Revealing mistake: In the scene where Jack Ryan uses the radio after the helicopter crash, the film is reversed - the word frequency appears as a mirror image.
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Ben Affleck, Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Philip Baker Hall, Alan Bates, Ken Jenkins, Ian Mongrain, Russell Bobbitt
The nuclear bomb goes off about 2/3 into the film. Morgan Freeman dies. Ben Affleck convinces the Russians to back down first, thus saving the world.
More mistakes in The Sum of All Fears
President Fowler: We gotta update these fire drills, Billy. I mean, if the shit ever hits the fan, I'm not going underground. This place is a goddamn tomb down there.
Bill Cabot: We've also gotta choose someone else to face off against besides the Russians all the time.
President Fowler: Really? Let's see. Who else has 27,000 nukes for us to worry about?
Bill Cabot: It's the guy with one I'm worried about.
Trivia: When Bill Cabot meets John Clark at the airport in the rain, it was Liev Schreiber's idea to have Clark waiting without an umbrella.
Question: What is the music playing/who is it by when Clark slits the South African guys throat near the end of the movie?
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Answer: The song is the classic "Nessun dorma", composed by Puccini and sung (in this version) by Bruce Sledge.