What's the Difference between The Sum of All Fears the Book and The Sum of All Fears the Movie?
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In the Movie |
Jack Ryan
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Jack Ryan
Portrayed by: Ben Affleck
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The Sum of All Fears Book vs Movie
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The bomb explodes at the Super Bowl in Denver, Colorado. |
The bomb explodes at a football game in Baltimore, Maryland. |
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The Arab terrorists are beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Ryan witnesses their death and is given the sword used for that purpose. This event inspires Ryan's future Secret Service nickname of SWORDSMAN. |
This doesn't happen.
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The President's cabinet distrusts Ryan because they believe he is too cynical about the world. |
The President's cabinet distrusts Ryan because they believe he is naive in his opinion that Nemerov is not radical. |
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This is never mentioned. |
President Nemerov is accused of committing atrocities in former Soviet republics, which leads many in the State Department to consider him extremist.
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This doesn't happen. |
The man who found the bomb gets radiation poison and dies. |