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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: If the bad guys had just left Sean in police custody, their plan might've worked. It was ultimately Sean, so bloodlust for revenge against Ryan, that led to the plan failing.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is seen crossing Hanover Street. ''Hanover Street'' is the title of another novel made into a movie starring Harrison Ford.
** The scene in which Ryan zooms in on and analyses different parts of the satellite photograph is a ShoutOut to ''BladeRunner''.
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** Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is seen crossing Hanover Street. ''Hanover Street'' is the title of another novel made into a movie starring Harrison Ford.
** The scene in which Ryan zooms in on and analyses different parts of the satellite photograph is a ShoutOut to''BladeRunner''.''Film/BladeRunner''.
** Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is seen crossing Hanover Street. ''Hanover Street'' is the title of another novel made into a movie starring Harrison Ford.
** The scene in which Ryan zooms in on and analyses different parts of the satellite photograph is a ShoutOut to
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** The scene in which Ryan zooms in on and analyses different parts of the satellite photograph is a ShoutOut to ''BladeRunner''.
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* HostageSituation[=/=]HumanShield: When Miller's cohorts attack the van, they drag the driver from it and threaten to kill him unless the van doors are opened. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Inspector Highlands tells the other officers to open the door. When they protest that they should wait, Highlands snaps, "Wait for what? For them to kill him and ''then'' we open the door?"
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the film Sean Miller is killed when he falls on a boat anchor and is impaled. In the book he is disarmed and captured by Jack Ryan, who turns him over to the authorities. It is mentioned in later books that Sean Miller was sentanced to death for his crimes and executed by the state.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the film Sean Miller is killed when he falls on a boat anchor and is impaled. In the book he is disarmed and captured by Jack Ryan, who turns him over to the authorities. It is mentioned in later books that Sean Miller was sentanced sentenced to death for his crimes and executed by the state.]]]]
* GetItOverWith: As Sean Miller's cohorts rescue him from the prison van, they prepare to execute the guards, asking if any of them has any last words. Inspector Highlands simply says:
--> "Get on with it and be on your way."
* HostageSituation[=/=]HumanShield: When Miller's cohorts attack the van, they drag the driver from it and threaten to kill him unless the van doors are opened. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Inspector Highlands tells the other officers to open the door. When they protest that they should wait, Highlands snaps, "Wait for what? For them to kill him and ''then'' we open the door?"
* GetItOverWith: As Sean Miller's cohorts rescue him from the prison van, they prepare to execute the guards, asking if any of them has any last words. Inspector Highlands simply says:
--> "Get on with it and be on your way."
* HostageSituation[=/=]HumanShield: When Miller's cohorts attack the van, they drag the driver from it and threaten to kill him unless the van doors are opened. The DangerouslyGenreSavvy Inspector Highlands tells the other officers to open the door. When they protest that they should wait, Highlands snaps, "Wait for what? For them to kill him and ''then'' we open the door?"
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* CastingGag: Somewhat retroactively, this film has three actors who have starred in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films: Creator/HarrisonFord (Han Solo), Creator/JamesEarlJones (the voice of Darth Vader), and Creator/SamuelLJackson (Mace Windu). Incidentally, despite both doing the Original Trilogy, this was the first time Ford and Jones actually worked together onscreen.
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* CastingGag: Somewhat retroactively, this film has three actors who have starred in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films: Creator/HarrisonFord (Han Solo), Creator/JamesEarlJones (the voice of Darth Vader), and Creator/SamuelLJackson (Mace Windu). Incidentally, despite both doing the Original Trilogy, this was the first time Ford and Jones actually worked together onscreen.
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* SpySatellites: The film features a scene where Ryan watches a live satellite feed of a British [=SAS=] team attacking the terrorist camp. [[spoiler:Unbeknownst to him, Sean Miller is not at the camp.]]
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the film Sean Miller is killed when he falls on a boat anchor and is impaled. In the book he is disarmed and captured by Jack Ryan, who turns him over to the authorities. It is mentioned in later books that Sean Miller was sentanced to death for his crimes and executed by the state.]]
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* DarkActionGirl: Annette, the Irish assassin.
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* AdaptionalVillainy: The film version of Sean Miller is even more violent and crazy than the book version.
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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord and SeanBean, adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by Creator/TomClancy.
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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord and SeanBean, adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by Creator/TomClancy.
Creator/TomClancy. It is the sequel to ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' and would be followed by a third film, ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''.
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* AdaptionalVillainy: The film version of Sean Miller is even more violent and crazy than the book version.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: "Sorry, Dennis."
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* TheDanza: Inverted/Averted. Sean Miller gets his name from the original novel
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* RevengeMyopia: Sean Miller wants to kill Jack because he killed his brother Patrick, but it occurred during their assassination attempt against the royal family.
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* RevengeByProxy: Sean Miller targets not just Jack, but his wife and daughter too.
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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord and SeanBean, adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by TomClancy.
Creator/TomClancy.
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* ChekhovsGunman: The Marine sentry at the Annapolis gate [[spoiler: stops an assassin from killing Jack on his way home.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Sean Miller. In fact, he seems to take a perverse ''pride'' in it.
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* MissingTrailerScene: JamesEarlJones is heard saying in the trailer, "There's never been a terrorist attack on American soil". This was left out of theatrical release because it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.
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* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Like the novel, the Ulster Liberation Army.
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* ActorAllusion: Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is seen crossing Hanover Street. ''Hanover Street'' is the title of another novel made into a movie starring Harrison Ford.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: Considering the difficulties of getting the real life Prince and Princess of Wales to star in the movie, it's likely why the character Lord Holmes was created.
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* BritishRoyalGuards: They show up a little late, but they ''do'' get to show some of their mettle in this film.
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* OutWithABang: One Irish assassin is a redheaded beauty who chokes her target during sex at the beginning of the movie.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: Played straight. Ryan recovers from his gunshot wound to the shoulder wearing nothing but a sling on his arm. A notable difference from the book, which averts this trope.
* OutWithABang: One Irish assassin is a redheaded beauty whochokes shoots her target during immediately after sex at the beginning of the movie.
* OutWithABang: One Irish assassin is a redheaded beauty who
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books Cathy Ryan is a blonde.
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''Patriot Games'' is a 1992 film starring Creator/HarrisonFord and SeanBean, adapted from the [[Literature/PatriotGames novel of the same name]] by TomClancy.
!!This film provides examples of:
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A variation -- after Jack Ryan's IRA informant gives him pictures of the people who had attempted to kill Ryan (and in a separate attack, his wife and daughter), Jack's superior dismisses the information, believing that mole is trying to mislead Jack. "All he has to do is show you a few pictures of a girl..." Jack realizes he never told the man he was looking for a female assassin and realizes the information must be legitimate.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The member of the British Royal Family who Ryan rescues from a terrorist attack is named as Lord William Holmes; in the novel, he is [[AnonymousRinger unnamed but heavily implied to be Prince Charles]].
* OutWithABang: One Irish assassin is a redheaded beauty who chokes her target during sex at the beginning of the movie.
* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Both on the poster (with Jack Ryan), and in the film itself, in the scene where Sean Miller executes Dennis Cooley.
* UselessSpleen: Averted. Jack Ryan's daughter loses her spleen after an attack by the terrorists, and later Miller, while taunting Ryan, makes a point of mentioning how she'll be disadvantaged.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: A variation -- after Jack Ryan's IRA informant gives him pictures of the people who had attempted to kill Ryan (and in a separate attack, his wife and daughter), Jack's superior dismisses the information, believing that mole is trying to mislead Jack. "All he has to do is show you a few pictures of a girl..." Jack realizes he never told the man he was looking for a female assassin and realizes the information must be legitimate.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The member of the British Royal Family who Ryan rescues from a terrorist attack is named as Lord William Holmes; in the novel, he is [[AnonymousRinger unnamed but heavily implied to be Prince Charles]].
* OutWithABang: One Irish assassin is a redheaded beauty who chokes her target during sex at the beginning of the movie.
* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou: Both on the poster (with Jack Ryan), and in the film itself, in the scene where Sean Miller executes Dennis Cooley.
* UselessSpleen: Averted. Jack Ryan's daughter loses her spleen after an attack by the terrorists, and later Miller, while taunting Ryan, makes a point of mentioning how she'll be disadvantaged.
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