What's the Difference between The Sum of All Fears the Book and The Sum of All Fears the Movie?
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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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Marcus Cabot, the Director of Central intelligence, is portrayed as a novice political appointee. He is lazy, unwilling to learn the complexities of his job, and all too eager to leave his work to Ryan, who he dislikes and believes to be arrogant. |
Marcus Cabot, the Director of Central intelligence, is portrayed as a hardworking, knowledgeable Director who acts as a mentor to Ryan in a manner similar to James Greer. |
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The terrorists know that the bomb is a bomb when they find it. But they do not discover it is an Israeli nuclear bomb until taking it apart. |
The South African scrap collector knows the bomb is an Israeli nuclear bomb upon inspection. By the time the terrorists have the bomb they are aware of its identity.
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This doesn't happen. |
Ryan and Clark infiltrate a Ukrainian missile lab. |
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The terrorist plot is carried out by no more than 10 people, each of whom are disenfranchised radicals with nothing to lose. |
The terrorist plot is carried out by a group of wealthy Austrian individuals.
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The nuclear bomb fizzles because it was detonated before the East German scientist was able to purify the plutonium (he was killed by his terrorist comrades before he could inform them.) |
It's never explained why the bomb fizzles. |