{"id":3281,"date":"2016-03-05T08:57:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T03:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2016-03-05T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T03:27:46","slug":"jack-ryan-amazon-prime-john-krasinski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=3281","title":{"rendered":"Why Jack Ryan is the Action Hero We Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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or the better part of <\/span>Jack Ryan<\/span><\/i><\/a>, the TV adaptation of Tom Clancy\u2019s popular book series, its eponymous lead is an anomaly in the universe of action heroes. Played by John Krasinski, the modern-day CIA agent is a staid, moody protagonist, poles apart from the flashiness of Ethan Hunt and Jason Bourne, the <\/span>spies<\/span><\/a> that cinema viewers are used to and idolise. <\/span>\n\nA far cry from the standard alpha-male action hero, <\/span>Jack Ryan<\/span><\/a> is a mild-mannered CIA \u201canalyst\u201d who rides to work on a bicycle. He is a troubled, desk-bound Everyman racking his brains over Yemeni financial transactions. Even Krasinski, the actor portraying Ryan, doesn\u2019t inherently exude machismo the way his predecessors could \u2014 the role has been previously played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine. It helps that despite his turn as an intense hero in <\/span>A Quiet Place<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span><\/i> the actor doesn\u2019t fail to charm, and is convincing as a post-modern Jack Ryan. <\/span>\n\nIn the show, Jack Ryan makes one unassuming discovery about the show\u2019s terrorist that has him hurtling from behind a desk to the forefront of the battle. And Krasinski\u2019s evocative, <\/span>trauma-ridden<\/span><\/a> face underlines the fragility of Ryan\u2019s personality in almost every fame, exposing how out of depth he really is for the task at hand. <\/span>\n\nOne of <\/span>Jack Ryan<\/span><\/i>\u2019s best confrontations comes in the second episode when it finally dawns on him that a tertiary character he was <\/span>interrogating<\/span><\/a> might be the antagonist he\u2019s chasing. Although Ryan coolly manages to just about hold his own against the antagonist and his <\/span>brother<\/span><\/a> without a weapon, his guard drops the moment they escape the room. It\u2019s a brief moment, but Krasinski\u2019s face is awash with dread and the realisation that he could easily have been dead. To his credit, Krasinski serves the character and the plot well with his unsure gaze and occasional trembling. It\u2019s almost as if the audience can sense his inner confidence-boosting monologues. <\/span>\n\n

To his credit, Krasinski serves the character and the plot well with his unsure gaze and occasional trembling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nAs a result, Krasinski\u2019s Ryan is the kind of action hero who thrives in the background, allowing room for secondary characters and their motivations to grow. It\u2019s also why his near-climactic transition into the all-out hero doesn\u2019t seem so forced or resemble the standard <\/span>American<\/span><\/a> saviour trope. More than anything, it feels refreshing to see a show not giving in to the temptation to make its lead protagonist all-out elusive. Krasinski\u2019s Ryan is aspirational in a relatable way. <\/span>\n\nThe latest iteration of Jack Ryan is a spy who is not only aware of his own <\/span>strengths<\/span><\/a> but also of his weaknesses. The good thing is, he knows how to work around them.<\/span>\n\nOne particular scene stuck with me \u2013 when a former boss mocks Ryan for turning down an insider trading offer and calls him a \u201cBoy Scout\u201d. Up until now, we\u2019d been conditioned to assume that spies can\u2019t be ordinary. But <\/span>Jack Ryan<\/span><\/i> on the other hand, insists that there\u2019s nothing wrong with letting a Boy Scout save the world once in a while. In humanising its lead, <\/span>Jack Ryan<\/span><\/i> quietly conveys a pertinent point: Not all spies are born with it (even if they are former Marines). <\/span>\n\n\u00a0\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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