have some minor flaws, but directed Phil Alden Robinson has taken the novel by Tom Clancy and cast the best cast for the job.  This film deserves my rating 5 out of 5 and I would say that this is the strongest film of the year, that I have seen so far.  Good strong plot, good acting, good use of visual effects, good sub plots that don't dominate, good use of suspense, humor is sneeringly used to brake the tension in places and to keep the flow and over all one of the best films I have seen in the movies yet!

Film Review by Patrick Trollope

Cast credits. First credits only:- 

Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan, Morgan Freeman as DCI William Cabot, James Cromwell as President Robert Fowler, Liev Schreiber as John Clark, Bridget Moynahan as Dr. Cathy Muller, Alan Bates as Dressler, Ciarán Hinds as President Alexander Nemerov, Philip Baker Hall as Defense Secretary Becker, Ron Rifkin as Secretary of State Owens, Bruce McGill as National Security Advisor Revell, Colm Feore as Olson, Josef Sommer as Senator Jessup, Ian Mongrain as Syrian Radar Operator, Russell Bobbitt as Israeli Pilot as Ken Jenkins as Admiral Pollack. 

Running Time:- 124 mins.  Directed by Phil Alden Robinson.   Screen Play by Paul Attanasio.