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‘Without Remorse’ and the Empathy of Michael B. Jordan Richard Newby [This story contains spoilers for Michael B. Jordan’s John Kelly stands shirtless in his prison cell, listening for the footsteps of approaching guards. He tears off a piece of bedding from the cot in his room and wraps it tightly around his hand, making a tight fist, bracing for the fight he knows is coming. He stuffs his orange prison shirt into the sink, turning the water on and letting it overflow on...

April 30, 2021 10:04am by Richard Newby Nadja Klier / Amazon Studios / Courtesy Everett Collection For two decades, the actor has captivated audiences with the kind of charisma that can’t be learned or taught. [This story contains spoilers for Michael B. Jordan’s John Kelly stands shirtless in his prison cell, listening for the footsteps of approaching guards. He tears off a piece of bedding from the cot in his room and wraps it tightly around his hand, making a tight fist, bracing for th...

Tom Clancy Movies, Ranked Tim Grierson © From left: Bruce Mcbroom/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock, Courtesy of Amazon Prime, Moviestore/Shutters... From left: Bruce Mcbroom/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock, Courtesy of Amazon Prime, Moviestore/Shutterstock In the early 1980s, Tom Clancy was working for his family’s insurance company when he had an idea for a novel about a rogue submarine commander. “More than anything else, I’m a technology freak,” he once said. “And the b...

Rainbow Six." Better Tagline: "We committed to two movies and here we are." Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Navy SEAL John Kellys (Michael B. Jordan) last mission ran afoul of Russian spooks in Syria, and their superiors apparently held a grudge. After Russian operators travel to the States and kill two of Kellys team along with his pregnant wife Pam (Lauren London), Kelly understandably vows revenge. Standing in his way is the CIA, in the person of Robert Ritter (Jamie Bell), who wants to keep te...

Step Aside, Jack Ryan, It’s Time for a New Tom Clancy Action Hero Traditionally a supporting figure within the so-called Ryanverse, John Clark is finally getting the star treatment courtesy of Michael B. Jordan and Italian director Stefano Sollima Share this story Jack Ryan has long been fashioned as the American equivalent to James Bond. It’s a flattering comparison for the late novelist Tom Clancy’s most famous character, not least of all because Ryan is a modest CIA analyst continually...

Without Remorse Review 6 10 PLOT: A Navy SEAL (Michael B. Jordan) seeks revenge after his pregnant wife is killed during a hit gone awry. He discovers it all relates to a plot to reignite the Cold War with Russia, sending him on the warpath.  REVIEW: After years and years of being in development hell, Tom Clancy’s WITHOUT REMORSEfinally has become a movie, albeit one that’s so far removed from the source material, one wonders why they tied it to Clancy at all. In it, Michael B. Jordan pla...

The film, which debuts on Amazon Prime on Friday, stars Jordan as John Kelly (later known as John Clark), a Navy SEAL who avenges his wifes murder only to find himself inside a larger conspiracy. It is based on the character in Clancys Jack Ryan Universe, something Jordan came to know growing up thanks to the popular  Rainbow Six video game. The actor, who also produced Without Remorse, saw the film an opportunity to "take a familiar character and breathe some fresh air into it." One of the w...

By O Source: Bobby Bank / Getty Captain America 4, but will we also get our first Black Superman too? After months of rumors that Michael B. Jordan was going to be fitted for the blue suit and red cape, the man who once moonlighted as the Human Torch in the Marvel universe addressed the rumors and had an interesting take on the matter. In an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Jordan threw cold water on the rumors that he’d be the new Black Man of Steel in Ta-Nehisi Co...

Without Remorse Would Be Unmemorable Without Michael B. Jordan A wholly generic script finds life through a committed lead and some solid action sequences. Amazon Prime Tom Clancy may have died eight years ago, but new books (from lower profile writers credited in small print) and film/TV adaptations have continued at a steady pace. The middling Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) was the last feature to bear Clancy’s name while his eponymous hero has found more success on the small screen with...

‘Without Remorse’ Review: Regrettably, It’s Not Great While the differences are not deliberate, it’s instructive to compare the new Tom Clancy thriller, Without Remorse, to the first one that featured Clancy’s mega-badass Navy SEAL and covert operative John Clark, 1994’s  Clear and Present Danger. That film primarily focuses on Clancy’s other hero, Jack Ryan (played by Harrison Ford), with Clark (Willem Dafoe) in the secondary role. While he provides some of the requisite actio...