Clear and Present Danger

365 Films

Entry #44

Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Directed by Phillip Noyce

I can’t say I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about Clear and Present Danger.  It’s a political thriller from 1994 that contains some of the nutty, right wing hysteria inherent in Tom Clancy literature mixed with the nutty, paranoid worldview of screenwriter John Milius.  Mix in the political conscience of Schindler’s List screenwriter Steve Zaillian and you have an incredibly satisfying, if childish, cinematic iteration of our disastrous yet action packed U.S. foreign policy.

I think that’s really all one can say.  It's best to let the film speak for itself. 

Oh, and this…