However, the big twist of Without Remorse is that Rykov was not a Russian asset he was an American one. And to be sure, Rykov was certainly there, as both John and the audience saw him with his mask off when John was shot during the home invasion. Afterward, every member of Kelly’s team was murdered seemingly by Russian agents, as was John’s wife and unborn daughter, who were executed while Pam slept.įollowing the assault on his wife, Kelly went into Jack Bauer mode and killed every Russian official and underling who could bring him closer to Viktor Rykov (Brett Gelman), the alleged Russian operative who led the attack on John’s home at the beginning of the movie. Who they really left dead, however, were Russian spies. At the top of the film, John led his team of Navy SEALs on a mission to Syria on the pretext that they were rooting out Syrian sanctioned murderers and thugs. Throughout much of Without Remorse, viewers think they’re watching a simple revenge movie. Yet it’s worth considering how the movie got to this watery moment, and how it appears to be intentionally tweaking Clancy’s worldview. It’s a relatively downbeat climax to a movie that’s featured high octane shootouts, fisticuffs, and one gnarly torture sequence in a burning car. bridge and into the cold waters below, drowning the old man and making it look like a suicide. “Her name was Pam, and you’re going to say it before you die.” And so Clay did in his final moments after John drove the secretary’s vehicle off a D.C. Jordan’s then-John Kelly made to his late wife Pam. But in the end, the only oath kept was the one Michael B. Defense Secretary Thomas Clay (Guy Pearce) swore to uphold the Constitution and American interests.
Amazon’s adaptation of the author’s John Clark origin story, Without Remorse, ends not with a justification for Cold War paranoia but instead with a greater fear of the enemy within.
You can find our spoiler-free review here.įor the most faithful Tom Clancy fans, it’s probably not the ending they anticipated.
This article contains Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse spoilers.
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