European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Short i asks   a. A. A above tha rim r. Promising High school Basket Ball player is Tom Between dealing drugs and trying to reach his goal with the . Kyle Lee Watson. A adding family pm. There s a new addition to a the family and he is the spitting image of daddy. The search for a Nanny is complicated by the other kids Angelica Huston and Raul Julia. Baby a Day out pm. Three bungling kidnappers. Snatch a baby from a mansion Only to have the toddler give them the slip and Lead the Klut Zes on a Wacky and perilous Chase through the City. Joe Man Togna and Lara Flynn Boyle. \ Bovary Hills cop Iii r. Detroit police detective. Axel Foley returns to Southern California to invest. Gate a crime ring at wonder world amusement Park. Eddie Murphy and Hector  Slacks is to pg-13. Our Urban cowboys Are ready for another adventure this time in search of hidden Gold. Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern. \ can slats pg-13. Being a Good private detective is Tough when you Wake up each morning with your memory wiped completely clean. Dana Carvey tries to Deal with this Peculiar problem As he ducks danger not knowing Why everyone wants to kill him cops and Robbirson pm. Chevy chases Home life is wrecked when he has to help the police stake out his neighbor suspected of being with the mafia. The Cowboy Waypg-13. Sonny and Pepper Rodeo cowboys from new Mexico walk through a lonely Godforsaken wilderness that some Call hell and some just Call new York City. Woody to Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland. A. Brooklyn pg-13. Spike Lee moves in a new direction with this deftly observed touching and often funny View of the life of a Brooklyn family during the �?T70s. The Crow r. Based on the popular underground comic Book sensation of the same name. A dead nut Simian rises from the grave to avenge his Fiancee a murders. Starring the late Brandon Lee a Endl Oao summar pm. Two surfers journey around the world catching the biggest and Best Waves Robert Weaver and Patrick of Connell. 8 Joconda pg-13. A True life Story of Lane Frost famous Bull Rodeo rider. Luke Perry and Stephen Baldwin. A. A a. A a. The favor r. Married woman gets the urge to see a her old High school flame after is years. Elizabeth Mcgovern and Bill Fullman. Tho Flint Antonoa pm. Steven spic Rock brings the modern Stone age family to the Silver screen. John Goodman and Rick Moranis. A   Farroat jump pg-13. Tom Hanks plays a simple  becomes an All american football player a decorated War hero and a prosperous businessman. A  a. A a four Waddings and a funeral r. Friends have reached the age where they spend a lot of time attending other people s weddings. Andie Macdowell and Hugh Grant. A a. Lap Ruchaun s r. Little lip is in los Angeles looking for a wife. Warwick Davis. Tha lion Klup o. Disney s newest animation is magnificent entertainment. Music by Elton John. A   . A a. A   a. A  . A  the Mak Po-13, Jim Carrey a mild mannered Bank clerk is transformed into the weirdest super hero of All time when he dons his mask. In Lapapa a in this futuristic action adventure. Ray Liotta is sent to a High Security prison on an Iso lated Island Colony where two groups of desperate criminals Battle for control with Lance Henrikson. Flu pg-13. A renegade dorm sets out to defy the. Rigid behaviour of its fellow students. Jeremy Piven and David Spade. It a in lne Man pg-13. An unemployed advertising executive ends up As teacher to a class of army recruits. Starring Danny Devito. Schindlar a Leal r. Winner of seven Academy v awards Steven Spielberg s powerful film details How. A businessman saved thousands of jews from death. Liam Iceson and Ben Kingsley. Spa r. Hold on for electrifying action As a bus careens through the los Angeles morning Rush hour. Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves. 9 ninja kick Back pm. This sequel finds the a. A a three Young and deadly american dudes in Japan trying to Rescue their Grandfather and find a Cave of Gold. A. A to reasons r. A clerical error assigns a Young lady As Roommate to two gentlemen in the College dorm. Lara Flynn Boyle and Stephen Baldwin. Tru Liao r. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in the reality action thriller that features Jamie Lee Curtis As the wife he could lose to his Job. With Tom Arnold. Who Man Low a won san r. A ripping love Story about the ravages of alcohol and abuse. Meg Ryan is the vivacious wife and Andy Garcia is the husband. Quot. A Wolta Fang 2i myth of the Whit Woltag. That half Wolf half dog super canine is Back with a new master Scott Bairstow. With Honoro pg-13. Harvard students re examine their Vii us after being forced to befriend a Home. Less Man. Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser. A. Wolf r. Jack Nicholson gets excited when he s bitten by a Werewolf. With Michele Pfeiffer. Wyatt Earp pg-13. This Saga wraps up the legend of the old West with the Man who came to symbolize what it All stood for. Kevin Costner and Dennis quid. Compiled from wire reports. Star ratings by Chuck Vinch. A. A   . A. A . ? . Harrison Ford and Willem Dafoe portray Cia types a Clear and present danger based on a Tom Clancy novel. Chuck Vinch staff writer Momi s Clear and present danger rated pg-13_hrkte  must see a Worth your time. Passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait All the pieces of this latest adaptation of one of Tom Clancy a bloated techno thrillers seem to fit. Everyone from Star Harrison Ford on Down turns in competent  production is polished and professional. But most of its elements Echo dozens of other potboiler which Means that by the time the obligatory pyrotechnics heat up the last half hour the film has already become a chore to watch. Ford gets his second at Bat As Cia analyst Jack Ryan who is sucked into a conspiracy involving one of our two Standard foreign bogeymen since the demise of the dependable soviet Union a the colombian drug cartels the other is Arab terrorists. One of the drug lords Miguel Sandoval has murdered a supposedly respectable . Businessman and his family on the High seas. The task of writing up a report Falls to Ryan who has been promoted to acting Deputy director of intelligence in the absence of his cancer stricken Boss adm. James Greer James Earl Jones. The president Donald Moffat takes a personal interest because the dead businessman was a close Friend. Its discovered that the dead Man was washing Money for the cartels but with his Campaign for a second term due to Start soon the Prez wants to use the incident to heat up the War on drugs. He and his oily National Security advisor Janies Cutter Harris Yuli decide to launch a Covert military operation in Colombia under the control of Ryan a Deputy the evil Bobby Ritter Henry Czerny who seethes about having to work for such  boy  this leads to a Complex series of double crosses among the drug lords Cutter Ritter a paramilitary group led by the mercenary Clark Willem Dafo and a shadowy free Lancer named Felix Cortez Joaquin de Almeid who is playing the cartels and the . Government against each other for his own gain. Ryan is set up to take the fall when everything inevitably hits the fan because he has already testified to Congress that the administration would not take any military action in Colombia. One of the Story snagging faults is that it depicts the obviously educated Ryan As so naive about the Way things work in his chosen Field a the paranoid world of Clandestine operations that you have to wonder if he a not a Distant Cousin to this Summers other heroic film Naif Forrest Gump. As a longtime Cia analyst who is handed one of the Agency a most Sensi five jobs  Ryan be in a position to know what a going on a or at _ least know How to find out Fords everyman Persona Isnit very. Well suited to this kind of John be. Card Robert Ludlum Milieu. That did no to really matter in Patriot games which was simply an extended Chase scene with gunfights and explosions a mixed in. Clear and present danger has plenty of explosions and gunfights too and they re All Fine As far As that goes. In fact one of the films most engaging a scenes allows viewers to ride a laser guided bomb from its launch to its target. 7 but when the film shifts to Ryan a attempts to Hack through the closed door intrigue among the political High poo Bahs. It gets a Little silly. For example when Ryan finally figures out what a what he confronts the president and tells him not to bother trying to Duck responsibility for the mess he blithely created. This leads to a rousing game of a did not did  a How dare you a the nonplussed president barks. A How dare you sir a Ryan spits Back. A How dare you a the president barks again. And a big fat Nanny Nanny boo boo to both of you gentlemen. The Litany of shenanigans perpetrated by various . Officials in recent decades certainly lends an air of believability to the Story. Still Clear and present danger carries a curious Lack of Impact. Page 12 sunday August 21.1994