The action is rote, the plot predictable, the acting serviceable. Aside from a few nifty shots and stunts, as well as Jordan’s biceps, the movie is an eyesore, looking more like “Call of Duty” than anything truly cinematic (though video games are indeed looking more like movies these days). The characters, whose names we barely know, blurt vast swaths of script exposition in boardrooms, bathrooms and high-speed vehicles. Rather than a slick, lean or even interesting aesthetic, “Without Remorse” is brutal and muddy, the actors loaded down with military gear, thumping around and thumping each other, shooting at unseen enemies in dusty, dimly lit rooms. This conspiracy behind the story feels like a 1970s paranoid political thriller, but Sollima is no Alan J. But in doing so, he uncovers a web of cynical political maneuvering, orchestrated for optics, headlines and cable news talking points.
John has a simple quest, to avenge Pam’s murder. In the cinematic world of violent, vengeful men, what is a wife if not dead, merely a memory to kill for in a film? The Dead Wife is a well-trodden movie trope, a one-stop shop for screenwriters to add instant pathos and motivation, plus justification for the body count. What remains is John’s thirst for vengeance, a white hot rage engine revved by the murder of his wife, Pam (Lauren London). The Vietnam setting is out, and Russia is in as the big bad because everything old is new again.
Jordan takes on the origin story of Clark, nee Kelly, a highly trained Navy SEAL whose life is drastically altered by violence.ĭirected by Stefano Sollima, who helmed “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” and written by Taylor Sheridan and Will Staples, the script is a loose adaptation and update of the book. Clancy’s 1993 bestseller “Without Remorse” is an origin story for one of the Ryan-verse characters, John Clark, who has already been played by Willem Dafoe and Liev Schrieber, but now, Michael B. Including “Tom Clancy’s” in the title for the film “Without Remorse” is a direct signal flare for fans of his Jack Ryan character who has been depicted many times on screen before.
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