The Sum of All Fears (Special Collector's Edition) | 
| Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins, Liev Schreiber
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  312 reviews
Sales Rank: 5634
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: PARD337224D
ISBN: 0792182081
UPC: 097363372240
EAN: 9780792182085
ASIN: B00005JL8F
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: October 29, 2002
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Product Description
When the president of Russia suddenly dies and is succeeded by a man about whom little is known, tension increases as old fears ignite new paranoia. Director of Central Intelligence Bill Cabot (Freeman) recruits a young analyst from the Russia desk, Jack Ryan (Affleck), to supply insight and advice. Then the unthinkable happens: the capital of Chechnya is leveled by a nuclear bomb. America is quick to blame the Russians and mistrust escalates despite Ryan's certainty that other players are at work. He is right. Terrorists bent on provoking open war between the two nations are moving behind the scenes to manufacture and escalate a conflict. When they successfully detonate a second bomb outside Baltimore during the Super Bowl, the world is pushed inexorably towards war...unless Ryan can supply the needed proof to stem the tide of disaster in time.
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It's not easy replacing Harrison Ford as a beloved screen hero, but Ben Affleck brings fresh vitality to The Sum of All Fears, reviving Paramount's Tom Clancy franchise in the role Ford made famous. As CIA agent Jack Ryan, Affleck is a rookie in the covert ranks, unraveling a plot that lures Russian and American superpowers into a nuclear standoff, while a neofascist faction turns most of Baltimore into an atomic wasteland and holds the world in the grip of a terrorist nightmare. Affleck combines sharp intelligence with a new-guy's perspective, while a senior agent (Morgan Freeman) passes the torch of back-channel authority. The result is one of the best Clancy films to date, ably helmed by Phil Alden Robinson (whose comic thriller Sneakers was sorely underrated) with a stellar supporting cast, and adapted with abundant humor, humanity, and thrills by Donnie Brasco screenwriter Paul Attanasio and cowriter Daniel Pyne. Even the typically reticent Clancy would approve. --Jeff Shannon
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 Good plot, good film, hedious adaptation May 27, 2009
Anibal Madeira (Lisboa Portugal)
Tom Clancy knows how to make vivid and realistic stories, because he walked in the halls of power and really understands about politics, the military and secret services. "The sum of all fears" is no exception, and shows how a determined partie with the right connections can begin a series of events that leads to a war with dire consequences. This film, although changing lots of plot, character and faction elements, keeps the main substance of the novel: Fear will tear us apart.
Especially in europe we believe that we live in a state of grace and permanent peace, but it's so fragile that we must cherish it. This film and novel is really a cautionary tale.
This Jack Ryan is a freshman in the CIA, not the hardened sub-director we're used to, and Ben Affleck fulfills the role quite well. Morgan Freeman is great as a top CIA executive; charismatic and with great leadership characteristics, easy stuff for such a good actor.
Secondary roles like the russian president and the american operative are also well played, leaving their mark.
The story itself as some "reality checks", like the secret services almost omnipotence, a walk in post nuclear bomb Baltimore, total discardance of nuclear Electro Magnetic Pulse (although the commentaries of Tom Clancy state that a small weapon probably would not knock out the entire network of com nods) or the fist fight with the big nazi (why????).
Good entertainment with a message. Common sense and wisdom must always be present in politics, especially when we have weapons that can destroy us all.
The extras in the DVD are quite good; explaining how was done the main scenes that required most special fx (like the effects of the explosion, or the A4 being shotdown); there are also interviews with the actors, and great commentaries from Tom Clancy (don't forget to watch this film a second time with the commentaries on - they should have hired Mr. clancy as an adviser...the film would be better). Three stars for the extras.
A good movie May 23, 2009
Robert L. Jensen (Nevada)
I was very happy with Amazon and it's partner as to the speed and quality of how everything went smoothly. I received the DVD in a timely manner and was pleased at the price for the entire experience.
 Sum of All Fears is the sum of all Spy Thrillers! May 3, 2009
Carl A. Barrows (Cincinnati, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Sum of All Fears takes place in the past when Jack Ryan is a young CIA analyst, getting his first taste of national intelligence and meeting high level people in the government. This movie has lots of action and some good humor between Affleck and Morgan Freeman, showing how Admiral Greer dies toward the end. The part where the American aircraft carrier gets attacked is great (along with the Russian fighters getting blown up). They threw in some romance and spy intrigue to the mix as well. Definitely worth your time and to add to your collection!
Carl
Excellent Movie! April 28, 2009
A. Cummings
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw the first two reviews of this movie and I'm very glad that I ignored them. I thought that this was an excellent movie, very suspensful, and a wonderful ending. Morgan Freeman and Ben Affleck do a great job as the head of the CIA and a young Jack Ryan. The only reason I can figure out that these people hated the movie is that they are hard-core Tom Clancy fans who like to be bored to tears when reading. If this movie had stuck 100% to Clancy's book it probably would have been 5 hours long. The man just goes far too much into explanation and you could probably cut out 200 pages of his books and still have a good plot. Once again, see this movie.
 The Dividend of All Concerns November 26, 2008
Bob (Divided States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
THUMBS UP FOR SO-CALLED "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS"
I hate people that go around complaining about "political correctness". I do it myself some, but I'm not a rightwing nut. It ain't all like the Drudge Report and Hannity etc. tell ya monkey. 6 stars for THE SUM OF ALL FEARS for it's "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS". Ohhh how dare a movie be critical of the military industrial complex. _OOOOOH_MY_GOD_ Israel looks not like a bunch of saints in a movie. What??? It didn't make Muslims look evil?!! The outrage. Anyway, at least this Tom Clancy movie has something going for it: it annoyed wingnuts.
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