Jim from The Office has come a long way.
John Krasinski has had more time in field playing Jack Ryan than any other actor to play Tom Clancy’s dogged CIA agent – and he’s the fifth. Granted, everyone else, from Alec Baldwin through to Chris Pine got their crack at Jack on the big screen, while Krasinksi, a million miles away from The Office now, chalked up his four seasons on Amazon‘s Prime Video. Besides, for a lot of us Harrison Ford will always be Jack Ryan, and there’s not much I can see changing that.
Well, Krasinski’s getting a movie now, by golly – even if it’s still a streaming release. Let’s take a look.
Jack Ryan: Ghost War Trailer
What’s the plot?
As the official synopsis tells us:
In this new film, Jack Ryan is reluctantly thrust back into the world of espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy, forcing him to confront a rogue black-ops unit, and the clock is ticking. Operating in real time with lives on the line and the threat escalating at every turn, Jack reunites with battle-tested CIA operative Mike November (Michael Kelly) and former CIA boss James Greer (Wendell Pierce), their combined experience the only edge they have against an enemy who knows their every move. Backed by an unlikely new partner – razor-sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe (Sienna Miller) – Jack and the team navigate a treacherous web of betrayal, facing a past they thought was long put to rest – making this the most personal, high-stakes mission any of them have ever faced.
Who’s in it?
- John Krasinski as Jack Ryan, everyman super spy working as a field operative for the CIA.
- Wendell Pierce as his mentor James Greer, the deputy director of the CIA.
- Michael Kelly as Jack’s old mate Mike November, a former CIA station chief in Venezuela, now a private security contractor.
- Betty Gabriel as Elizabeth Wright, the director of the CIA.
- Sienna Miller as MI6 hard ass Emma Marlow.
- Mckenna Bridger.
- Max Beesley.
- Douglas Hodge.
- JJ Feild.
When’s it out?
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, to give its full and awkward title, hits Prime Video on May 20.
What’s the vibe?
I mean, if you like this sort off thing, this seems like the sort of thing you’d like, you know?
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