Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

 
Based on the Jack Ryan character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, the film is a contemporary action thriller set in the present day. The original story, written by David Koepp, follows a young Jack as he uncovers a financial terrorist plot.

This was a decent watch of a movie.  The problem is that every "twist" was beyond predictable and the movie was formula in every way.  I thought Chris Pine was great as Jack Ryan and I actually thought Kevin Costner was the best part of the movie.  Kenneth Brannagh was pretty crappy as the lead villain and was beyond stereotypical in every way as an 80s-ish Russian bad guy.  There wasn't a lot of action except for a couple of scenes and they were all pretty basic just like the rest of the movie.

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.  It's not a bad watch but its not a great watch either.  Its a movie that belongs in the late 80s/early 90s in terms of the level of "suspense".  I'm thinking they should kind of go ahead and leave this franchise alone.