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Name: Clear and Present Danger
Director: Phillip Noyce
Genre: action, drama, thriller
Released: 1994
Duration: 2 h 21 min
Rating: 6.9

Clear and Present Danger has an iRankMovies score of 72.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Truth needs a soldier.

Release:1994

Runtime:2h 21m

Country:United States

Director:Phillip Noyce

Language:English

Genre

ActionDramaThriller

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Keywords

SniperCentral Intelligence Agency CiaHelicopterAssassinationUsa PresidentBased On Novel Or BookAmbushEspionage

iRank73

Clear and Present Danger rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.9/10· 113K votes

Rotten Tomatoes81%

Metacritic72%

TMDb6.64/10· 2K votes

With 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.9/10 on IMDb and 72/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Clear and Present Danger

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.

Cast of Clear and Present Danger

Harrison Ford
as Jack Ryan
Willem Dafoe
as John Clark
Joaquim de Almeida
as Col. Felix V. Cortez
Henry Czerny
as CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter
Harris Yulin
as National Security Advisor James Cutter
Donald Moffat
as President Bennett
Miguel Sandoval
as Ernesto Escobedo
Raymond Cruz
as Domingo Chavez
Anne Archer
as Dr. Cathy Ryan
Thora Birch
as Sally Ryan
Benjamin Bratt
as Captain Ramirez
Dean Jones
as Judge Moore

Clear and Present Danger facts

Budget: $62M
Box office: $215.9M
Collection: The Jack Ryan Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Geopolitical intrigue provides substantive backdrop for espionage action beats
•Ensemble cast elevates material beyond typical blockbuster political thriller formula
•Practical action sequences maintain clarity while delivering effective dramatic stakes

What the audience disliked

•Plot mechanics become convoluted and difficult to follow in second half
•Character motivations occasionally shift without sufficient explanation or development

Saga: The Jack Ryan Collection