Clear and Present Danger

1994 "Truth needs a soldier."
6.9| 2h21m| PG-13| en
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Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.

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Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
adonis98-743-186503 CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. Clear and Present Danger is as good as the previous movie although it takes the problems that the previous film kinda suffered too which is the lack of action not that is a big deal but for some viewers that can't easily follow spy movies or movies with political agenda they might get bored also the bad guys from the previous movie were a lot more interesting as both actors and characters but this movie will totally capture you with how clever it is and how much the government's have dirty secrets that they try to cover up. In the end the film has action here and there but what truly shines is how smart it is and how interesting the story really tries to be so far none of the Jack Ryan movies have disappointed me they're clever in a way every single on of them even though they lack action and Ryan being a badass like going full Rambo in them but in the end they are very clever 9/10.
eolson1964-1 It's no wonder why Tom Clancy was angered with the making of his books into movies after Patriot Games. Many characters from the book were changed from the start of the movie. The movie was confusing for most audience members because it left out many chapters and sub plots from the book. In the book Jack Ryan does not find out the connection to the drug cartel until after the covert operation began because he never had a briefing with the President because the President had already made a statement of Clear and Present Danger. Ryan never meets Clark until after Escobedo's was bombed from an aerial strike. The movie also left out Samuel Jackson's character(Robby) out of the movie when he was a major part in the book discovering about the Covert Operation in Columbia. Harrison Ford Anne Archer and James Earl Jones reprized their roles with finesse. If you are an avid reader of Tom Clancy this movie will disappoint you.
callanvass No matter how entertaining a movie is, I always have difficulties with movies over two hours long. Despite that Clear and Present Danger is over 140 minutes or so, it's still a very good follow up to Patriot Games; Like Patriot Games. Clear and Present Danger isn't filled with jaw-dropping action, it's more of a thriller, and a damn good one at that. I will point out that Clear and Present Danger has more action than Patriot Games, but it's not quite as well done overall. It has exciting twists and turns, especially in the second half. Harrison Ford once again played an ideal hero, and I was with him the whole way. His escapes are a bit superman -esque in this one, though. The Helicopter sequence at the end, especially. It's my favorite action scene in the movie, I won't lie. I'm just pointing out Ford wiggles his way through a couple more harrowing escapes than he did in Patriot Games. Willem Dafoe provides excellent support with his unpredictable role. I always relish seeing him on screen. James Earl Jones's role is bleak, but he provided class in a big way as well. Anne Archer & Thora Birch have very little to do in this one as the wife and daughter. Henry Czerny plays an excellent slime-ball here. He played a similar role in Mission Impossible. He's good at it! The ending is utterly fantastic in this one. It's filled with deception.Final Thoughts: Hunt For Red October provided modicum amounts of entertainment, but was fairly dull. I loved Patriot Games, and I loved this one as well. Ben Affleck wasn't horrible as Jack Ryan, and did what he could, but he wasn't the guy in the long run. Let's hope Chris Pine can take a firm grasp of the Jack Ryan role. The Jack Ryan saga deserves to continue. 8.2/10
richieandsam CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGERIt was good, but not as good as Patriot Games.The film went on for far too long. It was nearly 3 hours long and I felt it didn't need to be that long.The story has nothing to do with the original movie, which I liked. It was just the same characters in another situation.The original cast returned for this film which is always a good sign. I hate it when someone makes a sequel for a movie but changes the actors for one reason or another. It just makes it better when the original cast returns.Harrison Ford returns as Jack Ryan. He, as always, does a great job. I loved the new cast members to this movie too... Willem Dafoe played John. He was convincing in his role. But I think the actor I am growing to like more and more is Joaquim de Almeida. I have seen him in a few movies now and he has been brilliant in all of them. He really does play a brilliant bad guy.The action in this film is great. There are a lot of really good scenes where the action, explosions and suspense is great. This is another good 90s action film. It's one of those films that you have no idea who to trust... it is better not to trust anyone.I really did like this film, but it was on for too long and it was not as good as the original film. It would have been good if they made a few more of these with this character, just as long as Harrison returned as Jack. He could have been the new James Bond.I will give this film 6 out of 10.It is a shame there were no more.For more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl