MOVIE REVIEW - Focus

A movie just for fun

by Daniel Ji This movie is about a soldier called Jack Ryan and he was get hurt in a helicopter accident . He back to US and became an agent who worked for CIA. One day he found an Russian company had some economy problem. He asked his boss in CIA to went to Russia, but he found there was going to be a terrorist attack in New York City. So he went back immediately , and noticed there was a fake police vehicle. He knew it was a bomb on the car and the man one the car wanted to destroy the wall street. Jack chased after him and finally drive the car into the sea. There is the most memorable scene was jack was driving a BMW to chase after the terrorist and to save his girl friend. Although he saved his girlfriend ,New york city would under attack next morning. He went back New york city immediately and saved whole city safe. At last, he went to new york city and found out the terrorist attack and stopped it at once. He had a fighter with the terrorist and solved the safety problem in the wall street. I think the end of the story was quiet predicable because we can gusse the ending must be the hero saved the city. Its not original, but its still a happy ending. By the way ,it was a good movie for all age.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

by Pinkie Gao
The new movie called Shadow Recruit is on cinema. Fantastic scenes and exciting actions. Guarantee you to have a 100-minute excitement! It is a story between the US and Russian: The main character Jack Ryan (played by Chris Pine) was a student in the college. One day he heard about a piece of news about an accident in the New York City. Many Americans was badly injured and some of them were dead. He was so sad to see that, because he loved his country. Then he decided to join the army. Unluckily, the helicopter which he was in it got attacked. He was injured by the re. But he still worked hard. He did a lot of exercise on rehabilitation. In these days, he met the doctor, Cathy. They were in love. Few days later, he became a CIA o!cer. He couldnt talk to anyone about his work. Accidentally he uncovered a terrible secret about a Russian called Victor was going to change and to destroy the economy of the US. He applied for going to Russia to solve this di!cult problem. It was a danger mission. Many Russians tried to kill him, because he would a"ect their decision. At the most emergency time, Jack got the help from the CIA HQ. Jack and his new partner made a risky plan----Jack was going to invite the mastermind of this evil secret. His ance would help him get more time. Jack is going to get in to the executives computer system and get more important information. He did it but Cathy got caught by Victor. She was in danger. Luckily, Jack saved Cathy from danger. I think it should be the most memorable scene. But this crisis hasnt resolved yet .There would be a big bang in Manhattan, if they couldnt stop the big bang, many citizens might be killed. That would be a horrible disaster! Jack must stop this happening. He found the guy by the internet. He is Victors son. Jack tried his best and he did it. He saved Manhattan! The story got a nice ending. Jack became a great agent. He had a meeting with the president. Finally, he thought his dream came true, and his heart and Cathys also got closer, this time.

A truly exciting story

By Sue Su Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a thriller movie. It is about Jack who was severely injured in an accident. Then he met his friend. He got a job in the CIA and wanted to find the truth of a huge case. Later he found that someone tried to destroy the economy of the USA. The most memorable scene is that a strange man appeared when Jack got off the plane. He was dressed all in black. He promised that he will save Jack from danger and then drove Jack to his hotel. But when they got in there, the man took out the gun and aimed it at Jack. Jack fought with him and killed him. This was the first time he killed a person. I was so excited when I saw them fighting with each other. I found the ending of the story is fine. The bomb was going to explode. Jack fought with others and stopped it. He used his hard work to save the city. I think this is the ending he wanted.

Shadow Recruit continues

by LeeAnn Chen Shadow Recruit was an exciting thriller movie. It was fantastic with its compact story and terrific performance by the actors. Jack Ryan (played by Chris Pine). He served for the U.S.A army. He was injured heavily in a helicopter accidence on a mission. After he recovered, William Harper (played by Kelvin Costner), an officer of CIA, persuaded him to work for CIA. He agreed. Then Harper arranged him to work in a bank to explore where the asset of the terrorist come from. He went to Moscow to copy some important data form Viktor Cherevin (played by Kenneth Branagh). When Jack and Cathy (played by Keira Knightley) got the data with honey-trap, he also knew that Viktor and his son Alexander wanted to destroy Manhattan. He stopped them at last. However, my favorite character is Cathy Ryan because of her respectful courage. When she knew Jack worked for CIA, she didnt leave him though his job was pretty dangerous. She even sacrificed her beauty to help Jack to finish his task. She won my admiration. My favorite scene in this movie is Viktor want to kill Cathy sorely by priming a lamp in Cathys mouth. But he failed as Jack saved Cathy at the last minute before the lamp bombing. This scene demonstrate how brave Cathy was and how deeply that Jack loved Cathy. I was really touched. Frankly, the ending of the movie has no difference than all the other contemporary thrillers. Its a bit stale. But I Hero is who can give his heart to the still think it is enjoyable for the most part. This is things he wants to protect definitely a thriller-fun pick! If you like thriller movies, By Ekki Lu If you like watching action movies like with danger everywhere that is scary and frightening then ' Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' should be your first choice. Jack Ryan (played by Chris Pine) was a soldier and injured badly in a mission. He became a bank clerk but in fact his real identity is an analyst who works in the CIA for the United States. He found that Viktor Cherevin who is a Russian billionaire is planning a big plot to destroy USA by an economy war. To protect his country, Jack has to be a CIA agent and a man called William Harper (played by Kelvin Costner) who is good at fighting and very intelligent helped Jack. And the most memorable scene was Jack Ryan got into Cherevin's office while his wife was talking to Cherevin and trying to get as much time as possible for Jack to get information. He got there and copied the secret data as quickly as possible. Jack got the data at the last second before the security guards came in This movie is exciting and worth watching. Because all the people in it fight for their country's honor including Cherevin. Even though Cherevin's way to protect his country is not perfect, all he did was for the glory of Russia. We need to pay our respect to everyone that takes the gun and guards the country. They spend their whole lives to protect their country-the one thing they care most.

To be a perfect agent
By Tracy Zhu Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a 2014 American action thriller film, directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh. Jack Ryan (played by Chris Pine) was an analyst at the CIA financial intelligence department, he found that the boss in the company Victor (played by Kenneth Branagh) is planning a conspiracy against the U.S. economy. CIA veteran Hubble (played by Kevin Costner) and Ryan had to travel to Moscow to perform a task. His wife Cathy (played by Keira Knightley) accidentally discovered his secret... The most memorable scene to me is when Jack Ryan goes into Victor's office where he downloads critical files. He discovers Victors secret. But he only uses three minutes to steal the file and finishes the mission. Its very exciting and tense. The ending of the story is not very surprising. So it a little bit boring. Decent Clancy-type spy, new jack Ryan's role is better, exciting pace, builds the right atmosphere, several twists and turns .Because the plot is very simple, such as Jack find out the truth so fast, Cathy could be more complex and so on. Kenneth Branagh gives this story movie strong tension and relatively simple, characters are ordinary.

The secret mission by the hidden talent!!

By Daniel Liu The movie is about Jack Ryan, who was just America CIA financial intelligence, an ordinary analysts. One day he accidentally found that the company's boss Victor was planning to overturn American economy . To know the secret , Ryan! had to become a field agent from analysts, embarked on a trip to Moscow. And his girlfriend Katie in the thriller the way slowly found him Illustration: Karen Chung a secret agent. Then they decided to find Victors selling record and turn Publish: Karen Chung Teachers: Christina Rivera & Karen Chung the order. But they found that Victor Contact: Iris Han had already let his son come to America and send a bomb to New York, Company: English First then dump all the dollars to crash America economy. So Jack came to New York and fight with Victors son. Finally he threw out the bomb to the sea and saved America. My most memorable scene is Jack's fighting with Victors son in the underground. Jack kicked him into the water and got on the car. He was driving the car and trying to put the bomb in the other place. But suddenly he saw Victors son was on the car attempting to make the bombs countdown to zero. Jack then drove the car like crazy, trying to knock him down. Jack even came to the backseat to beat him. When the car was running into the river, Jack suddenly jumped off and the bomb crashed in the river. I found the ending of the story is exciting because Jack may die every second, but he was very brave fighting with the final boss and on the car with the bomb. Victors son suddenly came made me surprised and the exciting thing is they were fighting on the car, but nobody was driving. As the cars door was broken, Jacks lower part of the body was on the road and his upper part! in the car. The movie's creativity is amazing. I enjoyed it very much.

Illustration & Retouch: Karen Chung Daniel Liu, Dick Xia, Ekki Lu, Teachers: Christina Rivera & Karen Chung LeeAnn Chen, Pinkie Gao, Contact: Iris Han Company: English First Sarah Hu, Sue Su, Tracy Zhu.

Special thanks to Daniel Ji,