![]() Politics become involved in the form of IRA leader Paddy O'Neil (Richard Harris), who insists that the terrorists were an ultraviolent faction not authorized by the IRA, but the story is wholly driven by Miller's attempts to kill the Ryan clan. "And now you've killed my baby brother." And so begins a battle of wills between a man scarred by the loss of family and another who must fiercely protect his own. "You stuck your nose in where it didn't belong," he spits at Ryan. Rage is also the word for Sean Miller (Sean Bean), the only terrorist taken alive. ![]() I couldn't just stand there and watch them shoot those people right in front of me. It's a thrilling opening, later parsed by Ryan in a monologue highlighting Ford's subtle style. As his wife Cathy (Anne Archer) and daughter Sally (Thora Birch) look on, Ryan single-handedly foils an assasination attempt on royal cousin Lord Holmes (James Fox) and his family. ![]() John Patrick Ryan (now a history teacher at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis) becomes embroiled in a blood feud while in London to deliver a speech at the Royal Navy Academy. A new star (Harrison Ford replacing Alec Baldwin as Ryan) and director (Philip Noyce taking the baton from John McTiernan) proved the ongoing viability of the series with this more commercial (but still satisfying) action-oriented outing. Vengeance and family are the themes of Patriot Games, the first sequel in Paramount's Jack Ryan franchise. ![]()
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