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Clear and Present Danger Review




What I liked: it's the Jack Ryan character, he's pretty cool. That's really all this movie has going for it. Oh and the old school hacking. That was fun.
What I didn't: it was boring. Boring boring. It took me three sessions to get through it. If I turn on a movie while folding laundry or grading, it has a good 30-45 minutes to get me interested enough to keep watching, that should be more than enough to get past the plot set up to the for stuff. If a film can't grab me in that time, there is a problem. Blah blah evil president, corrupt spies, bad guys. Been there, seen that done better. Also this is medium in Ryan's career, he is acting director of the CIA, should he really be running around asking under machine gun fire? I mean I like me some good explosions but maybe after all this time in  the CIA he would have meet at least one friend who is trustworthy and could come on adventures with him. If there is no other trustworthy decent agent in the CIA maybe he should change agencies, it fire them all since he's director, or become British and work with bond. There are good options. All in saying is that if you are the only soy in the whole CIA who is saving the world and had been for at least a decade at this point you should put in for a transfer or request formalized sore powers.
Who should watch this: not sure. People who like Harrison Ford. People who don't like Columbia.

Would I watch it again? I can think of no good scenes I would go back and watch.

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