Saturday, July 3, 2021

Jack Ryan Season 1 Episode 1 2018

      Jack Ryan is a CIA analyst and he uncovers suspicious monetary transactions.  He reports this to his new boss James Greer and they head out to hunt down a new world threat.  Hanin is married to Ali Suliman and they have three children, one boy and two girls.  Hanin thought she had a good marriage but her husband has changed.  He brings a mysterious outsider into their home.  They are a devout muslim family but Hanin wonders if there is a dark side to her husband.

     The opening setting is Bekaa Valey Lebanon of 1983.  Two boys are playing and on the horizon they se a squad of fighter jets sweeping toward them.  The bombs leave a trail of damaged villages in their wake.  A bomb strikes their stakes and causes damage to their building.  In Washington DC Jack Ryan is just beginning his work day and introduced to Greer.  He has been removed as the station chief in Karachi Pakistan.  His new job is a major demotion to the finance department.  This is a taunt military thriller with plenty of action.  5* (I really liked this episode)

Each Episode 40-64 min, written by Graham Roland and Carlgon Cuse, produced by John Krasinski, Morten Tyldum, Graham Roland, Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, March Ross, Mace Neufeld and directed by Daniel Sachheim with John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Abbie Cornish, Ali Sulliman, Dina Shihabi.    

Note:  Imdb 8.4* out of 10* with 3.9K ratings, Rotten Tomatoes75% with 84 critic ratings 88% with 2141 audience scores, Metacritic 66 out of 100 with 28 critic reviews 6.7 out of 10 with 146 user scores, vudu.com 4 1/2* with 239 reviews, ion.com 8.5* out of 10* David Griffin, Common Sense Media Marty Brown 1* positive messages, 2* role models, 3* language and drinking, drugs & smoking, 4* sex, 5* violence.   

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