![]() One of the best examples is early on when Kevin quietly and calmly sits in his home watching a music video while wouldbe killers surround his home. He builds to action scenes and creates the right level of tension during them. Phillip Noyce knows exactly how to direct this movie. It is a set up for a punch line that comes later in the movie. While in London, Jack calls someone house sitting for them in the States and reminds them to take care of his daughter's gold fish. It plays heavily in helping Jack further in the film. Notice the red pony tail in the car just before the royals get attacked. Patriot Games moves along quickly, while paying great attention to detail. government, Jack goes about protecting his family and capturing Sean. The terrorist, Sean, changes his focus from the British royals to getting revenge on Jack by going after his family. In the process, he shoots and kills one of the terrorist leaders' brother. Fate steps in and Jack becomes a hero saving a member of the royal family from some terrorists. In Patriot Games, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan is in London to make a speech and do some sight seeing with his wife and daughter. Both Alec Baldwin and Ben Affleck have played the role of Jack Ryan, but Harrison Ford found the most success with it. Even though his character's only differences are their occupations, Ford's charm still draws you in and you still, of course, root for him to succeed. As in those other two movies, Ford plays his patented "average family guy" caught up in something big and dangerous. Made between The Fugitive and Air Force One, Patriot Games was Harrison Ford at the peak of his post Star Wars/ Indiana Jones popularity.
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