Amazon digs up Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan for another world-trotting tense adventure in political espionage
Directed by: Andrew Bernstein
Written by: Aaron Rabin, John Krasinski & Noah Oppenheim
Starring: John Krasinski, Sienna Miller, Wendell Pierce
Rated R for violence and language
Release Date: May 20, 2026
Runtime: 1:45
This review may contain spoilers
The Hunt for Jack Ryan
If you haven’t seen Prime’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, do yourself a favor and check it out. Damn good television, or should I say, damn good streaming servicing? It’s a damn good show. Even Mama Kaiz approves of it, and it has swear words and people doing the S-E-X stuff.
Ghost War
Jack Ryan (John Krasinski, NBC’s The Office) is literally pulled back into the dark gray (wait, is it gray or grey?) world of espionage and international politics. Joined by returning CIA contractor Mike November (Michael Kelly, Netflix’s House of Cards) and the lovely MI6 spy, Emma Marlow (Sienna Miller, Layer Cake), Ryan must stop another dangerous mercenary from reforming terrorist cells to justify bringing back dark ops units.
Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios
The Clancy-Verse
So what I wonder is if this is a revival of the Prime series or the start of something new? Is there any connection to Michael B. Jordan’s Without Remorse? Will Prime ever incorporate Clancy’s book stories into these properties? Any Scottish-sounding Russian submarine captains wanting to defect? Jack being hunted by a vengeful ULA? Rainbow Six?
Photo Credit: Amazon MGM Studios
Smallville had more connections to Superman, and Clark didn’t even fly until the last episode.
The one thing the show ever seemed to reference from the books (that I caught) was a joke about Ryan being president one day. Give us Clancy fans more!
Ghost War and yet not a single ghost in it…
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War is alright, it’s a good movie to check out. Maybe not as good as the show, but it has the same feeling.
John Krasinski and Wendell Pierce (HBO’s The Wire) are great together, having the same chemistry from the show. It’s just too bad it’s too far in between.
Honestly, there’s not much else to talk about. It’s short and feels like a bonus episode from the last season. It really feels like a setup for a show revival.
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War is streaming on Amazon Prime.
