Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an upcoming 2014 American action thriller film directed by Kenneth Branagh, based on the character of Jack Ryan created by Tom Clancy. It is the fifth film in the Jack Ryan film series and is also a reboot that departs from the previous installments. Unlike the previous films in the franchise, it is not an adaptation of a particular Tom Clancy novel but instead an original story initially conceived by screenwriter Hossein Amini featuring the Jack Ryan character.
Premise
While working as a junior analyst for the CIA's covert intelligence office, Jack Ryan inadvertently uncovers evidence of an imminent terrorist attack. With no intelligence to verify his discovery, Ryan is promoted to field agent and sent to Moscow to continue his investigation, where he soon encounters Viktor Cherevin, an enigmatic businessman at the center of a plot to cripple the global economy. As Ryan learns to navigate the world of intelligence, fend off assassins and address the potential breakdown of his marriage, he comes to the realization that it may already be too late to stop Cherevin from ushering in an economic catastrophe of unprecedented scale.
Cast
- Chris Pine as Jack Ryan
- Kevin Costner as William Harper
- Kenneth Branagh as Viktor Cherevin
- Keira Knightley as Cathy
- David Paymer as an American diplomat
- Colm Feore
- Nonso Anozie
- Gemma Chan
- Karen David