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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1992 DVD Release: 12/15/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 5 Genres: Action, Action Thriller, Political Thriller See Also: Patriot Games, Patriot Games [Special Collector's Edition], Patriot Games [Blu-ray], Patriot Games [Circuit City Exclusive] [Checkpoint], Patriot Games [Blu-ray]

In Patriot Games, Harrison Ford plays former CIA agent Jack Ryan, taking over from Alec Baldwin, who had played author Tom Clancy's brainy protagonist in Hunt for Red October. This time around, Ryan foils an attempted assassination, thereby incurring the wrath of a maniacal Irish radical (Sean Bean). After seemingly neutralizing the villains, and deciding to celebrate the occasion with his wife (Anne Archer) and daughter (Thora Birch), everything appears to be back to normal; then all hell breaks loose. Author Tom Clancy himself bemoaned the liberties taken with his novel in the final sequences; the picture scored with audiences, however, and soon inspired a followup, A Clear and Present Danger (1994), also starring Ford. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Harrison Ford - Jack Ryan
Anne Archer - Dr. Cathy Ryan
Patrick Bergin - Kevin O'Donnell
Sean Bean - Sean Miller
Thora Birch - Sally Ryan

Philip Noyce's adaptation of Tom Clancy's Patriot Games comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround, and a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround as well. Spanish subtitles are accessible and both English soundtracks are closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer. This is a solid, but unspectacular release from Paramount. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide