Review of Clear and Present Danger (1994) by Robert W — 26 Jul 2009
This movie was based on the drug wars of the 1980's and the Iran Contra affair during the Reagan Administration. The plot is about a fictional President who secretly sends a squad of rangers down to Columbia to destroy the cocaine production facilities and to kill the drug lords in retaliation for the murder of one of his personal friends who had been laundering money for the drug lords.
The plot is complex and sounds plausible based on the real events of the 1980's. There is plenty of action to go with the intrigue. It's very well done and the acting is excellent. I've never read the book the movie was based on so I don't know how close they stayed with the original story.
I've heard they changed the ending to make it more politically correct. There are lots of high tech gadgets in the movie but unlike a James Bond movie, these gadgets are real, not movie props. The computer technology in the movie is pre-Windows.
Lots of good old DOS programs. The gunfights are a little more realistic than most movies. The explosions are a little fierier than real explosions, but for some reason Hollywood always likes to add a little gasoline to the movie-land explosions.
It's a good movie and worth seeing. I have it on Laser Disk. My sister got it for my birthday at a clearance sale. She probably got it real cheap since it was when everyone was switching to DVD's.
It's one of the few I have with Digital sound. The Digital sound is a big improvement on the analog sound of the older Laser Disks.
This review of Clear and Present Danger (1994) was written by Robert W on 26 Jul 2009.
Clear and Present Danger has generally received positive reviews.
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