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Clear and Present Danger

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Clear and Present Danger (1994)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:24

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 21 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Patriotic American Jack Ryan's (Harrison Ford) just been promoted to Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA. But before he can adjust to the demands of his position as advisor to the... Patriotic American Jack Ryan's (Harrison Ford) just been promoted to Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA. But before he can adjust to the demands of his position as advisor to the President, Jack's got to investigate a massacre that took the lives of several dignitaries. Probing relentlessly, Jack uncovers the disturbing truth about criminal activities involving an international drug cartel and a close friend of the United States President. Based on Tom Clancy's bestselling novel. [More]

Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe

Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe, Joaquim de Almeida, Donald Moffat, Henry Czerny, Harris Yulin, Benjamin Bratt, Raymond Cruz, Thora Birch, Ann Magnuson, Dean Jones, Hope Lange, Greg Germann, Ted Raimi, Vondie Curtis-Hall

Director: Phillip Noyce

Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriter: Donald Stewart, Steven Zaillian, John Milius
Composer: James Horner

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02/09/06
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The uneven flow is as likely to lead to a snoozing viewer as to one on the edge of their seat.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Clear and Present Danger isn't quite up to the very high standard set by The Hunt for Red October, but it's a genuine cut above Patriot Games.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

An absorbing, if overlong adaptation of Tom Clancy's bestseller.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post

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

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

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

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01/01/00
Lucy Mohl
Lucy Mohl
Film.com

Danger is just an overblown attempt to latch onto already-waning "Just Say No" sentiment in the U.S. (it was released in 1994). No dice.

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04/29/03
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

I could swear I had seen this movie before because some of the places, like in the drug lord's home, were exactly as I had imagined them from the book.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Passable entertainment

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
09/04/07
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

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

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

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08/08/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Best of Ford's Jack Ryan movies: taut and tough.

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06/03/05
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

High energy Harrison Ford in another installment of spy series.

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04/23/07
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
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