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    AA> I watched this one at your recommend'n.  The film moves along at a fast   
    AA> pace. It has a lot of "story" to cover based on the book - from the   
    AA> lead's first encounter with terrorists to a successful recruitment with   
    AA> special forces and a first international assignment.   
    AA>    
    AA> Not a bad attempt to package the novel as a film in about 100 minutes.   
    AA> Lots of punches and bullets. But I think the book would lead to a more   
    AA> "complete" story.  I didn't quite understand the logistics how Mitch   
    AA> Rapp got out of the car that he drove/rammed into the narrowing tunnel   
    AA> until all the doors were blocked.   
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   I'm a huge fan of Vince Flynn.  He passed away from Cancer a few years ago   
   and I think Brad Thor is ghost writing his books now, thank god.  What I love   
   about his books is that they all feature Mitch Rapp as the main character.  I   
   think any good book is hard to fit into a movie.  Two great examples that   
   just didn't stack up:  DaVinci Code, and Enders Game.  Both books required   
   several pages to build to climax and suprising endings.  Vince Flynn books   
   are great reads, yet not as complex or lengthy as Clancy (who I love but have   
   trouble staying focused on his 1,000 page books).  I agree they could have   
   made it two movies.  Frankly, the story they told was 2 books in one -- the   
   1st and 2nd Flynn wrote.  The 1st barely touched the surface of Rapp, and   
   focused more on the surrounding characters to prepare you for Rapp.  The   
   second was more about his recruitment and first mission.  More time was spent   
   on the recruitment side within the book so you really felt the pain and   
   reasoning behind a college kid being so open to becoming an assasain for the   
   CIA.  And his mentor, forget his name at the moment, who trained him .. his   
   personality is infectious within the books, much better illustrated.  I do   
   hope more come out and that the proper director takes over, as each book is   
   film worthy.  There have been two knock offs of terrorists taking over the   
   white house, that I believe Flynn had to sue over -- one with Samuel Jackson   
   I think ... If you like spy novels, I'd recommend the read, especially if   
   youw want something a bit more simple yet detailed enough to intrigue, and   
   full of action and great character development.   
      
   -tg   
      
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