Birk review 56/7

Jeremy Birk,

HH 1/2 stars

"The Sum of All Fears" is about a nuclear bomb that falls into the hands of a terrorist group. The only man who can stop them is Jack Ryan (Ben Affleck), an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency.

The movie is based on the fourth in a series of novels by Tom Clancy. I have seen all of the Jack Ryan movies, and let me tell you Ben Affleck is no Harrison Ford. Harrison Ford played Jack Ryan in the two previous movies. This movie was by far the least of my favorites. Affleck made Ryan look like a Boy Scout instead of an analyst working for the CIA.

He didn't even wear a tie. Affleck made a comment about not wearing a tie in the movie when he said, "I left it at home." I think they could have found a more suitable replacement for Harrison Ford.