Clear and Present Danger

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Overview : 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.
Budget : 62000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 141 min
Release Date : 1994-08-03
Imdb ID : tt0109444
Status : Released

Cast

Harrison Ford
Jack Ryan

Willem Dafoe
John Clark

Joaquim de Almeida
Col. Felix V. Cortez

Henry Czerny
CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter

Harris Yulin
National Security Advisor James Cutter

Donald Moffat
President Bennett

Miguel Sandoval
Ernesto Escobedo

Benjamin Bratt
Captain Ramirez

Raymond Cruz
Domingo Chavez

Dean Jones
Judge Moore

Anne Archer
Dr. Cathy Ryan

Thora Birch
Sally Ryan

Ann Magnuson
Moira Wolfson

James Earl Jones
Admiral James Greer

Hope Lange
Senator Mayo

Tom Tammi
FBI Director Emile Jacobs

Greg Germann
Petey

Tim Grimm
Dan Murray

Belita Moreno
Jean Fowler

Jorge Luke
Sipo

Ellen Geer
Rose

Jared Chandler
Insertion Team Radioman

Ted Raimi
Satellite Analyst

Vondie Curtis-Hall
Voice-Print Analyst

John Lafayette
CIA Analyst

Beau Lotterman
CIA Analyst

Rex Linn
Washington Detective

Ken Howard
Committee Chairman

Alexander Lester
John Ryan Jr.

Reg E. Cathey
Sergeant Major

Clark Gregg
Staff Sergeant

Chris Conrad
Sniper Sergeant

Vaughn Armstrong
Blackhawk Pilot

John Putch
Blackhawk Co-Pilot

Colleen Flynn
Coast Guard Captain

Reed Diamond
Coast Guard Chief

Cam Brainard
Coast Guardsman

Brendan Ford
Coast Guardsman

Michael Jace
Coast Guardsman

Patrick Bauchau
Enrique Rojas

Aaron Lustig
Dr. Polk

Lynne Marie Stewart
Greer's Secretary

John Rixey Moore
Spook

Jaime Gomez
Sergeant Oso

Miguel Pérez
DEA Agent

R.A. Rondell
MC Driver

Peter Weireter
FBI Director’s Bodyguard

Blanca Guerra
Escobedo's Wife

Diana Sowle
Cartel Maid

Victor Palmieri
Ambassador Ferris

Trip Hamilton
White House Guard

Cameron Thor
DEA Surveillance Agent

Harley Venton
DEA Agent

Juan Carlos Colombo
Cortez's Bodyguard

Rufino Echegoyen
Escobedo's Driver

Honorato Magaloni
Mining Company Manager

Mario Iván Martínez
Chemist

Eduardo Andrade
Eduardo

Hector Teller
Hector

Alejandro Bracho
Fernandez

Robert Arratia
Colombian Hitman

Eliot Ferrer
Colombian Hitman

David J. Negrón Jr.
Cartel Accountant

Michael A. Mendez
Cartel Gunman

Michael A. Mendez
Cartel Member

Kamala Lopez
Venezuelan Telephonist

Guillermo Ríos
Gate House Guard

Alejandro De Hoyos
Spanish Reporter

Alejandro De Hoyos
CNN Reporter

Barbara Harrison
TV Reporter

Mark Bailey
Reporter

Elizabeth Dennehy
Reporter

Patricia Belcher
INS Officer

Tom Isbell
Restaurant Doctor

Kim Flowers
Restaurant Hostess

Claudia Lobo
Ritter's Wife

Al Verdun
Ritter's Secretary

Catherine MacNeal
Greer's Nurse

Denice Kumagai
Nurse

Marjorie Lovett
President's Secretary

Lee Bear
Cutter's Bodyguard

Glenn E. Coats
Hotel Clerk

Kevin Cooney
CIA Counsel

Lis Kern
Horse Trainer

Thomas Luskey
Homicide Detective

Christine Moore
Greer’s Widow

Tom Bower
Clark's Pilot (uncredited)

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Reviews

John Chard
These drug cartels represent a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States. The third outing for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - and the second with Harrison Ford in the lead - is a tightly constructed political thriller. Condensing Clancy's door stoppers is no easy task, but the makers here, headed by director Phillip Noyce, have manged to keep the pic brisk and intelligent for entertainment worth. Plot essentially boils down to America's war on drugs and the Colombian cartel at the helm of such operations. Naturally all is a bit suspect in the American corridors of power, leading to corruption and abuse of power that puts Jack Ryan firmly at the front to sift and destroy the bad eggs staining the American Star Spangled Banner. This very much plays out for those who like a bit of politico subterfuge, whist being ok with long passages of like minded chatter is also a requisite. That we have a fine cast playing out the screenplay (Donald E. Stewart, Steven Zaillian and John Milius) is a big plus that gives credibility to the shifty machinations. There's a nagging annoyance throughout that this still should be a better film, especially given the overstretched run time of 2 hours 20 minutes, and the computer sections are dubious and the finale is something of a damp squib. However, we are in the company of great pros, both in front of and behind the camera - and also on the page (Clancy's brain superlative). With that in mind it's reasons to seek this out and enjoy if this splinter of political thriller is your bag. 7/10
Geronimo1967
Luckily, this final outing for Harrison Ford's "Jack Ryan" is far more entertaining that his previous "Patriot Games" shenanigans from 1992 - so the Queen Mother's other cousins can relax. This time, he is promoted into the shoes of his terminally ill mentor "Greer" (James Earl Jones) as Deputy Director of Intelligence at the CIA. Everyone is working on plans to shut down the infamous Cali drug cartel in Colombia, but it soon becomes clear that there are wheels within wheels in the US administration, traitors all over the shop, and "Ryan" looks certain to take the fall when the dominoes start to tumble. This is a solid espionage thriller, with a complex plot peppered with a few extended action scenes and some decent performances from Ford, Willem Dafoe as the betrayed enforcer "Clark" and the combination of Messrs. "Ritter" (Henry Czerny) and "Cutter" (Harris Yulin) make poor old "Jack" realise that he might well be safer on the side of the drug lords! It's a bit too long, and certainly it takes maybe thirty minutes of plot development to get going, but once it does it's a quality adaptation of a more cerebral story of corruption, deceit and ass-covering that still holds up thirty years later.

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