If you're going to build a new character-driven action franchise — and hang tight for a coda sequence midway through the end credits to see how that would take shape — then you need a charismatic lead to lay the foundations.
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse certainly has that in Michael B. Jordan. He brings charged physicality and emotional intensity to John Clark in this origin story of a shadow figure from the Jack Ryan novels who graduated to protagonist with the author's 1993 best-seller.
Stefano Sollima's taut tactical military thriller departs plot-wise from the source material but stays true to the core element of a driven, grieving man in a ruthless world where soldiers are pawns.
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