Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Escritores (WGA):

Tom Clancy (novel)
Donald Stewart (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 agosto 1994 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Truth needs a soldier.

Plot:

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Drugs | Jack Ryan | Colombian Drug Cartel | Colombia

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A crackling thriller at its best.

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 8	8:00 PM	AMC
Thur. July 9	5:00 PM	AMC

Reparto

Harrison Ford	...	Jack Ryan
Willem Dafoe	...	John Clark
Anne Archer	...	Cathy Muller Ryan
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Col. Felix Cortez
Henry Czerny	...	Robert Ritter
Harris Yulin	...	James Cutter
Donald Moffat	...	President Bennett
Miguel Sandoval	...	Ernesto Escobedo
Benjamin Bratt	...	Captain Ramirez
Raymond Cruz	...	Domingo Chavez
Dean Jones	...	Judge Moore
Thora Birch	...	Sally Ryan
Ann Magnuson	...	Moira Wolfson
Hope Lange	...	Senator Mayo
Tom Tammi	...	FBI Director Emile Jacobs

También conocida como:

Peligro inminente (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense action/violence and language.

Duración:

141 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | USA:PG-13 CORRECT: REPLACE WITH: (Certifitcate #32825) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (Certifitcate #32825)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Compañía:

Mace Neufeld Productions

Trivialidades:

The scene in which the convoy of Suburbans is attacked by the drug cartel is now actually used as a training video in US government agencies. The footage was also used in an episode of "JAG" (1995).

Errores:

Continuidad: During the Cortez/Cutter conversation in the Panama hotel room, Cortez says, "No more senseless violence, you'll have your victory." When Ryan plays the tape to distract Cortez, the tape has Cortez saying, "No more violence," missing out on the "senseless".

Citas:

The President: How dare you come in here and lecture me!
Jack Ryan: How dare *you*, sir!
The President: How dare you come into this office and bark at me like some little junkyard dog? I am the President of the United States!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "George Lopez: A Clear and Presentless Danger (#4.10)" (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Pa Mi Collection

A crackling thriller at its best.

Review Summary: The best of the Tom Clancy adaptations.

Harrison Ford is Jack Ryan, and you better believe it. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER is the third adaptation of yet another Tom Clancy bestseller, spawned by the success of the previous Clancy adaptations THE HUNT FOR RED October and PATRIOT GAMES. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, like the previous films, successfully thrills their audiences with exciting sequences that, also, manages to stay plausible and never too unbelievably silly. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER may not have succeeded to become a total thrill-ride, but in the end it delivers its political message well. It's a slightly long, but thrilling and exciting Clancy adaptation.

Once again, Ford returns as Jack Ryan, who is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence, when CIA Deputy James Greer (James Earl Jones) is ill with cancer. His first mission: To investigate the death of one of the President's closest friends, who has connections with drug cartels. Ryan, once again, fights for what he believes is the truth, unknown to him that the National Security Adviser (Harris Yulin) has already dispatched mercenary elite troops, led by field operator John Clark (Willem Dafoe), on a covert operation in Columbia.

But even if you don't get involved with the story or haven't read any of Tom Clancy's bestselling techno-thrillers (like myself), you must admit how exciting, edgy and believable this film is. Once more, it's also well-written on the screen and don't get wasted. When the film doesn't stun you with its action sequences devised by director Phillip Noyce and his crew of cinematographers and stunt directors, it involves you in the political situations made real and plausible by the adapted script by Donald Stewart, John Millius and Steven Zallian. Honestly, the sequences that involves Ryan arguing with the President of the United States are just as good to watch as the films more exciting sequences (The memorable ambush sequence and the RAMBO-esquire finale are the first to come to mind).

Even if the film isn't exactly the total "keeps you on the edge of your seat" action thriller, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER delivers its political message as well as thrilling excitement all in the same show.

Rating: ***** out of 5.