Introduction Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 American action thriller film based on the character Jack Ryan created by author Tom Clancy. It is the fifth film in the Jack Ryan series but is presented as a reboot that departs from the previous instalments. Unlike its predecessors, it is not an adaptation of a… Read More
Introduction The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on Tom Clancy’s 1991 novel of the same name. The film, which is set in the Jack Ryan film series, is a reboot taking place in 2002. Jack Ryan is portrayed as a younger character by… Read More
Introduction Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 American political action-thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy’s 1989 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to Patriot Games (1992) and The Hunt for Red October (1990) (All three movies featured Clancy’s character Jack Ryan, though Ford only played the… Read More
Introduction Patriot Games is a 1992 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy’s 1987 novel of the same name. The film is a sequel to the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, but with different actors in the leading roles, Harrison Ford starring as Jack Ryan and Anne… Read More
Introduction John Patrick Ryan, Sr. KCVO (Hon.) is a fictional character created by author Tom Clancy and featured in his Ryanverse novels, which have consistently topped the New York Times bestseller list over 30 years. Since Clancy’s death in 2013, four other authors have continued the franchise and its other connecting series with the approval… Read More
Introduction Revolt is a 2017 American science fiction action film directed by Joe Miale. Also known as Prisoner of War (working title). Outline An American Special Forces soldier (Lee Pace), serving in Kenya, suffers memory loss after being knocked unconscious during a battle with highly electrified bipedal robotic machines. He later wakes up in a… Read More
Introduction H. G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come is a 1979 Canadian science fiction film directed by George McCowan. Although credited as an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel of the same name, the film takes only its title and some character names from The Shape of Things to Come, Wells’ speculative novel… Read More
Introduction Things to Come (also known in promotional material as H. G. Wells’ Things to Come) is a 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film from United Artists, produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H.G. Wells. Also known as The Hundred Years to Come, The Shape of Things to Come,… Read More
Introduction The Match is a 2021 film directed by Dominik Sedlar and Jakov Sedlar. Outline Inspired by true events which transpired in the Spring of 1944. To commemorate Adolf Hitler’s birthday, the Nazis organized a Football Soccer Match between an elite Nazi team and a squad of Inmates made up of ex-footballers and political prisoners.… Read More
Introduction The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth’s accomplices. Outline A few short hours after the assassination of President… Read More
