The Sum Of All Fears: Critic Reviews

An implausible apocalypse without depth or resonance, a cartoon of international politics presented with no James Bond-like playfulness and with all the superficial realism money can buy.

I'm not saying Affleck is in way over his head, but a scuba tank and swim fins might come in handy.

Affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into, a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority.

Generic action film not good for kids, or anyone.

Though this political adventure requires substantial suspension of disbelief, the witty script and mature approach keep the film on track. [Blu-Ray]

... Entertaining and far more relevant than most other action/adventure movies.

So don't worry, take in a matinee.

Has enough cliches and cut-out characters to condemn it to mediocrity.

Realizando um bom trabalho ao condensar o complexo livro de Clancy, o filme e tenso, inteligente e conta com fortes atuacoes de todo o elenco - inclusive de Affleck, que confere uma curiosa vulnerabilidade ao heroi.

It's a tired premise, and it's got its flaws, but the present talent makes it worthwhile.

I didn't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot.

Tom Clancy franchise gets a surprisingly satisfying reinvention thanks to star Ben Affleck and director Phil Alden Robinson.

Not great filmmaking, probably not even vintage Clancy, but it's a good enough political thriller.

It's all fast and loud and pulse-pounding, of course, but nothing that we haven't seen dozens of times on screen after imaginary disasters.

Superior genre storytelling, which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line.

The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots (or cinema seats).

The Sum of All Fears proves that the Jack Ryan franchise still has some legs. Most importantly, it also has a brain.

The exposition-heavy screenplay favours deathly dialogue scenes over actually showing us action unfolding.

Clancy's world is strictly for the techno-nerds and frankly they're welcome to it.

Deals with a chillingly topical nuclear attack on Baltimore. But perhaps more disturbingly, it rehashes it into a Ben Affleck action romance.

All shame aside, not being a Tom Clancy fan or Jack Ryan fan, I did quite enjoy it. Is it Morgan Freeman?

Works on the levels you would expect it to but doesn't go the extra mile.

El filme provoca que la audiencia piense y medite sobre el mundo en que habitamos, asi como en los obsoletos sistemas de gobierno que hemos creado como sociedad.

If the measure of a movie is its ability to make you think about the ideas it contains, The Sum of All Fears is a success in many of the ways that count.

A competent Tom Clancy thriller that's betrayed by a miscast Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan.