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Actors: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Joaquim de Almeida, Anne Archer
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Clear and Present Danger |
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Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in the third movie made from a Tom Clancy novel. This story involves Ryan being made National Security Advisor. He uncovers the United States fighting an illegal war in South America. The twist is that he was the one who got funding from Congress for what he thought was merely going to be training for Columbian police, so he's ultimately responsible. He teams up with John Clark (Dafoe) to fight not only the cartel (which has taken Americans prisoner) but members of his own government.
--Alex Emborsky, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Clear and Present Danger |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Political Plotlets:
- power struggle between good/bad govt factions
- govt officials abusing power
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- govt employee
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- terrorist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- heat/bugs
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
Kind of violence:
- air battles
- land battles
- mission to rescue
- mental battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
- blunt clubbing (like seals)
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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