clear and present danger be a simply amazing combination of old school spy thriller and action movie roll into one . the pace be simply intelligent and the film avoids clichés . we open with the coast guard track a boat that have stray off course . after stop and boarding and and arrest the pirate aboard the ship and they stumble upon a crime scene . the murder victim isn not just your average citizen and he be a friend of one of the most powerful men in the world and the president of the united state and play to a statesman effect by donald moffett . spur by the need of revenge and the plot be plan by two white house staff member and james cutter ( play by legendary character actor harris yulin ) and and robert ritter ( play by henry czerny and who play the role with the perfect blend of ruthlessness and coldness ) jam earl jones reprise his role a adm. greer and and harrison ford the role of jack ryan and the straight edge hero who see the world in right and wrong . both be simply spectacular in the role . the film also have a good amount of name actor in support role and such a benjamin bratt and ann magnuson and williem defoe and thora birch and joaquim de almeida ( from despardo fame ) and and the late hope lange . a the plot unfolds and ryan be pull into a world that he not completely ready to handle . he seem completely shock that such corruption can come from the white house . on the surface and you can somewhat identify with president bennett need for revenge . one his best friend and along with the man wife and and young son and daughter and who brutally murder and toss overboard into the sea . however and the mean to which he go borderline on the obsessive and dangerous . his action may lead to the death of several drug dealer and their counterpart and but it also lead to the death of several woman and young child . the underlining question becomes and do the person seek revenge become just as evil a those they seek revenge on . a ryan be pull into this twisted world of revenge he find himself push to his own boundary . he nearly kill in an assassination attempt . he catch in the middle of a coupe between a drug lord and his underling . and he soon learn that he be as much responsible for the death of u troop a those who send them on the mission . for once and his moral view of right and wrong have lead to someone death . i think the franchise drop off without harrison ford in the role of jack ryan . he seem to bring the most to the table . simply put and he be more believable in the role then the other actor who have tackle the role . of all the jack ryan film and i think patriot game and it sequel and clear and present danger remain the best in term of storyline and character development and and overall direction . i think that some viewer will be leave at the end and wonder what will happen to ryan and a he testify at the end of the film about the activity that have take place . from the open to the close and the movie pull you in and and even at slightly over two hour and the film never overstay it welcome . positive .