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Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Clear and Present Danger poster
Directed by
Phillip Noyce
Genre
drama film, action film, spy film, thriller film, political thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 21m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 1,701 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A CIA analyst is promoted and discovers his colleagues are running a secret war against a drug cartel in Colombia without his knowledge. He must act to uncover the truth and stop the violence.

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What happens

Clear and Present Danger is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce and based on Tom Clancy's 1989 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Patriot Games (1992) and part of a series of films featuring Clancy's character Jack Ryan. It is the last film version of Clancy's novels to feature Harrison Ford as Ryan and James Earl Jones as Vice Admiral James Greer, as well as the second of two installments directed by Noyce. As in the novel, Ryan is appointed CIA Acting Deputy Director (Intelligence) (DDI), and discovers he is being kept in the dark by colleagues who are conducting a covert war against a drug cartel in Colombia, apparently with the approval of the President. The film was released in theaters in the United States on August 5, 1994, by Paramount Pictures, and was a critical and financial success, earning over $215 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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