Jack Ryan is a young CIA analyst who joined Intelligence hoping for a comfortable office job that he could easily cover up so that his wife Cathy, who he met three years ago, won't find out what he does for a living. However, things don't exactly go according to plan and he finds himself being targeted by an assassin while uncovering a frightening plot involving Russian terrorists launching a major terrorist strike at the main cities of the world in a bid to destroy the US economy. He is charged to go to Moscow to stop the conspiracy from going ahead but then finds he has other problems to deal with when his wife follows him and discovers the extent of his deception.
'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' is an action thriller based on the character by Tom Clancy who first appeared in his 1984 debut novel 'The Hunt for Red October'. It is the fifth film in the Jack Ryan series all of which are produced by Mace Neufeld ('The Aviator', 'Beverly Hills Cop III', 'Asylum'), and it has been directed by Kenneth Branagh ('Thor', 'As You Like It', 'The Magic Flute') with David Koepp ('War of the Worlds', 'Angels & Demons', 'Jurassic Park') and Adam Cozad as screenwriters. It is set for the UK on December 26th 2013.
Starring: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan, Nonso Anozie, Karen David, David Paymer, Lee Nicholas Harris, Aleksandar Aleksiev, Julisita Salcedo, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Lee Asquith-Coe, Deborah Rosan, Simon DeSilva, Matt Rippy, Lucas Hansen, Nichola Fynn