History Film / JackRyanShadowRecruit

* DragonInChief: Aleksandr to Cherevin and Sorokin.

* TheAlcoholic: Cherevin, for whom the symptoms of one of the problems with alcoholism is clearly obvious [[spoiler: to Cathy
Mueller, who figures out that he's dying of cirrhosis of the liver caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Cherevin, for whom the symptoms of one of the problems with alcoholism is clearly obvious [[spoiler:to Cathy

* TheAlcoholic: Cherevin, for whom the symptoms of one of the problems with alcoholism is clearly obvious [[spoiler:to Cathy Mueller, who figures out that he's dying of cirrhosis of the liver caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking.]]

* BookEnds: Viktor Cherevin receiving a phonecall to meet with Minister Sorokin immediately. [[spoiler: The first meeting kicks off Lamentations, the second meeting has Cherevin being executed for his failure.]]

* TheNewRussia: The main antagonist of the movie, incarnated in both Victor Cherevina and [[spoiler:Minister Sorokin.]]

* SherlockScan: Being a medical doctor, Cathy can tell from the BigBad's appearance that he is dying [[spoiler:from cirrhosis of the liver.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Cherevin is dying [[spoiler: from cirrhosis of the liver]], with only a few months left to live.

** Cherevin kills his security chief [[spoiler: after Jack successfully steals his computer files]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Cherevin is dying [[spoiler:from cirrhosis of the liver]], with only a few months left to live.

** However, a film adaptation of ''Literature/WithoutRemorse'' is currently in the works, and it will exist in the same fictional universe as ''Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit''. Tom Hardy is planned to star as John Clark, and Kevin Costner will be reprising his role as William Harper.

* TheAlcoholic: Cherevin. [[spoiler:In fact, he's dying of cirrhosis of the liver caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking.]]
* {{Badass}}: Harper is definitely this.
* BadassBookworm: Jack Ryan.

* BenevolentBoss: Rob Behringer, Jack's boss at the Wall Street investment house where he works. He seems to genuinely like Jack, and even warns him "If you see any sign that the [=FSB=] is involved in this, I want you to take the first plane back home. Those guys play rough."

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:After Cherevin foolishly allows himself to be manipulated into giving up his access card by Jack and Cathy, Cherevin's chief of security verbally berates him for being so powerless against vodka and women, and ends by saying "your son would be ashamed of you." Cherevin immediately grabs a gun and kills his security chief for the unwanted criticism.]]

* CleanupCrew: [[spoiler:After Jack kills the assassin who was posing as his bodyguard, he notifies Harper's team about the dead body in his hotel room. After meeting with Harper, he returns to his room to find that the body has been removed and the damage from the brawl has been repaired.]]
* CommandingCoolness: Harper was a Commander in the U.S. Navy (and, given his skill when it comes to small unit infantry combat, it's quite likely that he was a [=SEAL=]).

* TheDreaded: Pretty much everybody in this movie is scared of the [=FSB=] (the Federal Security Service, Russia's primary internal security agency and the successor to the [=KGB=]'s Second Chief Directorate).[[note]]The First Chief Directorate was responsible for foreign operations, and was the CIA/s foreign opponent/counterpart; its role is now undertaken by the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service).[[/note]]

* KnifeNut: Aleksandr.

* InvisiblePresident: [[spoiler:In the film's final scene, Jack gets to meet the President of the United States due to his role in averting the terrorist attack on Wall Street. The President is not seen, but his voice is heard.]]

* SherlockScan: Being a medical doctor, Cathy can tell from [[spoiler:Cherevin's appearance that he is dying from cirrhosis of the liver.]]

* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: Cherevin is dying from cirrhosis of the liver, with only a few months left to live.]]

** [[spoiler: Cherevin himself gets this in the end from Minister Sorokin, after his plan has failed.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Jack and Cherevin. Both fought for their respective countries, both served in Afghanistan (which Cherevin notes is still a graveyard), and both are employed by shadowy elements of their governments in an economic capacity.

** Jack being given a gun and asked to temporarily act as a field agent happened in ''Literature/RedRabbit''.

** William Harper seems to be an expy of both Admiral James Greer and John Clark from the novels. Both Greer and Clark are Navy veterans, as is Harper. Greer, like Harper, encouraged Ryan to come to work for the CIA and served as a mentor to him. Also, Greer and Clark are both highly competent field officers are aren't afraid to kill in the line of duty.

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Cherevin gets this in the end from Minister Sorokin, after his plan has failed.]]
** Cherevin kills his security chief [[spoiler: after Jack successfully steals his computer files]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Cherevin gets this in the end from Minister Sorokin, after his plan has failed.]]

* SherlockScan: Being a medical doctor, Cathy can tell from [[spoiler:Cherevin's appearance that he is dying from cirrhosis of the liver.]]
* ShoutOut: Although this film is not a direct adaptation of any of the Jack Ryan novels, it does borrow some plot elements from some of them. For example:

''Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'' is an upcoming ContinuityReboot of the film series based on the character of Literature/JackRyan created by the late Creator/TomClancy. It stars Creator/ChrisPine as Jack Ryan, Creator/KeiraKnightley as his wife Cathy, Creator/KevinCostner as Ryan's CIA superior William Harper, and Creator/KennethBranagh (who also directs) as Viktor Cherevin, a sinister Russian who plans to use a terrorist attack to crash the U.S. economy. It will be the first Jack Ryan film that is not based on any of the novels in the Jack Ryan book series.

* BookEnds: Viktor Chervin receiving a phonecall to meet with Minister Sorokin immediately. [[spoiler: The first meeting kicks off Lamentations, the second meeting has Chervin being executed for his failure.]]

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Jack keeps explaining to Harper what their man inside Chervin's office will need to do.. and then realizing that he's the guy.

** Viktor Chervin is very similar to Raizo Yamata from ''Literature/DebtOfHonor''. Both are powerful businessmen who plan to weaken the value of the dollar and cause economic chaos in the U.S.

* SherlockScan: Being a medical doctor, Cathy can tell from [[spoiler:Chervin's appearance that he is dying from cirrhosis of the liver.]]

* WarOnTerror: Jack Ryan joins the Marines not too long after 9/11.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: Cervin is dying from cirrhosis of the liver, with only a few months left to live.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Chervin gets this in the end from Minister Sorokin, after his plan has failed.]]

** A man falling for his physical therapist while in rehabilitation for a back injury happened between John Kelly and Sandra Manning in ''Literature/WithoutRemorse''.

* {{Expy}}: William Harper seems to be an expy of Admiral James Greer from the novels. Both of them are Naval officers turned CIA officials, and both of them encouraged Ryan to work for the Agency.
** He also seems to have elements of John Clark as well. Both of them are extremely competent field officers who are navy veterans and aren't adverse to killing.

* {{Expy}}: William Harper seems to be an expy of Admiral James Greer from the novels. Both of them are Naval officers turned CIA officials, and both of them encouraged Ryan to work for the Agency.

* HopelessWar: The wars in Afghanistan; Cherevin mentions over dinner that he served during the Soviet's occupation.