Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Clear and Present Danger
1994
**
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Willem Dafoe, James Earl Jones

In Harrison Ford's second film as Jack Ryan, the hero finds himself in the middle of an internationl drug war. Phillip Noyce is not able to inject any verve into this spy action film or, judging by Patriot Games, the whole franchise. It seems impossible to create an entertaining film out of Tom Clancy's militaristic novels; maybe the source material is just rubbish.