JACK RYAN : GHOST WAR : PRIME VIDEO'S SNIPPET

PRIME VIDEOS Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan : Ghost War is a slick spy thriller that plays it too safe.

EARLY on in Prime Video's highly anticipated Tom Clancy's Ghost War, our titular hero, played earnestly by John Krasinski, is running through New York City Streets when two black SUVs suddenly start chasing him down.

It's exciting, Jack is moving fast, ducking through shady alleys and cutting through a restaurant, as if his past is trying to catch up with him, but this scene is the film's sadder reality.

Once the identity of who is behind the chase is revealed, it's accompanied by the realization that this sequel is only dangerous and intense on the surface of its 106 minutes.

That doesn't mean that the follow up to the wildly-popular four season series is wholly bad. Krasinski is still charming and commanding as Jack, while Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly as Greer and Mike, remain essential to this world.

But even with the right pieces in place, Ghost War doesn't evolve into a sharp continuation.

While the pace is slick and fast, the story feels weirdly hollow in places where it should hit harder. 

For a franchise built around moral compasses and buried secrets, this return to the small screen after three years feels less like high-stake events and more like a mediocre TV movie with few good car chase scenes and stunts.

!WOW! thanks Tania Hussain.