Tag Archives: Tom Clancy

By now, Tom Hardy has the market cornered in on-screen badasses. After his highly memorable turns in “Bronson”, “Warrior”, “Lawless”, and of course “The Dark Knight Rises”, the Brit actor has developed a reputation for being a formidable physical actor. Which is why he’s now been offered the lead role in a feature film adaptationContinue Reading

Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine. What do all these guys have in common? They’ve all played the famous(ish) CIA analyst character Jack Ryan from author Tom Clancy’s series of bestselling espionage thrillers. From “The Hunt For Red October”, to “Patriot Games”, to “The Sum Of All Fears”, Ryan has been the series’Continue Reading

If you’re not familiar with the name Jack Ryan, perhaps these will ring a bell: “The Hunt For Red October”, “Clear And Present Danger”, “Patriot Games”, “The Sum Of All Fears”. Played by various actors over the years, including a definitive turn by Harrison Ford, Ryan is one of the more memorable characters in spyContinue Reading

Jack Ryan is one of the more intelligently-written cinematic action heroes. Actually, he isn’t an action hero in the proper sense of the term. Rather, he’s a regular (albeit very smart) guy who just happens to be forced into action on a regular basis. Kind of like John “Die Hard” MacClane with an Ivy LeagueContinue Reading