Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse movie review 2021

MOVIE TITLE: Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse

RATING: R

LENGTH: 1 hour 49 minutes

IN A NUTSHELL:

Amazon Studios brings us an action-packed military thriller named after the best-selling novel by Tom Clancy in 1993 Without Remorse (John Clark Novel, A). John Clark, played by Michael B. Jordan, is a Navy SEAL who goes on a path to avenge his pregnant wife’s murder only to find himself inside of a much larger conspiracy.

This film adaptation has been in development since the 1990s. Keanu Reeves was even offered $7 million for this role, but actually turned it down! After many years of starts and stops with different actors, it has finally been announced that this Michael B. Jordan version will be a two-part film series that includes Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy (1998-08-03) and be directed by Stefano Sollima.

THINGS I LIKED:

The cast includes some of my favorite actors. Michael B. Jordan delivers a solid performance in every movie he’s in. He also produced this movie.
Jamie Bell is consistently fantastic as well. He and Michael B. Jordan were last seen in a movie together in Fantastic Four in 2015.
Toss in Guy Pearce, who is always intense, and you have a solid acting trio. I thought his recent performance in The Last Vermeer was excellent. You can read my review or watch it on my Movie Review Mom YouTube channel!
John Kelly/John Clark is a character that has also been played by Willem Dafoe in Clear and Present Danger (I love that movie!) and by Liev Schreiber in The Sum of All Fears.
You have to wait for an entire split second before the action starts.
That car fire stunt scene was impressive and crazy!
There is a LOT of action.
Keep watching during the rolling credits at the end of the movie for another scene that introduces the idea for the sequel.
I’ve read quite a few very negative reviews, but this movie isn’t as terrible as those reviews would have you believe. I was entertained.

THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

Unfortunately, if you’re a fan of Tom Clancy’s book Without Remorse (John Clark Novel, A), you’ll be disappointed that this movie is very different from what’s inside the pages of the best-selling novel. So, why call the movie Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse if they’re not even going to use the story in the novel? The script was written by Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples. Audiences have expected much better since Taylor Sheridan was involved with the writing. Sadly, some of the dialogue is really dumb with lines like, “I gotta get the Soviet!”
Jodie Turner-Smith plays a former Navy SEAL and team commander. Her character is supposed to be related to James Greer, which is a nice tie-in. Female is empowerment is great but viewers have been complaining that the movie isn’t realistic and doesn’t care to accurately portray the prestigious SEAL name. There never has been a female Navy SEAL. Now, I don’t mind casting a woman to play the role, but she wasn’t the right actress. She felt like an actress saying lines, rather than a real warrior.
It’s an entirely predictable plot we’ve seen a million times before. In order to make this movie great, the story would have to be told in a new, fresh way, but it’s not.
No real creative camera shots or angles. The characters take way more risks than the filmmakers do. For example, some of the shooting sequences were pretty basic.
The big reveal in Act 3 doesn’t surprise you because the characters all seem straightforward.
I wondered if we were going to see John Krasinski do a cameo as the Jack Ryan character fromJack Ryan Complete season 1 and 2 DVD box set, but nope. Drats.