Clear and Present Danger
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1994 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Phillip Noyce |
| Cast | Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat |
| Genre | Political action thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Clear and Present Danger | – |
| Español | Peligro inminente | Peligro inminente |
| Français | Danger immédiat | Danger immédiat |
| Deutsch | Das Kartell | Das Kartell |
| Português | Perigo Real e Imediato | Perigo Real e Imediato |
| Italiano | Sotto il segno del pericolo | Sotto il segno del pericolo |
| Русский | Прямая и явная угроза | Pryamaya i yavnaya ugroza |
| 中文（简体） | 燃眉追击 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 燃眉追擊 | – |
| 한국어 | 긴급 명령 | Gingeup myeongnyeong |
| ไทย | Clear and Present Danger | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Hiểm họa hiện hữu | Hiểm họa hiện hữu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Clear and Present Danger | – |
| 日本語 | 今そこにある危機 | いまそこにあるきき |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which constitutional duty and covert executive power collide within an undeclared state operation
■ Synopsis
A CIA analyst uncovers an illegal covert war conducted under the cover of national security.
■ RECIPE Tags
#StateSecrecy #CovertPower #InstitutionalLoyalty #ConstitutionalDuty #NationalSecurityEthics
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: National security as moral cover
Reason: Public danger becomes the justification through which illegal state action is concealed.
Related Film: Three Days of the Condor - Middle: Institutional loyalty against truth
Reason: The protagonist must choose between serving the system and exposing the system’s unlawful operation.
Related Film: All the President’s Men - Core: Executive power beyond accountability
Reason: The central danger is not the external enemy but a state apparatus acting outside lawful limits.
Related Film: The Parallax View
■ Secondary Axes
- Covert war and expendable agents: Hidden policy turns field operatives into deniable instruments.
Related Film: Syriana - Intelligence ethics: Information becomes decisive only when interpreted against institutional deception.
Related Film: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
■ Person
- Director: Phillip Noyce
- Cast: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat
■ Structural Tags
#CovertStateStructure #AccountabilityConflict #InstitutionalDeception
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #PoliticalThriller #NovelAdaptation
