Unimaginative softcore.

Archetypal.

A bit worse than the original Indiana Jones, though many elements are still superb, like the music.

Quintessential American action movie.

Like a script written specifically for Cary Grant… which he would have turned down for not being good enough.

Couldn’t get past the smorgasbord of bad accents. Various characters sound like they are from the Iron Range in Minnesota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or inside-the-loop Chicago. Essentially everywhere in the Midwest except Wisconsin, where the movie is supposed to be set.

Song stylings by Buddy Hackett (-10%).

Chris Pine is an acceptable Jack Ryan, and some of the cloak-and-dagger minutiae is fun, as things progress from one spy-movie cliche to another.

It is what it is. There is artistry here, but it’s just not my cup of tea (-20%).

Interesting.