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Eric Mey's avatar

I remember my friend was very into this kind of adventure/intrigue movie, and after the 7th or 8th he saw that year, he commented "I can't believe how widespread and powerful the Chechen mob is."

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Patrick Lawlor's avatar

Having grown up in Dublin, Ireland, it was always bizarre watching how the IRA were portrayed in Hollywood movies. Since Tom Clancy and many of his readers were conservative Irish-Americans, this led to a schizophrenic approach-- the "good" IRA were faithful Catholics, while the "bad" IRA were ruthless Marxists. Neither category matched the reality.

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