Now it’s time for “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” starring Chris Pine, who has already been Captain Kirk in the latest round of “Star Trek” movies. So for Pine, and us, this is par for the ...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” (PG-13 ... “There are never enough kid-friendly movies, it seems, so Surly and his plot will suffice. But when you compare ‘The Nut Job’ to the growing ...

That's been the recipe for a 007 movie for more than 50 years, and like the classic vodka martini, it's been often adopted, adapted, adulterated and just plain ruined. "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit ...

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” comes off as a reasonable facsimile, serviceable but not compelling, something that could pass for the real thing if you’re not looking too hard. – Kenneth ...

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is a new Jack Ryan movie, but it’s a reboot. Nothing is consistent between the previous Ryans (Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin,) and new Ryan, now played by Chris Pin ...

Based on Tom Clancy's best sellers, a young Jack Ryan is once again in the center of the action, from Afghanistan to New York City to Moscow. This bright and courageous young man is recruited by ...

It’s purely fun aspects like these that help “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” surface as a movie that will be approved by theatergoers looking for some fluidly tense action sequences to enjoy.

In the pulsating but colorless Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, he gets into fistfights ... He might as well be called Generic Agent Guy. The movie is — surprise! — a franchise reboot (there hasn ...

If it weren’t for a weaker third act, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” could have made a case for being one of the top action movies of the year. Instead, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an ...

Tom Clancy’s C.I.A. analyst-hero Jack Ryan returns to the screen in a workmanlike if unoriginal and uninspiring reboot — “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” This Ryan was an economics student in ...

Perhaps it’s a sign of America’s mood when a dumb comedy like, “Ride Along,” brings in $41 million opposite the $17 million taken in by “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” on their shared ...

But his movie never really busts loose ... That’s the disturbing point. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit has no personality of its own. It’s a product constructed out of spare parts and assembled ...