Harrison Ford has returned to playing a handful of his iconic characters in recent years, so perhaps he should also return to the role of Jack Ryan. After appearing one more time as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Ford will soon reprise his role as Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. in Indiana Jones 5, which will be filming soon and releasing in 2021. Ford portrayed Jack Ryan, the character created by Tom Clancy, in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger in the early 1990s.
Recently, Ford played Han Solo twice in Lucasfilm's Star Wars sequel trilogy while also returning as Rick Deckard in 2017's Blade Runner 2049. He played Indiana Jones again in 2008 but is set to star as the iconic archaeologist at least one more time in Indiana Jones 5. Ford’s return as Jack Ryan would round out a tour of revisiting his own classic characters, and the current state of politics and cinema allow for a new direction. As a direct sequel to Clear and Present Danger, it can stand out by focusing on an older Jack Ryan.
Ford was once the go-to American star. He played patriotic family men in peril like nobody else, and that’s exactly who Jack Ryan was in 1992’s Patriot Games as well as its sequel, Clear and Present Danger. While the former is a bit of fun with sequences that hold up well, the latter was a true political thriller stitched together by edge-of-your-seat action. A similar character study to how Rick Deckard was portrayed in Blade Runner 2049 would benefit Jack Ryan, seeing as the world stage has changed significantly since the early '90s.
Right now, John Krasinski is playing Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime, and it's already starkly different than the films that came before it. In Clear and Present Danger, Jack Ryan’s classic American patriotism was challenged by a conspiracy that pitted him against the White House. Following a similar thread could bring a lot of depth to a new Jack Ryan, especially one that is at the end of his career instead of at the beginning, as is the case with Krasinski's version. Heroes are at their best when questioning their own morals. Throwing an uncompromised civil servant like Ryan into modern American politics would allow him to question a lifetime of sacrifice.
And rather than mix in complex action scenes that the Jack Ryan TV series has, Ford should return in a reflective film that questions violence and machismo. That doesn’t mean there can’t be a lot of fun; if Ford is healthy enough to tackle Indiana Jones 5, he can surely dangle from a helicopter again. Harrison Ford’s age and credentials prove that now is the right time for an older, more thoughtful Jack Ryan. He would be an action hero like no other, a geriatric Captain America without superpowers. There’s plenty of fodder for a good political conspiracy, and cinema has a new appreciation for films that tackle their pasts.
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