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Product Description A triple bill of films featuring Tom Clancy's CIA agent Jack Ryan. In 'The Hunt for Red October', Ryan (Alec Baldwin) is assigned to track down Soviet Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery), who is patrolling the US coast in a technologically superior submarine. 'Patriot Games' sees Ryan (Harrison Ford), holidaying with his family in England, targeted by terrorists when he foils an assassination attempt. In 'Clear and Present Danger', Ryan (Ford) is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his boss (James Earl Jones) falls ill. His first task is to investigate the murder of a friend of the President who had links with Colombian drug barons. .co.uk Review This handsome box set collects together all three of the films based on Tom Clancy's hugely popular Jack Ryan books. In the first adaptation, The Hunt for Red October, Alec Baldwin offers an interesting Ryan in this gripping submarine-set thriller directed by action auteur John McTiernan (Predator, Die Hard and Die Hard With a Vengeance). Red October also sports Sean Connery as the Russian nuclear submarine captain, his Scottish accent only cursorily disguised as per usual, attempting to defect to the West on his ship. Ryan must figure out his true motives for approaching the US. It all makes for an exceptionally handsome movie with action sequences that really take one's breath away. The second Clancy adaptation, Patriot Games, is the first to star Harrison Ford in the Ryan role. Recently voted the sexiest man alive in a popular poll, Ford's strong, silent shaggy presence brings more warmth to the CIA analyst part. Directed by Phillip Noyce (Dead Calm), this film has Ryan and his family on vacation when Ryan is called upon to save a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists, giving a new twist on the phrase "adventure holiday". Before you know it, the Ryan clan is being targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. Sean Bean as head baddie wreaks havoc on property and rivals Brad Pitt in the dodgy "Oirish" accent stakes, but no one is better than Ford at square-jawed righteous heroism.He returns in Clear and Present Danger, the third instalment in the trilogy, also directed by Noyce, a more complex, rewarding, and bolder film than Patriot Games. Here Ryan is embroiled in a failed White House bid to wipe out a Colombian drug cartel and cover up the mess. The script, by Clancy and John Milius (Red Dawn), has an air of true adventure about it as Ryan places himself in harm's way to extract covert soldiers abandoned in a Latin-American jungle. There are a couple of expertly handled set pieces, especially a shocking scene involving an ambush on Ryan's car in an alley. The supporting cast is superb, including Willem Dafoe as the soldiers' leader, Henry Czerny as Ryan's enemy at the CIA, Joaquim de Almeida as a smooth-talking villain, Ann Magnuson as an unwitting confederate in international crime, and James Earl Jones as Ryan's dying boss. --Leslie Felperin
G**S
Sean Connery at his usual best
A very interesting film about the cold war. Well acted and presented. Sean Connery rally stands out as an excellent actor and not just as James Bond from which he initially became famous.A good narrative and a lot of action. Highly recommended. A film worth having in one's library. The 4K presentation provides a very sharp and excellent image.
J**.
Jush one ping
Connery is surrounded by amazing British actors performing amazing Russian accents and Sean does his thing, but really that doesn’t even matter and Red October is a great film!
P**L
crackin movie just wished to see it again.
crackin movie just wished to see it again.
M**Y
Definitely an upgrade in picture quality over the blue ray
Do like this film and have been looking for it on 4k for a while. Frustratingly it's only been available as part of the 'Jack Ryan set' up until now so when I saw it was finally being released on its own, I jumped at the chance.Having said that, if I'm being honest, I was a bit unsure of whether it would live up to my expectations or not. I have found that 4k discs, especially of older films, can vary a bit in quality. I was recently left slightly underwhelmed by Spiderman 2 because while the picture was good, the level of film grain was seriously distracting. I get that it's something that is a result of shooting on film and generally don't consider myself a 'grain hater' - I actually prefer leaving it in to applying excessive DNR (digital noise reduction) - but what I don't quite get is how it can vary from movie to movie, if both were shot on film. Unfortunately, on Spiderman 2 it was like a swarm of gnats in places (which never came up in any review I read) and because THFRO is more than 10 years older, I was a bit worried it would be a similar story.Well, I'm glad to say I was wrong. For whatever reason the grain is far less pronounced and the detail level in some scenes is astonishing (at least it was to me). I was honestly marvelling at close-ups of Scott Glen's face, as Captain of the USS Dallas.Unfortunately the studio didn't take the opportunity to upgrade the soundtrack to Dolby Atmos, however it's less of an issue than I thought it would be, because while it's still 'only' 5.1, it's Dolby True HD, which, unlike Dolby digital, is lossless (not compressed) and that meant that the soundtrack was crisp and weighty and while I was watching it in 'pseudo' Dolby Atmos (via My AVR's upmixer) I really did not feel like I was missing out, which is not the case with upmixed Dolby Digital.All in all, a great experience and worth getting!
V**E
Excellent delivery
Extremely fast delivery, packed with the utmost care. Excellent edition for a remarkable Clancy's novel adaptation. The item was exactly as described by the seller, new sealed with blister hence the discs are without stain nor scratch. Compliments to the seller!
J**Z
Worth it!
Superb resolution and HDR. Very happy with my purchase. Loved re-watching this old favourite 😁.
P**N
Good.
Good overall but a little dark on my LG Oled TV.
O**N
A great story, spoiled by lazy light metering.
A great Cold War Story that's more relevant than when it was released to Cinema. The secondary characters shine by the performance of the actors as much as the principles. However there is an issue. While not overly distracting, the lighting in 4k appears to be metered to the submarine and US warship untsrumentation panels in dark scenes. Which is great for the dynamics drama scences. However this takes from 85% of the film, that require Mid-tones, which are washed out by highlights or black. Very lazy colour palette editing, it destroyed the last scene. Not seen the blu ray, which I hope doesn't have the same issue.
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