I may have been hasty in judging this movie a few years ago. If I thought it was less than a 9.5 then, I was wrong. If I said Ben Affleck was a lightweight, I was looking only at his shallow films. If I thought this was just another Morgan Freeman cool cameo, I wasn't watching closely enough.
Now, I think the genius is Tom Clancy. He wrote it, he produced it. He probably did the casting and wrote the music. I'm really impressed with the way everything seemed to click. These guys, those guys, this concept, the back stories, the vulnerabilities, they fit strategically like jigsaw corners.
The Sum of All Fears is a tale for believers. It's for realists who understand that there are rebels and rogues, opportunities and dead ends, and that there are heroes. Imagine a real faction bent on terror and vengeance. Imagine imperfect men. Be the one man who could stop the impending holocaust. Imagine you are there. How would you choose an ending?
I read the book, and now, I've seen the film three times. Good work, Clancy. 9.5. Go for the action, intrigue, and for the...ending.
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