A gritty, brisk drama follows a CIA analyst pulled into a suspenseful cat-and-mouse game across continents.
Earnest. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Prime Video.
No surprises for a TV-MA: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
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