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On its own Clear and Present Danger is a good movie that
once it gets going will keep you entertained for a couple of hours
To date three actors have played Jack Ryan and it has to be said Harrison Ford makes the part his own by bringing depth and substance to a character that was otherwise ... Read review
The third instalment in the cinematic incarnation of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan ... more
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box-office smash from the producers of Patriot Games. When his mentor Admiral James Greer (James Earl Jones) becomes gravely ill, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Dir...
The third instalment in the cinematic incarnation of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan ... more
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appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends a prominent US businessman with se...
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Advantages: A good film with strong performances from everyone Disadvantages: A slow start
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On its own Clear and Present Danger is a good movie that
once it gets going will keep you entertained for a couple of hours
To date three actors have played Jack Ryan and it has to be said Harrison Ford makes the part his own by bringing depth and substance to a character that was otherwise portrayed as somewhat weak and two dimensional by the other two actors who have played Jack Ryan. ... more
Harrison Ford returns as Jack Ryan for a second time in the third Of Tom Clancy`s novels to hit the big screen. The film begins with the assassination of a close personal friend of the President who had dealings with a drug cartel in Colombia. This is followed by Admiral Greer played by James Earl Jones being diagonosed as terminally ill. Jack Ryan is promoted to Acting Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first job being to go before Congress and ask for further funding to combat the drug cartels in Colombia with a pledge that no troops would be used. However unknown to him this is exactly the purpose of the funds and they have already dispatched a operative (William Dafoe) to lead a group of soldiers in covert operations against the drug cartel. Jack Ryan learns all is not what it seems and gets caught up in the middle of the fight, with various people on both sides doing their upmost to save their own skins if it all goes wrong. In the end Jack Ryan has to chose between loyalty to the Whitehouse and doing what is morally right.
This film has received some negative reviews however I feel this comes from the pureists who feel the film does not adhere to the book page by page. In addition there are the odd cheesy moment. However on the positive side there are a couple of very well executed action scenes. On its own Clear and Present Danger is a good movie that once it gets going will keep you entertained for a couple of hours To date three actors have played Jack Ryan and it has to be said Harrison Ford makes the part his own by bringing depth and substance to a character that was otherwise portrayed as somewhat weak and two dimensional by the other two actors who have played Jack Ryan.
Advantages: great harrison ford movie Disadvantages: nope
This is one of two films based on Clancy's novels which really work, the other being The Hunt for Red October.
There are several outstanding performances, including Moffatt's in a difficult role as is Henry Czerny's as Robert Ritter, deputy director of the C.I.A. and Ryan's principal adversary; also Willem Dafoe as Clark and Harris Yulin as Cutter. This movie deals with America's war on drugs and also the abuse of power in high places.
As in Clancy's ... ...far can a President go to achieve a laudable goal, even if the means cross moral, legal and international boundaries?
As in Patriot Games, Ford also shares a few short yet important scenes with his wife and two children. Ann Archer and Thora Birch returned to play Ryan's wife Cathy and daughter Sally, giving Ryan that most un-Bond-like sense of family and a tie to the audience.
The movie has been restored to its original Widescreen presentation, ...
misska 01.10.2005
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CIA agent Jack Ryan is appointed to acting CIA Deputy Director when Admiral James Greer is taken ill. He finds himself investigating the murder of the President's friend who also had drug connections. Action tale based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DIST. SERVICES
Release date
03/11/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PHE 8357
Barcode
5014437835734
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
CIA agent Jack Ryan is appointed to acting CIA Deputy Director when Admiral James Greer is taken ill. He finds himself investigating the murder of the President's friend who also had drug connections. Action tale based on the novel by Tom Clancy.
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