Not anywhere near as good as The Hunt for Red October but a serviceable action movie with Harrison Ford playing the every man to good effect.
Personally I think this movie is only as good as it is because of the acting. I found the story line kind of boring and in no way near the perfection of The Hunt for Red October. The only thing that could have made this movie better than the typical story line would have to been to beef up Jack Ryan's character but instead I was left with a typical action movie that in many ways turns out not to be an action movie because there's not much action. And the non-action scenes don't really feel compelling or tense. There just needed to be more meat on this stick for it to be better. Even the Lethal Weapon movies could have a weak story line but the two main characters made up for that weakness with their interesting personalities - not so much here. I think this movie has not dated well but worth at least one watch.
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