Factual error: Jack Ryan takes the enlisted oath, not the officer's oath, when commissioned into the Marines. (00:02:35)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley, Chris Pine
Continuity mistake: When Cathy is duct taped in the SUV the tape is around her body, but when the SUV crashes she gets out and there is only duct tape around her wrists.
Factual error: In the Dearborn, Michigan car chase scene, a car is shown with a Michigan front license plate. MI is one of 13 states that does not have front license places.
Viktor Cherevin: You Americans like to think of yourselves as direct. Perhaps you are just rude.
Jack Ryan: You Russians like to think you're poets, but perhaps you're just touchy.
Jack Ryan: You didn't pick this life, I did.
Cathy Muller: But I chose you.
President: What's your name, son?
Jack Ryan: Ryan, Mr. President, Jack Ryan.
Question: When Costner meets Jack Ryan for the first time he calls him John P. Ryan twice instead of Jack. Nowhere else in the movie did I here him referred to as John. Am I missing something? (00:08:15)
Answer: In all the original movies he was Jack his sons name was John so I thought he was the son of Jack.
Question: What spills onto the floor in the hotel fight when the toilet is broken? It looks like some form of insulation.
Answer: From what I could tell, at the beginning you see a smoky glass partition (or glass-like) by the toilets. I couldn't really tell what for, maybe a changing area. Before the toilet gets broken, this partition gets shot and shatters. That's what's on the floor. But I can't see how it could get around the toilet like it does without some mistake.
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Answer: This is true of all versions of the character - his name's officially John Patrick Ryan, but he always goes by Jack.