{"id":483,"date":"2026-05-22T22:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:36:40","slug":"tom-clancys-jack-ryan-ghost-war-review-john-krasinski-reprises-role-in-shrug-worthy-prime-video-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tom Clancy\u2019s Jack Ryan: Ghost War\u2019 Review: John Krasinski Reprises Role in Shrug-Worthy Prime Video Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tDid you know that Dubai is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world? It\u2019s but one of many less than revelatory facts strewn throughout Amazon Prime Video\u2019s <em>Tom Clancy\u2019s Jack Ryan: Ghost War,<\/em> a film whose full title will only be mentioned once in this review. John Krasinski reprises the role he played for four years in the series and which has been played on the big screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine (bet you forgot that last one). Now that he\u2019s back, it\u2019s a safe bet that there will be more cinematic entries in the future, although things are off to an unpromising start.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=481\">\u2018The Mandalorian &amp; Grogu\u2019 Won\u2019t Lose Money. It May Not Rescue \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Either<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tHow unpromising is evident right from the beginning, when Ryan, retired from the CIA and now working on Wall Street as a hedge fund analyst, is jogging through the streets of lower Manhattan and becomes alarmed when he realizes he\u2019s being shadowed by two black vans. A frantic chase ensues, with him ducking in and out of a restaurant and bookstore in an attempt to evade the apparent bad guys. When he\u2019s finally cornered, he\u2019s surprised to learn that it\u2019s actually his former CIA boss, James Greer (Wendell Pierce, returning from the series), who wants to recruit him for a freelance assignment\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTom Clancy&#8217;s Jack Ryan: Ghost War\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div>\n<span>The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n<span><\/p>\n<p>\tNever let a successful franchise go to waste.<br \/>\n\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>Release date<\/strong>: Wednesday, May 20 (Amazon Prime Video)<br \/><strong>Cast<\/strong>: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Max Beesley, JJ Feild, Douglas Hodge, Betty Gabriel, Sienna Miller<br \/><strong>Director<\/strong>: Andrew Bernstein<br \/><strong>Screenwriters<\/strong>: Aaron Rabin, John Krasinski<br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRated R,<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 hour 45 minutes\t\t\t<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\tWhen Ryan suggests that a simple phone call would have been easier, Greer replies, \u201cWhere\u2019s the fun in that?\u201d What he doesn\u2019t mention is that it also provides the opportunity for a suspenseful opening scene, albeit one that thoroughly cheats the viewer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSaid assignment involves Jack going to Dubai, accompanied by fellow agent Mike November (Michael Kelly, another series veteran), and picking up a vitally important package from a former M16 operative (Douglas Hodge, sadly not around for too long). It seems like something any experienced CIA agent could handle, but few others headline a successful film and television franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNeedless to say, things don\u2019t go as planned, and Jack finds himself in a simultaneously complex and simplistic conspiracy storyline involving another former MI6 agent, Liam Crown (Max Beesley, who, besides his numerous acting credits, has a successful career as a musician). It turns out that Crown was previously involved with Greer in Project Starling, a secret black-ops program that was shut down. Now Crown\u2019s gone rogue, and it\u2019s up to Ryan to stop him, with the help of tough, chain-smoking British agent Emma Marlowe (Sienna Miller). By the time a plan to blow up Tower Bridge has been revealed, most viewers will have abandoned keeping track of the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=479\">Netflix Nabs Spec Script for Nuclear Weapons Thriller \u2018Run the Football\u2019 From \u2018The Batman\u2019 Producer (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAs with so many espionage films, <em>Jack Ryan: Ghost War<\/em> revels in setting the action in familiar locations. Besides the foot chase in Manhattan, there\u2019s a speedboat chase in Dubai and a car chase through the crowded streets of London. A key scene involving a tense meeting among the major characters takes place in the middle of Trafalgar Square, because how else do you justify that travel budget?<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKrasinski executive produced and co-wrote the screenplay but doesn\u2019t seem to have been very interested in character development or meaningful dialogue, unless you count a frustrated Greer bellowing \u201cYou and your goddamn moral compass!\u201d to Ryan when things get heated. There\u2019s also loads of exposition, with the characters patiently explaining what\u2019s happening to each other so that viewers scrolling through their phones at home will be able to keep up.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tKrasinski is, as always, an affable, engaging screen presence and is physically convincing going through the action paces (Ryan was originally conceived as a more cerebral figure, but he certainly hasn\u2019t been played onscreen that way). But he\u2019s also more than a bit bland, failing to anchor the proceedings in sufficiently compelling manner. For someone whose character\u2019s name is so prominently featured in the title, he tends to fade into the background. That may work for a spy in real life, but in the movies it\u2019s a detriment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=477\">Chelsea Handler Faces Backlash After Criticizing \u201cRacist\u201d Jokes at Kevin Hart Roast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Krasinski stars in &#8216;Tom Clancy&#8217;s Jack Ryan: Ghost War,&#8217; Prime Video&#8217;s movie follow-up to their successful action series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[535,536,537,538,539,465],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-alec-baldwin","tag-jack-ryan-tv","tag-john-krasinski","tag-michael-kelly","tag-sienna-miller","tag-wendell-pierce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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