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CineTV Contest: Clear and Present Danger // "Peligro Inminente" (1994). [Eng - Esp]@ksmith71325d
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  1. Peligro Inminente / Clear and Present Danger (1994): Movie Review@miguelpeliculas1761d

    Al caer el actual director de la CIA gravemente enfermo por culpa del cáncer, Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford), un analista y hombre de confianza del director, termina haciendo cargo de las funciones de la organización, viéndose envuelto en un escándalo, pues un importante hombre de negocios y su familia fueron asesinados, siendo relacionados inmediatamente con los carteles de la droga en Colombia.

    When the current director of the CIA falls seriously ill due to cancer, Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford), an analyst and confidant of the director, ends up taking over the functions of the organization, being involved in a scandal, as a major businessman and his family were assassinated, being immediately related to the drug cartels in Colombia.

    Este último era un amigo íntimo del presidente de los Estados Unidos, por lo que él termina proponiendo un plan para una intervención secreta a los responsables de la muerte de su amigo, pero todo a las espaldas de Ryan, pues además de ser nuevo en el cargo, pecaba de ser muy honesto y de defender la verdad bajo cualquier situación, y esa acción se consideraba ilegal, por lo que solo se debe usar el poder militar del país ante un peligro inminente.

    The latter was a close friend of the President of the United States, so he ends up proposing a plan for a secret intervention to those responsible for the death of his friend, but all behind Ryan's back, because besides being new to the position, he was guilty of being very honest and defending the truth under any situation, and that action was considered illegal, so the country's military power should only be used in the face of imminent danger.

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    Sinopsis Oficial / Official Synopsis:

    "El jefe de la CIA, Jack Ryan, investiga el asesinato de un amigo íntimo del presidente y descubre que la víctima tenía tratos con un cártel colombiano de la droga."

    "CIA chief Jack Ryan investigates the murder of a close friend of the president and discovers that the victim had dealings with a Colombian drug cartel."

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    Jack Ryan al descubrir este plan, se toma la tarea personal de solucionar los problemas, pues el personal del Ministerio de Defensa al verse salpicados el escándalo que se estaba gestando, dejan a los soldados solos e incomunicados. John Clark (Willem Dafoe) es el jefe encargado de dirigir esta misión en suelo colombiano, por lo que él y Ryan tienen que adentrarse a la selva colombiana para salvar a los sobrevivientes de la misión secreta.

    Jack Ryan, upon discovering this plan, takes on the personal task of solving the problems, since the personnel of the Ministry of Defense, seeing themselves splattered by the scandal that was brewing, leaves the soldiers alone and incommunicado. John Clark (Willem Dafoe) is the chief in charge of directing this mission on Colombian soil, so he and Ryan have to enter the Colombian jungle to save the survivors of the secret mission.

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    El filme sobresale por sus muy buenas escenas de acción, que te mantienen atento a todo lo que está sucediendo, además que Harrison Ford realiza una actuación muy buena, pero para mí gusto, Willem Dafoe fue el mejor del filme, se mete en la piel del ex militar de fuerzas especiales, y nos entrega, como siempre, una actuación para el recuerdo.

    The film stands out for its very good action scenes, which keep you attentive to everything that is happening, plus Harrison Ford performs a very good performance, but for me, Willem Dafoe was the best in the film, he gets under my skin of the ex-soldier of special forces, and gives us, as always, a performance to remember.

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    Joaquim De Almeida (Coronel Felix Cortez) termina siendo un gran antagonista, logra infiltrarse en suelo americano sustrayendo información importante de una mujer con la que tiene una relación amorosa, pudiendo dar de baja a muchos empleados y personal del gobierno americano, además que cuando fue necesario, elimina al jefe del cartel Ernesto Escobedo, para él asumir el cargo del nuevo jefe de la droga en Colombia, aunque sea por unos instantes.

    Joaquim De Almeida (Colonel Felix Cortez) ends up being a great antagonist, he manages to infiltrate American soil by stealing important information from a woman with whom he has a love affair, being able to dismiss many employees and personnel of the American government, in addition to when he was necessary, he eliminates the cartel boss Ernesto Escobedo, for him to assume the position of the new drug boss in Colombia, even for a few moments.

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    Su trama no es tan buena como las anteriores entregas de la saga, porque por momentos deja de ser tan creíble y se vuelve todo muy enredado, pero el final ha sido de los mejores que recuerdo. Jack Ryan se enfrenta al presidente de los Estados Unidos, pues no está de acuerdo con las decisiones que tomaron, al tratar de comprar su silencio y después tratando de tocar su fibra más nacionalista, Ryan deja hablando solo al hombre más poderoso del mundo y entra a una sala de prensa para comentar lo sucedido en suelo colombiano.

    Its plot is not as good as the previous installments of the saga, because at times it ceases to be so credible and everything becomes very tangled, but the ending has been one of the best I remember. Jack Ryan confronts the president of the United States, because he does not agree with the decisions they made, when trying to buy his silence and then trying to touch his most nationalistic fiber, Ryan leaves the most powerful man in the world speaking alone and enters to a press room to comment on what happened on Colombian soil.

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    En conclusión, es una buena película, que tiene sus altas y sus bajas, pero que termina siendo muy entretenida, contando con unas actuaciones muy buenas de parte de los protagonista, por lo que para mí es muy recomendable. La calificación tal vez sería un poco más alta, si no fuera por los claros problemas de guión que tiene el filme.

    In conclusion, it is a good film, which has its ups and downs, but it ends up being very entertaining, with very good performances from the protagonists, so for me it is highly recommended. The rating might be a bit higher if it weren't for the film's clear script problems.

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    Mi calificación para esta película / My rating for this movie:

    6.0 / 10.0

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  2. Clear and Present Danger (film): In the present time it is clearly boring@gooddream2414d

    Perhaps I would have a different opinion had i seen this movie back when it first appeared in theaters in 1994 but somehow it managed to be not a part of my life until November 18th, 2019. Unfortunately, I can't really say that this film did much for me and it just seemed rather boring.

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    I suppose the message about the US government having tremendous overreach as far as their military intervention for private interests in foreign countries is concerned is a sound one and I applaud movies being made to that end. That is the underlying plot behind this film and it is extremely believable that this is something that the United States has done (and likely still does) especially in the 80's with various covert and sometimes "not so covert" ops in Central America.

    I personally hate most aspects of government and this film does a very good job of adding fuel to the proverbial fire if you feel as I do. While this film is a work of fiction, the true stories are just as heinous that have taken place over the years in actual life (where are those films?)

    That being said, this film is just not special anymore, and even the clear and present presence of Harrison Ford and one of my personal favorites Willem Dafoe, couldn't change that.

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    I'll give the cliff notes on the story since the movie is so old: A bunch of military badasses get sent down to Colombia in order to settle a personal score for the President of the United States under false pretenses. The Colombians they are attacking are not actually attached to any official USA directive and what these commandos are doing is actually illegal.

    The soldiers are just doing their jobs and are not questioning the morality or the true objectives of their missions. Then at some point it is determined that they are to be left out to dry and abandoned in the field and the mission is to be erased from the records.

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    There are some good scenes and some of the action is great but sadly, this movie has not withstood the test of time, particularly during the action scenes that Harrison Ford is involved in (there aren't many.) The helicopter scenes that he is involved in at the end are embarrassingly poor and don't look even remotely real. I was alive in 1994 and perhaps everything looked this bad back then. I honestly don't remember and to be fair to the producers / directors / even Harrison Ford, it might not be their fault.

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    It's based on a Tom Clancy novel so it should come as no surprise that there is a male protagonist who is reasonably high-ranking and discovers some sort of political corruption and works to save the day against said corruption. That is kind of what Tom does. I'm not saying it is bad story, I was just expecting it to be significantly more interesting than it was based on the fact that it was such a magnificently lauded film. I don't think Harrison Ford was noteworthy in this (especially in any fight scenes), I don't think the combat sequences were believable, nor do I think anything other than exactly what you expected to happen in this film... happened.

    Therefore, it might just be time talking, or the fact that I have a very low patience threshold for predictable stories these days, but I gotta give this one a very unique thumbs down in that while I am sure it was wonderful in 1994, it just kinda sucks now.

    One a scale of "Urgh!" to "Wowsers" I give *Clear and Present Danger* an overall rating of....

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    Consequently, if you are a fanboi of this film and last saw it in the 90's, I challenge you to rewatch it and see if I am wrong... it really hasn't (unlike Harrison himself) aged very well.

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