WSR Detailed LaserDisc Review

Patriot Games
Genre:Action Adventure

Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, James Fox.

WSR Review Scores
Picture Rating: 5
Sound Rating: 5
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DVD General Information
(Studio/Distributor): Paramount Home Video
(Catalog Number): LV15289-WS
(MPAA Rating): R
(Retail Price): $99.98
(Running Time In Minutes): 117
(Color Type): Color
(Chaptered/Scene Access): No
(Closed Captioned): Yes
(Theatrical Release): 1992
(LD Release Date): 12/92
(THX® Digitally Mastered): Yes

Credits Information
(Director): Phillip Noyce
(Screenplay/Written By): W. Peter Iliff & Donald Stewart
(Story): NA
(Music): James Horner
(Director Of Photography):
(Production Designer): Joseph Nemec III
(Visual Effects):
(Costume Designer):
(Editor): Neil Travis, ACE
(Supervising Sound Editors):
(Re-Recording Mixers):
(Executive Producers): Charles H. Maguire
(Co-Producers): NA
(Producers): Mace Neufeld & Robert Rehme

DVD Picture Information
(Principal Photography): Panavision
(Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.40:1
(Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

DVD Sound Information
(DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Surround
(Theatrical Sound): Dolby Stereo SR & 70mm 6 Track Dolby
(Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack):
(Remastered Dolby Digital): No
(Remastered DTS Digital Surround): No
(Additional Languages):

WSR Narrative Review
Story Synopsis:
This is the second movie edition of the Tom Clancy-action series (the first, “The Hunt for Red October,” starred Alec Baldwin) featuring ex-CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Ford). Here Ryan foils an IRA terrorist attack on the Royal family, killing a terrorist and incurring the wrath of the man’s brother, who follows Ryan and family back to the States for revenge.

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LaserDisc Soundtrack:
(Surround Bass Below 50Hz): Yes
(Aggressive System Surround): Yes
(Intense 25Hz Bass): No
(Deep Bass Challenging): No
(Aggressive 0.1 LFE):
(Holosonic Soundfield): No
(Aggressive Split Surround): No
(Center Back Surround Imaging): No
(Directionalized Dialogue): No
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