Michael B. Jordan took on a role in the Tom Clancy movie Without Remorse that has mostly gone overlooked, but according to a former Navy SEAL, it includes some very realistic fighting scenes. Clancy is best known for writing the Jack Ryan books that ended up being made into movies, starting with The Hunt for Red October. The Jordan movie, Without Remorse, exists in that world.

Without Remorse follows the Jack Ryan supporting character John Kelly (also known as John Clark). In previous movies, Willem Dafoe (Clear and Present Danger) and Liev Schreiber (The Sum of All Fears) portrayed the character, a black ops soldier who will get his hands dirty, so Jack Ryan doesn’t have to. However, the Without Remorse novel is mostly an origin story for the character, as he seeks revenge for his wife’s murder.

DJ Shipley reacts to Without Remorse and praises Jordan’s performance. He gives it 8/10

DJ Shipley Says It Was Clear Michael B. Jordan Trained Hard

Former Navy SEAL DJ Shipley has been talking about various movies and how realistic the fighting is in the releases. He has praised films like Sicario: Day of the Soldado and dismissed the fighting in other movies, like the John Wick series, although he says he understands that realistic fighting isn’t important in a film like John Wick. For Without Remorse, Shipley looked at a scene where John Kelly was on a military mission with his fellow unit, and he was very impressed with Michael B. Jordan:

“Some teams prefer to have a duel entry, so if the door opens, one guy goes left, one guy goes right, and then there’s an order of events that follow after that. How many guys they want to put into the room. But, the crisscross, it’s very common to see in CQB (close quarter battle). Some guys do it from the same side, and one guy will ʙuттon hook, but that’s so you have an equal chance of cutting the room in 50/50 as fast as humanly possible…

I thought [Michael B. Jordan] did a beautiful transition. I mean, he’s clearly trained that a lot. That’s not an easy maneuver to pull off. He took a bad corner, so he’s basically presented here, didn’t clear his corner, and that’s where the adversary jumps out and grabs his gun. Now, it’s pinned. You’re not wrestling that thing away from a 200-pound man. You’re not, and that’s why most guys carry a fixed blade. So, a lot of guys will run a dagger center line on their chest.

They can pull with both hands, either left-handed or right-handed. They’ll have it just offset center, so that way, if this guy has control of my gun, I let it go, and I pull this out. I’m immediately over the top… His re-transition back to pistol, immediately drops it, redeploys, pistol comes back out, double sH๏τ to the head. That’s about as good as you’d go. I’d give that an 8 out of 10 as far as realism.”

Our Take On Without Remorse’s Fighting Scenes

Realistic Fight Scenes Is More Important In Military Movies

There are some movies like John Wick where the purpose is to have over-the-top fighting scenes. DJ Shipley understands that, and while he discounts the realism in the fighting, he knows that isn’t the purpose. However, with a movie like Without Remorse, which has many military fans who expect realistic battle scenes, realism is very important. While Without Remorse mostly remains overlooked thanks to its status as a Prime Video exclusive, the realistic fight scenes by Michael B. Jordan proves it deserves at least a second look by action movie fans.