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Here's a movie so memorable it took me like a month to realise I hadn't even officially reviewed it yet... Yes, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit was this year's new attempt to bring the late Tom Clancy's character Jack Ryan to the screen in a big-budget blockbuster action thriller. The film was directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Branagh himself as the big bad cartoon Russian villain while Ryan is portrayed by Chris "Captain Kirk" Pine. The film opens on Jack Ryan studying economics in London before witnessing the 9/11 attacks on TV. This somehow leads him to become a top dog marine in the US army but, after a helicopter crash, he is soon dragged to hospital where he slowly but surely learns to walk again and regain his strength. Eventually, Kevin Costner's CIA agent shows up and hires him for a mission which would involve Ryan checking out if the Russians aren't maybe doing some shady deals with the markets, which, it turns out, they are. Ryan is se

In this 27th episode, Adam (aka The RetroCritic) and special guest host Dale (aka Silent Consumer) discuss movie news, review a recent release ( Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , this time) and rewind back to more retro cinematic topics. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE If you can answer the question from this week's Big Game, let us know and get a shout-out in the next episode! Which of these films starred Kevin Costner? A/ Malibu Hot Summer B/ Violets Are Blue C/ Princess Caraboo You can email your answer here:  bigrewindpodcast@gmail.com Or simply comment below :) Oh and you can also find us on  iTunes  where you can subscribe to the podcast and download every episode thusfar! @TheRetroCritic @Silent_Consumer retrocriticblog.blogspot.com youtube.com/SilentConsumer thebigrewind.blogspot.com youtube.com/TheRetroCritic youtube.com/Cablogula