The President gets all pissed off when a friend of his, who just happened to
skim $650 million off of some dealings he had with a South American drug cartel,
is murdered by that same drug cartel. The President gives his henchmen
permission to take out the drug cartel. Secretly, of course. At the
same time, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed Deputy Director of the CIA. He
has no idea about the black-ops stuff happening in South America. When he
discovers what's going on, he heads down to SA himself to rescue the men that
were left behind. Of course there's tons of other shit is going on, but
you'll just have to see for yourself. It's all very exciting.
Much more violence than the first two Jack Ryan films, grander scale and story,
141 minute runtime that flies by, explosions, helicopters, small appearance by
Hope Lange, jets, Hollywood-style computer hacking, James Earl Jones, snipers,
solid acting, a gigantic computer monitor, enjoyable bad guys. I really
enjoyed CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, but I was disappointed in the lack of screen
time for Archer, Birch and the complete absence of J. E. Freeman. Good
90's thriller.
Part 1 -The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Part 2 - Patriot Games (1992)
Reboot 1 - The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Reboot 2 - Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
