller is later convicted for his crimes.Actors
Harrison Ford
(Jack Ryan)
Anne Archer
(Dr. Caroline "Cathy" Ryan)
Patrick Bergin
(Kevin O'Donnell)
Sean Bean
(Sean Miller)
Thora Birch
(Sally Ryan)
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