![]() Much like the hard-nosed but honorable Navy SEAL John Clark, who quits the military after a shady night in Syria leaves him feeling like a pawn in a game that’s apathetic towards his possible sacrifice, “Without Remorse” doesn’t understand the role it’s meant to serve as the foundation of a potential franchise. Jordan might as well be wearing an eyepatch when he pitches the Rainbow initiative), the movie also shares its hero’s ambivalence towards the mission at hand. ![]() In that light, the strangest thing about Amazon Studios’ “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse” is that it took so long for someone to re-conceive the Ryanverse for the Avengers era.īut if this dank and flavorless black ops thriller ultimately accomplishes that goal in shameless fashion (capping things off with a mid-credits stinger so indebted to Nick Fury that Michael B. He crucially understood the value of creating a shared universe for his characters, even if Jack Ryan’s individual adventures played out in the span of a single book he recognized how threading his novels together in even the most casual manner would lend them all a greater sense of scope and importance. On the other hand, Clancy was ahead of the curve in some respects. ![]() Where to Watch This Week’s New Movies, from ‘The Starling Girl’ to ‘BlackBerry’ ![]()
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