The Sum of All Fears (2002)

Written by Wuchak on June 21, 2020

The sum of all OUR fears

A nuke falls into the hands of a neo-fascist madman who wants to pit America against Russia. Then the unthinkable happens.

Based on the Tom Clancy novel, "The Sum of All Fears" (2002) features Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst-turned-operative; Morgan Freeman plays his boss; and James Cromwell is on hand as the president. There are several other notables; even the hulking Sven-Ole Thorsen shows up.

I’ve only see one other Clancy movie featuring Jack Ryan and that was “Patriot Games” (1992). While it was a’right, this one’s better; top-of-the-line actually. It’s a realistic globe-trotting political thriller that shows how the world is a tinder box and it’s not going to take much to set it on fire. It’s augmented by some welcome wit & low-key humor.

The film runs 2 hours, 4 minutes. The locations are too many to list.

GRADE: A-/B+