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Clear and Present Danger (1994) 6.8
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6.8/10 from 46,778 users
Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 121 user | 56 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. Director:Phillip Noyce |
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| Donald Moffat | ... |
President Bennett
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Domingo Chavez
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Judge Moore
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Moira Wolfson
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Senator Mayo
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FBI Director Emile Jacobs
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Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses and agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery. Written by SindyMac
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Truth needs a soldier. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 August 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Peligro inminente See more »Box Office
Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£5,358,120 (UK) (11 November 1994)Company Credits
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by E.Z.D. and Fransheska
Performed by Franzheska
Courtesy of Prime Records
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When discussing the final film, director Phillip Noyce admitted that he was disappointed in the climactic action sequence. He felt that it should have been bigger and more elaborate than the SUV ambush scenes in the middle of the film. See more »Goofs
The laser guiding the cellulose bomb was aimed clearly on the large yellow pick-up truck in the driveway in front of the hacienda. This leads to the media speculation that a truck bomb went off. Yet, Ryan's intelligence photos of the aftermath of the explosion clearly shows a crater in the center of the compound, away from where the laser was aimed. See more »Quotes
Admiral Greer: [speaking to Jack Ryan] You want to know about politics in Washington? Four words. Watch your back, Jack.See more »
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"Dulce Material"by E.Z.D. and Fransheska
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This movie starts out as a wonderful Tom Clancy adaptation. Tense, gripping and uncompromising it embroils the audience in the sleazy world of political espionage. The violence, though extreme in places, is actually quite understated and at all times completely integral to the plot. If only they had been allowed to continue in this vein to the end I would have given it 10/10 for sure.
But ooh, no. Hollywood studios dictate that any and all thrillers and dramas must end in a ridiculous macho farce, with plenty of pyrotechnics and stunts, presumably in case the audience didn't understand the rest of the film. In this day and age when people will watch a film in some form most nights, it does nothing for each movie when they all wind up feeling the same.
These days such sequences can only ever serve to kill off any tension built so far, but in this case, every single shot for at least the last 10 minutes is a cliché which has been done frame by frame exactly the same way many times before - inspiring mixed feelings of deja-vu and boredom.
As for whether or not to watch it then? It's worth a go if there's nothing else on, but only then.