Where They Went

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Directed by Kenneth Branagh

A Marine wounded in Afghanistan becomes a covert CIA analyst on Wall Street, and a suspicious set of Russian accounts sends him to Moscow and back to New York to stop a terror attack.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Afghanistan
    ≈ 00:04:00
    Stated on screen

    Ryan's helicopter is shot down and he is badly injured.

  2. 2Walter Reed military hospital
    Washington, D.C.
    ≈ 00:06:00
    Inferred

    During rehab Ryan meets Cathy, and Harper recruits him for the CIA.

  3. 3Wall Street office
    Lower Manhattan, New York
    ≈ 00:15:00
    Stated on screen

    Ten years later Ryan works undercover as a compliance analyst on Wall Street and spots hidden Russian accounts.

  4. 4Moscow, Russia
    ≈ 00:25:00
    Stated on screen

    Ryan audits Cherevin's company in Moscow, survives an assassin, and with Cathy's help steals his files.

  5. 5Lower Manhattan and the East River
    Lower Manhattan, New York
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6The White House, Washington, D.C.
    ≈ 01:40:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
42,146 km
Places
5
Countries
3
Stops
6
  • Plane: 22,533 km
  • Not shown: 19,613 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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