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** [[Creator/SeanBean Richard Sharpe]] [[UnfriendlyFire fragging]] his [[Series/{{Sharpe}} commanding officer]], [[Creator/HughFraser The Duke of Wellington]].

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** [[Creator/SeanBean Richard Sharpe]] [[UnfriendlyFire fragging]] his [[Series/{{Sharpe}} future commanding officer]], [[Creator/HughFraser The Duke of Wellington]].
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In the film's climax, Miller fires his Uzi indiscriminately into the Ryans' basement, inadvertently killing the terrorists' [[TheMole mole]], Geoffrey Watkins. The film was made a year before Creator/SeanBean was cast as Richard Sharpe in the television series ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', in which Creator/HughFraser played Sharpe's commanding officer, the Duke of Wellington (whose life Sharpe ''saved''). Richard Sharpe The film scene makes it a retroactive example of Fragging.

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* HilariousInHindsight: There's a scene in which Ryan and his colleagues at the CIA launch an attack on the terrorists' camp headquartered in Libya all while watching on a satellite feed. This is exactly how the Navy [=SEALs=] got UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden on May 1, 2011.

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** [[Creator/SeanBean Richard Sharpe]] [[UnfriendlyFire fragging]] his [[Series/{{Sharpe}} commanding officer]], [[Creator/HughFraser The Duke of Wellington]].
In the film's climax, Miller fires his Uzi indiscriminately into the Ryans' basement, inadvertently killing the terrorists' [[TheMole mole]], Geoffrey Watkins. The film was made a year before Creator/SeanBean was cast as Richard Sharpe in the television series ''Series/{{Sharpe}}'', in which Creator/HughFraser played Sharpe's commanding officer, the Duke of Wellington (whose life Sharpe ''saved''). Richard Sharpe The film scene makes it a retroactive example of Fragging.

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* QuestionableCasting: The main reason Creator/TomClancy hated the film was because he thought that Creator/HarrisonFord was too old to play Jack Ryan.



* WTHCastingAgency: The main reason Creator/TomClancy hated the film was because he thought that Creator/HarrisonFord was too old to play Jack Ryan.
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** A subtle detail in the FinalBattle features a note on a fuel tank to use low lead fuel only. Leaded fuel has been banned in the United States since 1996.
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** She's never named, but Princess Diana is clearly one of the targets of the opening attack. In her car.

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** She's never named, but Princess Diana is clearly one of the targets of the opening attack. In her car. Not to mention the bit where the Prince gushes about how much he loves her.
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* WTHCastingAgency: The main reason Creator/TomClancy hated the film was because he thought that Creator/HarrisonFord was too old to play Jack Ryan.

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** This was Sean Bean's first role in a big-budget American film.
** Ted Raimi has a few lines as a CIA analyst who keeps getting interrupted by Ryan.

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** This was Sean Bean's Creator/SeanBean's first role in a big-budget American film.
** Ted Raimi Creator/TedRaimi has a few lines as a CIA analyst who keeps getting interrupted by Ryan.


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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The Troubles largely ended after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
** One scene hinges on the Ryans communicating by car phone, which was a pretty high-end item in 1990.
** On a meta level, Sean Bean's noodle arms, highlighted by a series of ill-fitting t-shirts, would only be acceptable in a big-budget movie prior to the 2000s, when physical training became a staple for actors playing heavies.

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* IdiotBall: Annette, a member of the ULA who has striking long, red hair, uses the same disguise for each operation (glasses and a hat), which somewhat defeats the purpose of wearing a disguise and leads to Jack discovering who she is when he connects the dots between the London attack and the Annapolis ambush.



* WhatAnIdiot: Annette uses the same disguise for each op, which somewhat defeats the purpose of wearing a disguise.
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** The death of Miller's younger brother, who was all of sixteen when shot and killed in his first mission for the IRA; while it makes him no less a monster, it's easy to see how much this came to push Miller over the edge.

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** The death of Miller's younger brother, who was all of sixteen when he was shot and killed in his first mission for the IRA; while it makes him no less a monster, it's easy to see how much this came to push Miller over the edge.



** Miller and O'Donnell's execution of Inspector Highland and his bodyguards. In his final moments they chastise him for having "betrayed" his countrymen, with Highland insisting they just finish the deed and "be on their way", accepting his fate. When Lord Holmes is talking with his staff afterwards, it's mentioned that the Inspector left behind a wife and children when he was killed.

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** Miller Miller's and O'Donnell's execution of Inspector Highland and his bodyguards. In his final moments they chastise him for having "betrayed" his countrymen, with Highland insisting they just finish the deed and "be on their way", accepting his fate. When Lord Holmes is talking with his staff afterwards, it's mentioned that the Inspector left behind a wife and children when he was killed.
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** A MissingTrailerScene has Creator/JamesEarlJones saying, "There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil." [[TheWarOnTerror Guess what happened...]] Of course, that was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States already untrue]].

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** A MissingTrailerScene has Creator/JamesEarlJones saying, "There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil." [[TheWarOnTerror [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Guess what happened...]] Of course, that was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States already untrue]].
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** Miller and O'Donnell's execution of Dennis Cooley; it's deeply unsettling how casually and how silently O'Donnell allows Miller to pull the trigger on the unarmed man who had until now been nothing but loyal to their cause.

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* HarsherInHindsight: A MissingTrailerScene has Creator/JamesEarlJones saying, "There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil." [[TheWarOnTerror Guess what happened...]] Of course, that was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States already untrue]].

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A MissingTrailerScene has Creator/JamesEarlJones saying, "There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil." [[TheWarOnTerror Guess what happened...]] Of course, that was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States already untrue]].untrue]].
** She's never named, but Princess Diana is clearly one of the targets of the opening attack. In her car.
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* OneSceneWonder: Jimmy Reardon, the sleazy IRA commander who backstabs O'Donnell and pays the price for it, makes the most out of his two scenes.

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* CompleteMonster: In the novel, Sean Miller is a member of an IRA splinter cell. The book begins with Miller leading an attack on the British Royal family. After being stopped, Miller goes after TheHero and CIA analyst Jack Ryan and his whole family, causing the car with Ryan's daughter Sally and pregnant wife Cathy to crash. With other various acts of terrorism to his name, one incident from Miller sticks out. When in prison, a guard saves him from PrisonRape from other inmates. During his escape, Miller has the guard at his mercy and chooses to shoot him in a way to paralyze him for life, viewing it worse than killing the man and declaring gratitude is a "disease of dogs", quoting UsefulNotes/JosefStalin.

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* CompleteMonster: In the novel, Sean Miller is a member the leader of an IRA splinter cell.[[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles Irish terrorist group]]. The book begins with Miller leading an attack on the British Royal family. After being stopped, Miller goes after TheHero and CIA analyst Jack Ryan and his whole family, causing the car with Ryan's daughter Sally and pregnant wife Cathy to crash. With other various acts of terrorism to his name, one incident from Miller sticks out. When in prison, a guard saves him from PrisonRape from other inmates. During his escape, Miller has the guard at his mercy and chooses to shoot him in a way to paralyze him for life, viewing it worse than killing the man and declaring [[UngratefulBastard gratitude is a "disease of dogs", dogs,"]] quoting UsefulNotes/JosefStalin.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The Troubles largely ended after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
** One scene hinges on the Ryans communicating by car phone, which was a pretty high-end item in 1990.
** On a meta level, Sean Bean's noodle arms, highlighted by a series of ill-fitting t-shirts, would only be acceptable in a big-budget movie prior to the 2000s, when physical training became a staple for actors playing heavies.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Annette doesn't change her disguise for each op. She should know her appearance would be reported.

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* WhatAnIdiot: Annette doesn't change her uses the same disguise for each op. She should know her appearance would be reported.op, which somewhat defeats the purpose of wearing a disguise.

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* NightmareFuel: The attack on the desert camp, shown only through infra-red satellite images is a bit unsettling; terrorists are shown being gunned down, one of them is seen crawling feebly away. Jack is visibly affected while everyone else is ho-hum about it. Music/JamesHorner's recycled score from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' adds to the tension.

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The attack on the desert camp, shown only through infra-red satellite images is a bit unsettling; terrorists are shown being gunned down, one of them is seen crawling feebly away. Jack is visibly affected while everyone else is ho-hum about it. Music/JamesHorner's recycled score from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' adds to the tension.

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* HilariousInHindsight:
** There's a scene in which Ryan and his colleagues at the CIA launch an attack on the terrorists' camp headquartered in Libya all while watching on a satellite feed. This is exactly how the Navy [=SEALs=] got UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden on May 1, 2011.
** At the time of release, it was amusing to see Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/JamesEarlJones acting together in this film, if you've seen the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy. But then the ''Star Wars'' prequels films came out, and you realize Creator/SamuelLJackson is in this film as well!

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* HilariousInHindsight:
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HilariousInHindsight: There's a scene in which Ryan and his colleagues at the CIA launch an attack on the terrorists' camp headquartered in Libya all while watching on a satellite feed. This is exactly how the Navy [=SEALs=] got UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden on May 1, 2011.
** At the time of release, it was amusing to see Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/JamesEarlJones acting together in this film, if you've seen the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy. But then the ''Star Wars'' prequels films came out, and you realize Creator/SamuelLJackson is in this film as well!
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The death of Miller's younger brother, who was all of sixteen when shot and killed in his first mission for the IRA; while it makes him no less a monster, it's easy to see how much this came to push Miller over the edge.

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* {{Tearjerker}}: RetroactiveRecognition:
** This was Sean Bean's first role in a big-budget American film.
** Ted Raimi has a few lines as a CIA analyst who keeps getting interrupted by Ryan.
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The death of Miller's younger brother, who was all of sixteen when shot and killed in his first mission for the IRA; while it makes him no less a monster, it's easy to see how much this came to push Miller over the edge.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The Troubles largely ended after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
** One scene hinges on the Ryans communicating by car phone, which was a pretty high-end item in 1990.
** On a meta level, Sean Bean's noodle arms, highlighted by a series of ill-fitting t-shirts, would only be acceptable in a big-budget movie prior to the 2000s, when physical training became a staple for actors playing heavies.
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** Miller and O'Donnell's execution of Inspector Highland and his bodyguards. In his final moments they chastise him for having "betrayed" his countrymen, with Highland insisting they just finish the deed and "be on their way", accepting his fate. It's mentioned that he left behind a wife and children when he was killed.

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** Miller and O'Donnell's execution of Inspector Highland and his bodyguards. In his final moments they chastise him for having "betrayed" his countrymen, with Highland insisting they just finish the deed and "be on their way", accepting his fate. It's When Lord Holmes is talking with his staff afterwards, it's mentioned that he the Inspector left behind a wife and children when he was killed.
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** Miller's attack on Ryan's family on the freeway.
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** The FinalBattle at the Ryan household, set in DramaticThunder and Miller going beyond AxCrazy, even going as far as to [[RevengeBeforeReason kill his own allies just to get at Ryan]]. Also his gruesome death at being impaled on a boat anchor and incinerated in a boat explosion.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: The death of Miller's younger brother, who was all of sixteen when shot and killed in his first mission for the IRA; while it makes him no less a monster, it's easy to see how much this came to push Miller over the edge.
** Miller's attack on Ryan's wife and daughter, an attack that nearly killed both and forced Sally to undergo emergency surgery to remove her spleen. Any parent would've taken it just as badly as Ryan did.
** Miller and O'Donnell's execution of Inspector Highland and his bodyguards. In his final moments they chastise him for having "betrayed" his countrymen, with Highland insisting they just finish the deed and "be on their way", accepting his fate. It's mentioned that he left behind a wife and children when he was killed.

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