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Clear and Present Danger (1994)

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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 37
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Average Rating: 7.1/10
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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

PG-13, 2 hr. 21 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Phillip Noyce

Written By: Donald Stewart, Steven Zaillian, John Milius

In Theaters: Aug 3, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Oct 20, 1998

Paramount Home Video

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Cast

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
Raymond 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
Reg E. Cathey
Sergeant Major
Jared Chandler
Radio Man
Kevin Cooney
CIA Counsel
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Voice-Print Analyst
Elizabeth Dennehy
Reporter
Kim Flowers
Restaurant Hostess
Colleen Flynn
Coast Guard Captain
Ellen Geer
Rose
Greg Germann
Petey
Jaime G�mez
Sergeant Oso
Clark Gregg
Staff Sergeant
Blanca Guerra
Escobedo's Wife
Tom Isbell
Restaurant Doctor
Denice Kumagai
Nurse
John La Fayette
CIA Analyst
Rex Linn
Washington Detective
Kamala Lopez
Venezuelan Telephonist
Jorge Luke
Sipo
Aaron Lustig
Dr. Polk
Robert M. Martinez
Chemist
Christine Moore
Greer's Widow
John Rixey Moore
Spock
John Putch
Blackhawk Co-Pilot
Theodore Raimi
Satellite Analyst
Guillermo R�os
Gate House Guard
Diana Sowle
Cartel Maid
Lynne Marie Stewart
Greer's Secretary
Cameron Thor
DEA Surveillance Agent
Harley Venton
DEA Agent
Ken Howard
Committee Chairman
Cam Brainard
Coast Guardman
Honorato Magaloni
Mining Company Manager
Chris Conrad
Sniper Sergeant
Miguel P�rez
DEA Agent
Juan Carlos Colombo
Cortez's Bodyguard
Marjorie Lovett
President's Secretary
Reed Diamond
Coast Guard Chief

Critic Reviews for Clear and Present Danger

All Critics (37) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (9) | DVD (21)

This is the third movie with Jack as its hero, so he is a known quantity -- a humanist spook with an overdeveloped moral sense -- but Ford, playing the part for the second time, knows how to keep his earnestness fresh.

January 13, 2010 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

Narrative complexity and momentum make this a true cinematic equivalent of an absorbing page-turner.

August 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

In a film that opens with the sight of a waving American flag, subtlety may not be foremost on anyone's mind. But Mr. Ford's wary intelligence does wonders for a potentially one-dimensional character.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

For what it is, Clear and Present Danger is fun to sit through.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

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

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

[Noyce] dramatizes Tom Clancy's obsessively detailed plot in a straightforward fashion while staging spectacular showpieces of action.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Lucy Mohl

Film.com

Top Critic

None of it is uplifting or tells us something fresh, but it passes as easy viewing entertainment.

February 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's a formula film with a typically dubious political message, but the storytelling is livelier and more engaging than previous adaptations of Clancy's turgid techno-thrillers.

January 13, 2010 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Passable entertainment

September 4, 2007 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

High energy Harrison Ford in another installment of spy series.

April 23, 2007 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

There's a glimmer of interest in the film's ideological contortions, but as a commercial action thriller this is inflated and sluggish.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Trevor Johnston

Time Out

Best of Ford's Jack Ryan movies: taut and tough.

June 3, 2005 Comment

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Ainda que seja o exemplar mais irregular da s�rie Jack Ryan, o filme se beneficia da vulnerabilidade (emocional, n�o f�sica) com que Ford retrata o her�i.

March 8, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

A solid government thriller, but often hard to follow. Lots of talking, but a satisfying climax.

July 14, 2003 Comment

Fred Topel

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Audience Reviews for Clear and Present Danger

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When I was in my teens, I thoroughly enjoyed Tom Clancy. Clancy has always bgeen a master of Techno Thriller, aside from his last years before retiring. Clear and Present Danger is one incredible story about America's covert and Illegal war against Columbian drug Lords smuggling their product in the States. Clear and

April 8, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

This sounded really really good however I just found it confusing, way too fast moving and about a zillion characters. I haven't watched the first one however I believe sequels should be understandable whether you've seen the first one or not. I was just left confused and not caring for the characters.

August 7, 2010

Sophie Burgess

Super Reviewer

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