An excellent film, with the always outstanding Harrison Ford at the helm, Clear and Present Danger is the third of Tom Clancy's works to be adapted to the big screen and the second with Ford as Jack Ryan, the patriotic ex-marine turned politician.
With the CIA director - played by the James Earl Jones - befallen by pancreatic cancer, Jack Ryan is 'promoted' to acting CIA director in his absence. Once there he becomes involved - unbeknownst to him - in a series of plots that answers the question of what would happen if the United States used some of its brawn to do what is morally right if not politically right, the covert eradication of drug producers in Columbia.
Complete with a powerful and brutal scene where American policy makers are caught in an ambush in a run down section of Bogota that is sure to surprise and thrill you. Willem Dafoe does a terrific job of playing Joe Clark, who those of you familiar with Clancy's work will undoubtedly know.
With the CIA director - played by the James Earl Jones - befallen by pancreatic cancer, Jack Ryan is 'promoted' to acting CIA director in his absence. Once there he becomes involved - unbeknownst to him - in a series of plots that answers the question of what would happen if the United States used some of its brawn to do what is morally right if not politically right, the covert eradication of drug producers in Columbia.
Complete with a powerful and brutal scene where American policy makers are caught in an ambush in a run down section of Bogota that is sure to surprise and thrill you. Willem Dafoe does a terrific job of playing Joe Clark, who those of you familiar with Clancy's work will undoubtedly know.