Clear and Present Danger

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Overview

This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President a Reaganesque Donald Moffat is murdered by a Colombian drug cartel. When Ryan discovers that the President's wealthy friend was in league with the cartel, the President's devious national security adviser Harris Yulin and ...
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Overview

This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President a Reaganesque Donald Moffat is murdered by a Colombian drug cartel. When Ryan discovers that the President's wealthy friend was in league with the cartel, the President's devious national security adviser Harris Yulin and an ambitious CIA deputy director Henry Czerny send a secret paramilitary force into Colombia to wipe out the drug lords. The force is captured and then abandoned by the President's lackeys. It falls to Ryan to enter Colombia and rescue them, aided only by a renegade operative named Clark Willem Dafoe, with both his life and career on the line.
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Michael Costello
Phillip Noyce directs the third entry in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series, a reasonably entertaining techno-thriller for those capable of untangling the plot. Harrison Ford once again stars as the CIA analyst, who here is both elevated to director of intelligence and forced to turn operative when he uncovers a questionable presidential directive regarding a Colombian drug lord. Clancy's right-wing fantasy world has been given a slight twist to the left here at Ford's behest, and one guesses that liberal writer Steve Zaillian and Genghis Khan-worshipper John Milius worked separately. Presumably based on some of William Casey's more lunatic schemes while head of the CIA, the film is a festival of double-crosses and backstabbing in the corridors of power, and throbbing action scenes in the Colombian jungle as the superhuman protagonist tries to save the surviving troops from a blown clandestine operation. Noyce keeps things moving at a steady clip, and does a fine job with the complex action sequences, but there are few surprises here beside the script's criticism of unauthorized covert operations. Despite the cardboard nature of the characters, the distinguished cast, which includes James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe, Harris Yulin, Donald Moffat, and Henry Czerny, adds to the film's quality.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/20/1996
  • UPC: 097361535432
  • Original Release: 1994

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  • Source: PARAMOUNT
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Harrison Ford Jack Ryan
Willem Dafoe Clark
Anne Archer Cathy Ryan
Joaquim de Almeida Felix Cortez
Henry Czerny Robert Ritter
Harris Yulin James Cutter
Donald Moffat President Bennett
Miguel Sandoval Ernesto Escobedo
Benjamin Bratt Captain Ramirez
Ray Cruz Chavez
Dean Jones Judge Moore
Thora Birch Sally Ryan
Ann Magnuson Moira Wolfson
Hope Lange Senator Mayo
Tom Tammi Emile Jacobs
Tim Grimm Dan Muray
Belita Moreno Jean Fowler
James Earl Jones Admiral James Greer
Vaughn Armstrong Blackhawk Pilot
Mark Bailey Reporter
Patrick Bauchau Enrique Rojas
Patricia Belcher INS Officer
Alejandro Bracho Fernandez
Cam Brainard Coast Guardman
Reg E. Cathey Sergeant Major
Jared Chandler Radio Man
Juan Carlos Colombo Cortez's Bodyguard
Chris Conrad Sniper Sergeant
Kevin Cooney CIA Counsel
Vondie Curtis-Hall Voice Only
Elizabeth Dennehy Reporter
Reed Diamond Coast Guard Chief
Kim Flowers Restaurant Hostess
Colleen Flynn Coast Guard Captain
Ellen Geer Rose
Greg Germann Petey
Jaime Gomez Sergeant Oso
Clark Gregg Staff Sergeant
Blanca Guerra Escobedo's Wife
Ken Howard Committee Chairman
Tom Isbell Restaurant Doctor
Denice Kumagai Nurse
John La Fayette CIA Analyst
Rex Linn Washington Detective
Kamala Lopez Venezuelan Telephonist
Marjorie Lovett President's Secretary
Jorge Luke Sipo
Aaron Lustig Dr. Polk
Honorato Magaloni Mining Company Manager
M. Martinez Chemist
Christine Moore Greer's Widow
John Rixey Moore Spock
Miguel Perez DEA Agent
John Putch Blackhawk Co-Pilot
Theodore Raimi Satellite Analyst
Guillermo Rios Gate House Guard
Diana Sowle Cartel Maid
Lynne Stewart Greer's Secretary
Cameron Thor DEA Surveillance Agent
Harley Venton DEA Agent
Technical Credits
Phillip Noyce Director
Michael Benson Cinematographer
William Cruse Art Director
Alan B. Curtiss Asst. Director
Patricia A. Garhardt Makeup
Robert Grasmere Special Effects
Jay R. Hart Set Decoration/Design
James Horner Score Composer
Lis Kern Associate Producer
Joe Lombardi Special Effects
Paul Lombardi Special Effects
Mindy Marin Casting
Terence Marsh Production Designer
Donald M. McAlpine Cinematographer
Mickey Michaels Set Decoration/Design
John Milius Screenwriter
Mace Neufeld Producer
Bernie Pollack Costumes/Costume Designer
Fernando Ramirez Art Director
Robert G. Rehme Producer
Peter Robb-King Makeup
Arthur Rochester Musical Direction/Supervision
Ralph S. Singleton Co-producer
Dawn Snyder Set Decoration/Design
Donald E. Stewart Screenwriter
Neil Travis Editor
Robert Willard Special Effects
Steven Zaillian Screenwriter
Dick Ziker Stunts
Tom Clancy Source Author
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The quintessential political action thriller

    I am not necessarily recommending this movie to anyone other than to mention that the casting and awesome cinematography i.e. scenery was memorable.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Good Action Flick

    I liked it when Jack Ryan got all pissed off with the Reagen-like President in this. If only that happened in real life. Besides that point, this was a good action flick through and through. The type when you've had a bad day and want to watch bad people get whacked. Not englightening TV.

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