Clear and Present Danger

  • 1994


MOVIE IS conventional contemporary disappointing entertaining dubious
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82 % Fresh
$ 215 Million
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Positive Reviews 18
Negative reviews 6
Average Rating 3.3/5
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2.0
This Clancy contraption, like Patriot Games before it, alternates long stretches of stasis and distraction with short bursts of clever drama. EW
2.0
Clear and Present Danger is a generic shoot em up that is politically all over the place and a good 20 minutes too long. Common Sense Media
1.5
Theres a glimmer of interest in the films ideological contortions, but as a commercial action thriller this is inflated and sluggish. Time Out
3.5
As for the state of the art hardware, it feels like the slick version of old hat.
3.5
It is probably also the first espionage thriller to climax in a mouse to mouse cyber feud.
3.5
It is nice to see Dafoe back giving a good performance in a worthwhile movie.
3.8
Its about the terror over the power of life and death but its also about powers allure.There are double crosses within double crosses. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
None of it is uplifting or tells us something fresh, but it passes as easy viewing entertainment. Sover
3.1
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
4.5
...a methodically paced yet mostly gripping political thriller... Reel Film Reviews
2.5
Everyone is trying hard to make this drug lord business seem worth dying for, but it seems lame.The film is also quite long at two hours and 24 minute .. Lariat
4.0
This is accomplished with sharp editing, exciting music and a keen eye for pacing. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
Clear and Present Danger is the summers sharpest thriller, less break neck than Speed but just as consistently tense, and is a quantum improvement ove .. Internet Reviews
4.4
I could swear I had seen this movie before because some of the places, like in the drug lords home, were exactly as I had imagined them from the book. Internet Reviews
3.5
Clear and Present Danger, like very few movies in contemporary Hollywood, has a very complex, yet interesting and compelling plot. Internet Reviews
1.5
Well crafted if utterly conventional action thriller (third in Tom Clancys series), whose best asset is Harrison Fords star turn. Emanuellevy
0.5
both cutting in its indictment of how power corrupts even the best intentions and bravely optimistic in asserting that, not only can one maintain ones .. Q Network
4.0
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 .. Time
4.4
Its a formula film with a typically dubious political message, but the storytelling is livelier and more engaging than previous adaptations of Clancys .. Movies Tv Guide
4.5
A worthy continuation of Tom Clancys patriotic hero saga, director Phillip Noyce (who previously helmed Patriot Games) doesnt miss a beat when deliver ..
3.5
Youll need to pay more attention to follow the story this time and Ryan is part of a larger cast of characters. Three Movie Buffs
4.5
With Ford leading the way, Clear and Present Danger is still by far the most consistently entertaining and engaging take on Clancys beloved literary c .. Stuff
4.5
Having figured out how to make a Jack Ryan action thriller with Patriot Games, the same cluster of filmmakers got to do it again... managing to improv .. Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
This is a guy movie; jam packed with politics, CIA scheming, special forces sniping, and a smart bomb dropped by an F/A 18 Hornet fighter jet on a Col .. Theepoch Times
1.5
In both novel and film, Ryan is the moral centre, but the film jettisons the books range of supporting characters whose differing values help define h .. OutWeek



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