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The Sum of All Fears (2002)

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Release Date: May 31, 2002
Genre: Action, Suspense
Running Time: 124 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence, disaster images and brief strong language.
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Writer: Paul Attanasio, Akiva Goldsman
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Ron Rifkin, Ken Jenkins, Ciaran Hinds, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Byrne, James Cromwell, Alan Bates, Bridget Moynahan, Morgan Freeman, Ben Affleck

Based on the book by Tom Clancy, European Neo-Nazis have acquired a nuclear device and have plans to use it at the Superbowl, in hopes of blaming it on Russia and rekindling the Cold War. However, young analyst Jack Ryan is on the case, and he will stop at nothing to capture the terrorists. Read more

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Grade: B- Ben Affleck takes over from where Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin left off as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan in The Sum of All Fears. The story was overhauled to handle the age discrepancy between Affleck and his predecessors, and many questions are raised: Can Affleck be the realistic hero that Ford and Baldwin were? Can the movie match the quality of the previous three films? And, most importantly, is the world ready to see Baltimore destroyed by a nuclear bomb? Read the full movie review

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