Clear and Present Danger

1994 Mystery & Suspense

This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role after his first go-round in 1992's Patriot Games, is assigned to a delicate anti-drug investigation after a close friend of the President (a Reaganesque Donald Moffat) is murdered by a Colombian drug cartel. When Ryan discovers that the President's wealthy friend was in league with the cartel, the President's devious national security adviser (Harris Yulin) and an ambitious CIA deputy director (Henry Czerny) send a secret paramilitary force into Colombia to wipe out the drug lords. The force is captured and then abandoned by the President's lackeys. It falls to Ryan to enter Colombia and rescue them, aided only by a renegade operative named Clark (Willem Dafoe), with both his life and career on the line. more..

Director: Phillip Noyce

Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny

Reviews

  • Another fast, gripping spy story with some good tricks up its sleeve.

    Elvis Mitchell - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

  • There is enough intrigue to keep it interesting, and if it ever feels too slow, try counting the number of people who get betrayed.

    - Austin Chronicle

    19 January 2013

  • The plot alone is a thing of beauty.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

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

    Rita Kempley - The Washington Post

    19 January 2013

  • The storytelling is livelier and more engaging than previous adaptations of Clancy's turgid techno-thrillers.

    - TV Guide

    19 January 2013

Awards

  • Top Box Office Films

    ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (1995)

  • Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing

    Academy Awards (1995)

     
  • Best DVD Collection

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2004)

     
  • Favorite Actor - Action, On Video

    Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1995)

  • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film

    Cinema Audio Society (1995)