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Evidence indicates the ship's owner and passengers, American businessman Peter Hardin and his family, were murdered by the occupying Colombian crew. CIA analyst Jack Ryan learns that Hardin was laundering money for the South American Cali Cartel.
Clear and Present Danger is considered to be a work of dystopian fiction [by whom? It talks about the abuse of political and military power, and addresses the dangers of a government bureaucracy where no one can be held accountable for actions implied to be illegal by a democratic society.
Aug 3, 1994 · Clear and Present Danger: Directed by Phillip Noyce. With Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida. CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
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Ryan finds that 3 years ago Hardin received a large infusion of foreign capital that he invested in shopping malls in US and posted record profits. It is clear to Ryan that Hardin was laundering money for the Columbian drug cartels.
- The Hunt for Red October (1990) The first Clancy adaptation to hit the big screen is still the best. Alec Baldwin originated the role of Ryan, and Sean Connery plays a rogue Soviet submarine captain who abandons orders and defects to the United States.
- Clear and Present Danger (1994) The sequel to Patriot Games is a more taut, absorbing (if a bit overlong) film than its immediate predecessor. The "danger" in the title refers to the South American drug trade, and this is Jack Ryan vs. cartels and crooked American conspirators.
- The Sum of All Fears (2002) It was long rumored that Ford would reprise the role of Jack Ryan a third time, but in mid-2000 it was announced that he stepped down because he was unhappy with the scripts he'd received.
- Patriot Games (1992) The first of two collaborations between Harrison Ford and Phillip Noyce in the Ryanverse, Patriot Games sees CIA agent Ryan (Ford) in a highly personal fight with a terrorist (Sean Bean).
Agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) becomes acting deputy director of the CIA when Admiral Greer (James Earl Jones) is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president...
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Aug 3, 1994 · CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER Directed by Phillip Noyce; written by Donald Stewart, Steven Zaillian and John Milius, based on the novel by Tom Clancy; director of photography, Donald M. McAlpine ...
