Action thriller

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014): Cast, Ratings & Box Office

Name: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2014-01-17
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 action thriller starring Chris Pine and Keira Knightley. It brings to the screen characters from The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. It runs 1 hour 45 minutes and earned $135.5 million worldwide on a $60 million budget. Critics gave it 55% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.2/10.

IMDb rating: 6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 55%
worldwide gross: $135.5M
Metascore: 57

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Released: January 17, 2014
Runtime: 1h 45m (105 min)
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Thriller
Original language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Budget: $60M
Based on: The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
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The story

What Is Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit About?

The premise of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

A seemingly ordinary New Yorker's life is upended when he's revealed to be a CIA operative. As a brilliant analyst thrust into field work, Jack Ryan must abandon his carefully constructed cover and confront a dangerous world of espionage. He faces a desperate mission to prevent global economic collapse, navigating a landscape where loyalty is tested and trust is a rare commodity. Ryan’s quest for the truth plunges him into a high-stakes game of deception and a perilous cat-and-mouse chase.

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Cast & crew

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Cast

Chris Pine leads the cast, with Keira Knightley.

Ratings

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 55% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.2/10.

IMDb

6.2 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes

55% Tomatometer

Popcornmeter 52%
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Metacritic

57 Metascore

User score 5.9
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TMDB

61% User score
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Movie Insider

3.9 /5
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Plot

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Plot Summary

What happens in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

After the harrowing aftermath of 9/11, Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), a bright student at the London School of Economics, finds himself thrust into a military career as a Marine second lieutenant. In less than two years, he is deployed to Afghanistan, even though his analytical skills in pattern recognition could have secured him a safer desk position back home. A tragic accident occurs when his helicopter is shot down by a surface-to-air missile, leaving him with critical injuries, including a damaged back. In a courageous act, Ryan saves two fellow soldiers from the wreckage before being transported to a field hospital and then airlifted to Kandahar, where doctors give him a grim ultimatum—he has just 90 minutes to undergo life-changing surgery.

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Box office

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Box Office & Budget

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit grossed $135.5 million worldwide on a $60 million budget, 2.3 times what it cost. $50.6 million came from the US and Canada and $84.9 million (63%) from the rest of the world.

2014 box office

Worldwide gross

$135.5M

2.3× its budget