the maker of this movie be to be congratulate for turn a tom clancy doorstop into a tense and tightly weave international thriller with a top notch cast and believeable plot . where the previous two jack ryan movie depend on stunt and quite unbelieveable plot twist this film concentrate on a grubby little military or political incident ( more the domain of intelligence men ) and the men of honour and integrity ( ford and an under use dafoe ) trap in the middle of it . i also like this movie for it subtle dig at the american establishment and how it assume it can coerce the weak into do it bidding . the clark character in clancy fiction be an interest one and deserve to be further develop . cast willem dafoe in the part be actually a stroke of genius and and i could easily imagine his character in platoon do this kind of work if he have survive vietnam . the fact that dafoe be one of the most underrated actor in hollywood also mean i like this .