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74 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe
  • Summary: When his mentor Admiral James Greer (Jones) becomes gravely ill, Jack Ryan (Ford) is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in-the truth. (Paramount)… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
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  1. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Terrence Rafferty
    90
    The filmmakers haven't simply tamed the rogue elephant of Clancy's narrative; they've turned it into something that moves as gracefully and as powerfully as a gazelle.
  2. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    90
    The result, except for the stock action climax, is sharp, fast, bitter. [19 September 1994, p. 38]
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  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    Earlier Clancy films alternated between the dull and the ridiculous. First-rate writers like Steven Zaillian and the great John Milius have managed to make this considerably meatier.

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