Clear and Present Danger Page #3

Synopsis: Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Phillip Noyce
Production: Paramount Home Video
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
PG-13
Year:
1994
141 min
3,413 Views


I enunciate that clearly because I

don't want there to be any mistake.

No troops.

You could say

I have your word on that?

You could indeed, because you do.

Listen up! Dog tags.

Take 'em off, pass 'em forward.

Check your pockets for anything

that can be used for identification.

We're feet dry.

LZ in sight. Get ready.

Good luck, boys. Go get 'em.

OK, let's take her down now.

Go, go, go!

Hey, Bob.

- How you doing?

- Good, sir.

Good to see you.

- Morning, Jack.

- Ryan! Come on in.

- Do you know everyone?

- Yes, yes.

- Coffee? Bagel?

- Coffee. Black.

- How's the family?

- Good, sir.

- When do I meet the other Dr Ryan?

- She's dying to meet you, sir.

Good, good. Sit down.

Thank you.

So.

- The cash is still there?

- Sir?

- In Hardin's offshore accounts.

- $650 million.

- And change.

- And change.

- And we have the account numbers.

- Yes, sir.

Well, what are we waiting for?

Let's get it.

- Let's get it?

- Let's turn this thing around.

$650 million and change.

It's worth ten times that

in political capital.

What?

Well, this connection between

Hardin and the cartels is a theory.

- Theory?

- Atheory of mine.

- It's a theory?

- Well, I know the money is there.

But who exactly Hardin

was working for, I don't know.

I think we would have to establish

that before we could seize the money.

So go down there. Establish it.

- Go where?

- Colombia.

Who, me?

I leave you alone for two weeks,

and you walk into a big bear trap.

What was I thinking?

You were thinking about impressing

the President. You shouldn't do that.

- November.

- January.

Of last year.

There's a guy down there,

at least he used to be... Clark.

We go way back. Good man.

If you hit a brick wall, look him up.

Admiral Greer?

- Chemotherapy.

- Oh, sh*t.

Here we go again.

How's Ritter behaving?

Ritter's Ritter.

He's leaving me alone.

Are you sure?

Watch him like a hawk.

- How are you feeling today?

- OK.

We'll get you in a room, give you

warm blankets, get you lying down.

Then we'll get you back

to your room and comfortable.

Variable, this is Knife,

stand by to copy, over.

Variable, this is Knife,

stand by to copy, over.

Knife, this is Variable,

your signal is five by five, over.

Clear.

The chicken is in the pot. Over.

- Cook it.

- Roger that.

Honey? I'm late.

- Bye.

- Have a good trip.

I'm not gonna say it.

Don't.

Be careful.

Local time is, well, actually, it's

the same as Washington, 11:16am.

Temperature

is 69 degrees Fahrenheit...

Dr Ryan!

DEASpecial Agent Jean Fowler.

How you doing?

- First time in Bogota?

- Yeah.

Let's not stand here

and let someone take a shot at you.

Come on, sir, let's go.

- And these two are?

- They're brothers.

Don't do that. Give Dr Ryan

a bit more air back here, please.

Bulletproof.

We don't have a picture.

Escobedo's intelligence officer.

We don't have a name either,

but we know he exists.

The invisible man?

Gently, gently, with your hands.

Luis, put your hands together.

No, your hands together!

Luis, watch the canter.

Yes, very good.

Yes?

We lost another plane.

OK.

- Who is doing this?

- If I had to guess...

No, I did not ask you to guess.

I can guess.

Someone has been talking

to the drug police.

Impossible. If anyone spoke to

the police, I'd be the first to know.

Ernesto?

Is one of the others trying to ruin

me after what I did to the American?

I guess that wasn't quite the

deterrent you thought itwould be.

Find out who it is.

What do you make of this, Colonel?

An opportunity.

An opportunity, Sipo.

- Good afternoon.

- Messages, please?

- Dr Ryan?

- Clark? Sorry I'm late.

I've got ten minutes.

I'm positive Hardin was tied

into the cartels. It's drug money.

- But you can't prove it.

- So far.

- Mind if I ask you a question?

- No.

Why are you telling me all this? I've

been out of the game for a long time.

I was told that you were wired, and

that you knew the town and people.

- That you were a player.

- Who told you that?

Jim Greer.

How's he doing?

He's not good.

He has cancer.

Terminal.

- He's a good man.

- The best.

You a coffee drinker, Dr Ryan?

- Yeah, I like coffee.

- Try the Lindo brand.

- Lindo?

- I think you'll like it.

Mr President,

I've got some good news.

Hardin's partner here was someone

you may know of. Ernesto Escobedo.

- Escobedo? It figures.

- Is this another of your theories?

No, sir. We can call this one fact.

Escobedo, like every drug lord here,

also had legitimate businesses.

Hardin was doing business with these.

Importing, among other things,

coffee, which means nothing,

but he was paying too much

for this coffee. $6,200 a pound.

- That's expensive coffee.

- I'd have to agree.

This is good news.

I think this does it.

Sir, I also have some other news

which is not so good.

Oh, God.

The DEAfeels that the government

here would want the seized funds.

- Or at least a large portion.

- This is our money.

- We found it.

- We can try telling them that.

Try? Tell them.

Or don't tell them, I don't care.

- Sir, with all due respect...

- This is our money, tell them that.

I wouldn't know what to say or

where to start. I'm not a negotiator.

You know someone

in their government?

I went to school

with their Attorney General.

Jacobs will come down.

He'll negotiate. This is our money.

Thank...

Thank you.

I hate this job.

Eyes up!

Demo team, up!

Fire in the hole!

Let's go, let's go!

Move out! Go, go, go!

Down! Down!

Whoever did this is dead.

Whoever did this to me is dead!

Do you hear me?

Are you listening to me?

Mr Jacobs, could you sign these

before you leave?

Moira, why don't you

call in sick tomorrow?

And the next day.

I won't tell anybody.

Even when you're not here

there's plenty to do.

- Your itinerary.

- You're arguing with me about this?

You work too hard. Adis.

- LandayLanda.

- Roberto Landa, please.

- This is Moira Wolfson.

- One moment, please.

I think he's on the factory floor.

Hold on.

- Yes?

- A Moira Wolfson is calling.

I told her you were

on the factory floor. Go ahead.

- Moira!

- Hi.

You free the next couple of days?

- Next couple of days?

- I am.

My boss is leaving the country.

- Can I call you later?

- Alright, call me at home. Bye.

Good afternoon.

Good news in the fight against drugs.

An investigation

by the Department of Justice

has identified several

bank accounts from Luxembourg

to the Cayman Islands,

used for laundering drug money

on an unprecedented scale.

With five foreign governments

we have taken steps

to seize those funds

- which amount to over $650 million.

- Sh*t.

Also to seize 20 real estate

joint-venture investments in the US

which were the primary agencies

in the laundering operations.

You did say $650 million?

That's right.

$650 million. And change.

They're stealing my money!

- What's our take?

- It's hard to say at the moment.

No, it isn't. You're stealing my

money. I made it, you're stealing it!

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Donald E. Stewart

Donald E. Stewart (24 January 1930 – 28 April 1999) was an American-born screenwriter, best known for his screenplay for Missing, which won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the London Film Critics' Circle award, a Christopher Award, (www.christophers.org) and the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, all shared with the film's director, Costa-Gavras. The screenplay for Missing is used in film schools for instruction in structure and development. He also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for the Tom Clancy-trilogy of Jack Ryan films The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. more…

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