REVIEW

As Expected, JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT Moves from Crowded Christmas Date

By Jill Landon · October 25, 2013

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’s release date has officially been pushed back to January, 17 2014. As speculated, Jack Ryan joins Monuments Men in an all out scramble of recent release date shifts. Here though, nobody was speculating Oscar potential for Kenneth Branagh’s directorial effort, but an extremely promising award season probably has something to do with the delay. The film will likely benefit, by not contending with films like 12 Years a Slave, Nebraska, The Wolf on Wall Street, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and many more that are coming out in the Fall/Christmas season.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will likely do well in the early 2014 season. Our insatiable hunger for edge-of-your-seat thrillers alongside interest garnered by Tom Clancy’s recent passing should make sure of that. Check it out on its new release date, January 17^th, 2013.

Per the synopsis, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit provides an origin story to a known winning franchise:

“Jack Ryan, a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack. Prequel/reboot based on the Tom Clancy character featured in films like The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Dangers and The Sum of All Fears.”

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Nonso Anozie, and David Paymer. It’s currently set up for a Christmas, 2013 release.

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