Clear and Present Danger
Truth needs a soldier.
Truth needs a soldier.
Action, Drama, Thriller
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1994
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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.
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Runtime:
141 min
Release date:
3 Aug 1994
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$62,000,000
Revenue:
$215,887,717
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
13 Jan 2010
fresh:
Narrative complexity and momentum make this a true cinematic equivalent of an absorbing page-turner.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
8 Aug 2008
rotten:
There's a glimmer of interest in the film's ideological contortions, but as a commercial action thriller this is inflated and sluggish.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
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.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
For what it is, Clear and Present Danger is fun to sit through.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000