Sum of All Fears

Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Mace Neufeld

Overview

The successful franchise of Paramount motion pictures based on novelist Tom Clancy's techno-thrillers featuring heroic CIA intelligence analyst Jack Ryan stages a much-publicized "do-over" with this action-adventure that recasts the character of Ryan as a rookie to the complex game of geopolitical warfare. Ben Affleck takes the reins from Harrison Ford as Ryan, a greenhorn CIA historian and analyst who finds himself thrust front and center into the spy community's spotlight when Nemerov (Ciaran Hinds), a Russian politician on whom Ryan is an expert, suddenly becomes the leader of the former Soviet Union upon the current president's unexpected demise. Attached to the director of the CIA, Cabot (Morgan Freeman), Ryan insists -- contrary to the opinions of many high-ranking White House officials -- that Nemerov is not a warmonger. Meanwhile, a cadre of neo-fascists, led by Dressler (Alan Bates), plots the detonation at the Super Bowl in Baltimore, MD, of a nuclear device recovered from a long-ago Israeli fighter jet crash, a terrorist incident they intend to spark a war between the super powers, leaving them to conquer the world in the conflict's post-apocalyptic vacuum. The Sum of All Fears co-stars James Cromwell, Bridget Moynahan, and Liev Schreiber as covert operative John Clark, a character central to another series of Clancy's best-selling tomes.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/12/2013
UPC:	0032429131089
Original Release:	0000
Source:	Paramount
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	56,593

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ben Affleck	Jack Ryan
Morgan Freeman	DCI William Cabot
James Cromwell	President Robert Fowler
Liev Schreiber	John Clark
Bridget Moynahan	Dr. Cathy Muller
Alan Bates	Dressler
Philip Baker Hall	Defense Secretary Becker
Ron Rifkin	Secretary of State Sidney Owens
Bruce McGill	National Security Advisor Revell
Colm Feore	Olson
Josef Sommer	Senator Jessup
Richard Marner	President Zorkin
Ian Mongrain	Syrian Radar Operator
Russell Bobbitt	Israeli Pilot
John Beasley	General Lasseter
Al Vandecruys	US STRATCOM Colonel
Richard Cohee	Mt. Weather General
Philip Pretten	President's Military Aide
Alison Darcy	Fowler's Aide
Ostap Soroka	Zorkin's Translator
Robert Martin Robinson	Zorkin's Interviewer
Dale Godboldo	Rudy
Lee Garlington	Mary Pat Foley
Jamie Harrold	Dillon
Stefan Kalipha	Arab Gravedigger
Nabil Elouahabi	Ghazi
Maria Monakhova	Zorkin's Aide
Francois Bryon	CIA Wardrobe Guy
Pragna Desai	Dr. Rita Russell
Michel Abou-Samah	Olson's Translator
Edward Zinoviev	Nemerov's Aide
Sheena Larkin	Pam Lathrop
Frank Fontaine	General Rand
Andre Cornellier	Kremlin Photographer
Maxime Opadtchii	Kremlin Photographer's Assistant
Mariusz Sibiga	Nemerov's Translator
Michael Byrne	Anatoli Grushkov
Norm Berketa	American Scientist,Actor
Mace Neufeld	WHCA Dinner Chairman
Jennifer Seguin	President's Aide
Josh Kimmel	White House Mess Waiter
Evgeniy Lazarev	General Dubinin
Sven-Ole Thorsen	Haft
Heinar Piller	Dressler's Associate
Arthur Holden	Dressler's Associate
Marcel Sabourin	Monsieur Monceau
Vie Nystrom	Dressler's Secretary
Joel Bissonnette	Jared Mason
Kwasi Songui	Dockyard Navy Veteran
Marina Lapina	Nemerov's Wife
Victoria Reuter	Russian Nurse
France Arbour	Spassky's Mother
Lubomir Mykytiuk	Spassky
Vladimir Radian	Orlov
Gregory Hlady	Milinov
Valeri Koudriavtsev	Ukrainian Guard
Victor Pedtchenko	Ukrainian Guard
Willie Gault	Sportscaster
Gary Gelfand	Sportscaster
Arnold McCuller	National Anthem Singer
Craig Hosking	Helicopter Pilot
Jerry Markbreit	Referee
John Eaves	Secret Service Agent
J.J. Carle	Hospital Physician
MSGT David Vazquez	Marine Rescuer
Marie Matiko	Captain Vicky Shiro
David Schaap	US STRATCOM Colonel
LisaGay Hamilton	Capt. Lorna Shiro
Kirk Taylor	AFRAT Specialist Wesson
Jason Antoon	AFRAT Specialist Stubbs
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	NAOC Hotline Operator
Alexander Belyavsky	Admiral Ivanov
Jason Winer	Aircraft Carrier Petty Officer
Antonio David Lyons	Aircraft Carrier Petty Officer
Lennie Loftin	Aircraft Carrier Duty Officer
Mike McDougal	Russian Pilot
Matt Holland	Pickup Truck Owner
Roger Tonry	F-16 Pilot
Oleg Belkin	Russian Defense Minister
Constantine Gregory	General Bulgakov
Griffith Brewer	Burn Victim
Jacklyn St. Pierre	Baltimore Nurse
Mariah Inger	Baltimore Nurse
Mark Anthony Krupa	US STRATCOM Captain
Joseph Antaki	Arab Doctor
Marcel Jeanin	Baltimore Cop
Gerry Wood	AF Lt. Colonel
Conrad Pla	Pentagon Security Guard
Philip Akin	General Wilkes
Henri Pardo	Pentagon NCO
Irwin Dillion	Pentagon Mo-Link Operator
Real Auger	Dubinin's Killer
Gilles Marsolais	Dubinin's Killer
Eric Steibi	Dressler's Aide
Ciar?n Hinds	prezydent Nemerov
Ken Jenkins	Admiral Pollack
Amita Balla	Actor
Maksim Osadchiy-Korytkovskiy	Kremlin Photographer's Assistant
Lev Prygunov	General Saratkin
Daniel Pyne	Actor
Mindy Marin	Actor
Larisa Isaeva	Actor
Jerry Goldsmith	Composer
Carole King	Composer
John Parish	Composer
Tabitha Fair	Composer

Technical Credits

Paul Attanasio

Daniel Pyne

Paul Attanasio	Screenwriter
Daniel Pyne	Screenwriter
Tom Clancy	Executive Producer
Louis Craig	Special Effects
Al DiSarro	Special Effects
Terry Leonard	Stunts
Stratton Leopold	Executive Producer,Producer
Mindy Marin	Casting
Dave McKeown	Stunts
Mace Neufeld	Producer
Jophery C. Brown	Stunts
Jean Frenette	Stunts
Zack Davis	Sound Effects
Gary Bierend	Special Effects
Pierre C?t?	Special Effects
Mario Dumont	Special Effects
Jacques Langlois	Special Effects
Louis Pedneault	Special Effects
Christian Rivest	Special Effects
Philippe Roberge	Special Effects
Sebastien Roussel	Special Effects
Ezra Franklyn	Stunts
Gary D. Bierend	Special Effects
Michael Payne	Sound/Sound Designer
Patrick Rousseau	Sound/Sound Designer
Tim Walston	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Israel, 1973
2. Mount Weather
3. A New President
4. Meeting Nemerov
5. "Three Scientists Are Missing"
6. Attack on Chechnya
7. A Secret Job
8. "This Virus Is Airborne"
9. Baltimore
10. Chaos
11. The Brink of War
12. Spinnaker
13. Snap Count
14. The Order to Strike
15. Stand Down
16. Keep the Back Channels
17. Credits

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Set Up
English 5.1 Surround
English Surround
French Surround
English Subtitles
No Subtitles
Commentaries
Commentary by Director Phil Alden Robinson and Cinematographer John Lindley
Commentary by Director Phil Alden Robinson and Novelist Tom Clancy
Special Features
A Cautionary Tale
Casting
Production
Visual Effects
Carrier Attack
A-4
Hospital
Motorcade
Helicopter
Theatrical Trailer
Scene Selection

Editorial Reviews

A mostly successful effort to reboot Paramount's successful Tom Clancy franchise of high-tech political thrillers, this elaborate action hit is surprisingly gripping and effective for most of its running time, only fumbling with a poorly developed villain and a few regrettable clichés in its final act. Quickly becoming the American version of James Bond, the Jack Ryan character is here interpreted by the third actor in only four films, but it's a welcome surprise that Ben Affleck delivers his second good performance in the same year (after Changing Lanes). Affleck revealed a new vulnerability and emotional depth that will be welcomed by fans preferring Alec Baldwin's slightly nerdy take on Ryan over Harrison Ford's more seasoned tough-guy version. The script's conceit of returning Ryan to his young analysis-drone roots works quite well, emphasizing the character's fish-out-of-water qualities and making him a better stand-in for audience identification -- as well as giving the veteran Morgan Freeman something to play against as Ryan's wily fox of a professional mentor. A sequence involving a terrorist nuclear explosion on American soil is handled well effects-wise, and tastefully, out of consideration for real-world events only months before. However, the placement of the climactic blast at the film's midpoint, rather than later in the narrative where it belongs, serves to deflate the remaining tension. Scenes depicting the president's dickering with advisors over whether or not to launch a retaliatory strike smack of overly familiar Cold War vintage dramas such as By Dawn's Early Light, and it doesn't help that Ryan ends up grappling with a beefy neo-Nazi in a darkened Baltimore warehouse, a beat more reminiscent of a typical Barnaby Jones episode than an expensive summer blockbuster. Speaking of Nazis, Alan Bates as the film's proto-Hitler wannabe Dressler is never quite delineated clearly, showing up only occasionally to make demented fascist-apologist speeches and then disappearing for long stretches, his evil scheme never seeming realistic enough to create a palpable sense of dread. Nevertheless, the final payoff is satisfying and for most of the journey there, the filmmakers deliver the pulse-pounding goods, ensuring further Affleck-as-Ryan adventures will be in the offing.