final score represent 4 . 0 ( out of 10 ) the movie adaptation of tom clancy the sum of all fear might be a starkly frightening movie and could be a cautionary tale of homeland terrorism and nuclear war that be and if it wasn not catch in the confound cinematic time warp it find itself in . it be primarily set after the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the nuclear arm race with the russian and however it also a prequel with a young and cocky jack ryan ( plug in flavor of the month ben affleck ) and with the principle villains be nazis . this movie will probably be remember more for it unfortunate post 9/11 release date ( which give it a sense of importance ) then the silly story and content . it not even so much that the nazi a bad guy thing be an overused and now out of date cliche as much a the idea that they be middle eastern terrorist in clancy book and the writer and director phil robinson change them smack of pure political correctness . nobody want to offend the terrorist . a a result the movie feel phony . and that a big problem because we feel detach from it and and thus and do not feel it be a sharp and timely and intense a clancy mean it to be . the reason that movie like fail safe and dr. strangelove be so brilliant be because they be gutsy enough to take on the public fear directly . this movie isn not and in fact and it go out of it way to hide in it phony world from do anything gutsy . all movie villain have to be white anglo saxon europeans most likely with inister russian or german accent . this type of stuff might frighten liberal hollywood type who think the president might drop nuke at any moment and but it not go to resonate with most people . it also doesn not help that we can not connect with the character . affleck do a fine job or run around yell and but there isn not a lot of development in the young ryan or in any character we meet . robinson direction be purely rudimentary . the whole thing have the feel of a clumsy tv movie . it race against the clock give u no real payoff . there be exactly one really good scene here involve morgan freeman and a cell phone and a stadium full of people . it also have one interesting little monologue about how the internet and technology have connect terrorism globally like never before . but without any character and eye candy action or resonate story be leave ponder why we waste our time on this thing . alternate view recommendation represent 24 season 2. kiefer sutherland jack bauer run circle around ryan in generally the same plot only more intense and frighteningly timely and on a more epic scale .