7.4 Score

1994 • 2h 21min • PG-13 • Action, Thriller, Drama

Clear and Present Danger

"Truth needs a soldier."

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.

IMDb 6.9

RT 80%

MC 72

Director

Phillip Noyce

Writers

John Milius

Steven Zaillian

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Harrison Ford

Jack Ryan

Willem Dafoe

John Clark

Joaquim de Almeida

Col. Felix V. Cortez

Henry Czerny

CIA Deputy Director Robert Ritter

Harris Yulin

National Security Advisor James Cutter

Donald Moffat

President Bennett

Miguel Sandoval

Ernesto Escobedo

Raymond Cruz

Domingo Chavez

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