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Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer

The story of a covert war waged against Colombian drug lords by the Central Intelligence Agency.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 22 min.

Directed by: Phillip Noyce

Release Date: August 3, 1994

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DVD Release Date: October 20, 1998

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  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    Not a bad sequel, just as good as the first!
  • DrZeek
    October 10, 2008
    DrZeek
    The President: So go down there, establish it.
    Jack Ryan: Go down where?
    The President: Colombia.
    Jack Ryan: Who, me?

    After watching the two previous Tom Clancy/Jack Ryan films, which had problems in maintaining my interest in watching them, this movie finally satisfied me in m...( read more)any areas. Good cast, good story, and entertaining.

    Harrison Ford returns as Jack Ryan, working as an analyst until he is called in by his boss, once again played by James Earl Jones, to work on a case involving the Colombian drug cartel.

    While Ryan knows parts of what is going on, we know everything, a covert war is being waged against Colombian drug lords by some high ranking members of the CIA. These members have enlisted a secret black-ops agent, played by Willem Dafoe to head up a team working to take out various drug lords. An adviser of one of the drug lords, played by Joaquim de Almeida, is also heavily involved in the whole situation.

    Jack Ryan is meanwhile working to try an understand the whole situation, operating as deputy director of the CIA after his boss has taken ill. Ryan is working under the President, but has to face the hard truths of sticking to his ethics.

    What makes this a better movie than the previous Jack Ryan flick, Patriot Games, is its story. In Patriot Games, the film focused on one thing, revenge. Because of that, the story stretched out on plot for two hours and didn't really get anything out of it besides some confident action scenes. In this film, the story has numerous threads and characters to follow and it all works well. The film also has several well done action scenes, in particular, one involving an SUV shootout in an ally.

    The cast of this movie is very welcome as well. Ford seems much more in place this time around as the Jack Ryan character. Willem Dafoe is equally good as the sort of anti-Ryan character, both standing for the same thing, but would accomplish goals differently. The rest of the cast is composed of many character actors who give the film more gravity.

    There are occasional moments where action movie/tough guy dialog comes in, but it certainly makes things more enjoyable in terms of never keeping the film too serious.

    All around, a smartly made political thriller/action film.

    Jack Ryan: I didn't sign up for this. This is someone's bullshit political agenda. Who authorized this? Cutter?
    Ritter: Cutter couldn't tie his own shoes without permission.
    Jack Ryan: If I go down you're coming with me.
    Ritter: Wrong again. I have an *autographed get-out-of-jail-free card*!
  • senorperfecto1
    August 10, 2008
    senorperfecto1
    After the murder of a close friend of the President of The United States, The President has a covert operation to weed out a Columbian drug dealer responsible for the murder. CIA analyst Jack Ryan filling in for the role of Deputy Director for his boss who was recently diagnosed ...( read more)with cancer is caught in the middle. As events unfold Ryan tries to weed out a mole embedded in the government hierarchy. As the events unfold and innocent begin to die, Ryan must hastily uncover the covert operation and save the innocent before more people die and America is caught in an illegal war.
    A Clear and Present Danger is the third movie based off the Tom Clancy novel of the same name. Harrison Ford as usual does a solid job bringing the film together. Many Clancy fans may not be too happy that the movie is only based on the book and not entirely. The movie is a solid espionage thriller by itself. The movie really makes you think and wonder what the government maybe doing that we don?t know. The movie also introduces a famous character in Clancy novels known as Mr. Clark. A Clear and Present Danger is a great espionage film that a conspiracy minded person yearns for. A Clear and Present Danger receives four stars and stripes out of five for being a good espionage flick that could have been stronger but all around does the job to wet the appetite.
  • Chiefilms
    March 2, 2008
    Chiefilms
    Ford in his classic formula. Saying a bunch of eastwood-esque lines to get the bad guy.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 26, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    Standard film, mediocre, nothing further, worth one watch or two.
  • ythelastman89
    November 20, 2009
    ythelastman89
    I think this was even a step up from Patriot Games, increasing the narrative and scope. It has a great performance from Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe was a perfect addition. For political thrillers, it is one of the best. It has a very entertaining, yet intelligent feel to it th...( read more)at many action movies lack.
  • Yelverton
    November 13, 2009
    Yelverton
    Weak sequel, but Harrison Ford rocks.
  • UnknownXero
    November 9, 2009
    UnknownXero
    This Was My All Time Favorite Movie For A Long Timn So i Decided To Add It First
  • minhvanl
    October 31, 2009
    minhvanl
    the perfect 100% excellent movie to watch and earnd it
  • twraiderfan
    October 4, 2009
    twraiderfan
    excellant, well scripted

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January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The film seems to have its pulse on some peculiarly modern varieties of madness. full review

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