Taglines: 27,000 Nuclear Weapons. One Is Missing.
When the Russian President suddenly dies of a heart attack, the new Russian President is sworn in quickly. American intelligence belives him to be a hard-liner, but young CIA analyst Jack Ryan doesn’t think so. While Ryan & his boss, Bill Cabot, are inspecting disarmament at Russian nuclear sites, 3 Russian scientists have mysteriously disappeared. Although the Russians have explanations for their absence, none of them are true.
In Austria, a strange man – a neo-fascist – has developed a frightening plan to incite a war between Russia & the U.S., using an unexploded bomb from the deserts of the Middle East. When the 3 Russian scientists are later found dead, Ryan tries to trace their path. By this time, the bomb is on its way to the U.S.A – in a cigarette machine! The bomb is placed in a football stadium where the U.S. President is in attendance. Ryan soon discovers the bomb is in Baltimore and alerts Bill Cabot, who gets the President out of the stadium quickly.
Minutes later, the low-yield nuclear bomb explodes, killing several thousands! From Air Force One, the President transmits messages to the Russian President, who denies that the Russians have placed the bomb on U.S. soil. But rogue members of the Russian Air Force are in on the sinister plan, and when an aircraft carrier is attacked and crippled by Russian planes, things quickly go from bad to worse. It is up to Ryan to find out where the bomb came from and get that information to the President before SNAPCOUNT – the order to launch ICBMs at Russia – is completed.
The Sum of All Fears is a 2002 American spy thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name. The film, which is set in the Jack Ryan film series, is a reboot taking place in 2002. Jack Ryan is portrayed as a younger character by Ben Affleck, in comparison to The Hunt for Red October starring Alec Baldwin, along with the film’s subsequent sequels, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, both of which starred Harrison Ford.
The Sum of All Fears premiered in theaters in the United States on May 31, 2002, grossing $118,907,036 in box office revenue. Its worldwide theatrical run ended with a total of $193,921,372 in business. Considering its production budget of $68 million and related marketing costs, the film was considered a major financial success. Despite this, the film received generally mixed reviews from critics.
The Sum of All Fears (2002=
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell, Bridget Moynahan, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Alison Darcy
Screenplay by: Paul Attanasio , Daniel Pyne , Tom Clancy (Kitap)
Production Design by: Jeannine Claudia Oppewall
Cinematography by: John Lindley
Film Editing by: Nicolas De Toth, Neil Travis
Costume Design by: Marie-Sylvie Deveau
Set Decoration by: Cindy Carr
Art Direction by: Isabelle Guay, Andrew Neskoromny,
Makeup Department: Susan A. Cabral, Francine Gagnon
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disaster images and brief strong language.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures (United States), United International Pictures (International)
Release Date: May 31, 2002
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