Netflix Friday - Volume 104

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 

Action: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
 

Drama: The Founder (2016)
The story of Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman who turned two brothers’ innovative fast food eatery, McDonalds’, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
 

Comedy: Drinking Buddies (2013)
Luke (Jake Johnson) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn’t.
 

Animation: Pom Poko (1994)
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
 

Romance: The Vow (2012)
A car accident puts Paige (Rachel McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) works to win her heart again.
 

Horror: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2019)
Six people unwillingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive. Joining forces with two of the original survivors, they soon discover they’ve all played the game before.
 

Science Fiction: Boss Level (2020)
Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent (Frank Grillo) must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.
 

Crime: Clear and Present Danger (1994)
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
 

Thriller: The Missing (2003)
In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman (Cate Blanchett) forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
 

Documentary: A Lion in the House (2006)
Five families struggle with the ups and down of cancer treatment over the course of six years
 

Family: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

90s Movie Review - Clear and Present Day

Director: Phillip Noyce
Genre: Crime/ Thriller/ Action
Runtime: 141 minutes
Year: 1993
Starring: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Henry Czerny, Benjamin Bratt, Thora Birch, Harris Yulin, James Moffat, James Earl Jones, Greg Germann, Rex Linn

Description: CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is drawn into an illegal drug war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

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Review: CIA agent Jack Ryan is called in by his boss Admiral James Greer to investigate the brutal murder on a personal friend of the US President, by a Colombian drug cartel on Hardin. Ryan learns that Hardin was laundering money for the drug cartel. When Greer falls seriously ill, Jack must take over as head of the CIA.
The trail soon leads to the powerful Colombian drug lord Ernesto Escobada. In his sleuthing Jack is hampered by people, both within the CIA and close to Escobada, who plays a mysterious double game. It turns out that National Security Advisor James Cutter has started a war against drug lords in Colombia. An action that threatens to make Jack a political victim. When a visit to Colombia almost kills Jack, he must pull out all the stops to ensure the sincerity and integrity cherished by Greer. A personal visit to Escobada seems the only solution, although not without danger.
In “Patriot Games”, Harrison Ford played the role of CIA agent Jack Ryan for the first time. Despite the somewhat weaker plot, “Patriot Games” proved to be a successful film. In this film, Ford was portrayed as the new Jack Ryan, after Alec Baldwin did it in “The Hunt for Red October”. For this reason, “Patriot Games” was a film that focused more on the person Jack Ryan. With “Clear and Present Danger” director Philip Noyce made a very different film. It is still widely regarded as one of  the best Tom Clancy film adaptations. It has an intriguing story with various angels, a political conspiracy and great action. The film remains exciting and entertaining until the end.

Rating: 3,5 / 5

Netflix Friday - Volume 49

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 

Action: Raw Deal (1986)
A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff (Arnold Schwarzenegger) agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief’s son is killed by them.
 

Drama: The Natural (1984)
A middle-aged unknown (Robert Redford) comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.
 

Comedy: Booksmart (2019)
On the even of their high school graduation, two academic superstars (Kaitlyn Dever, Benie Feldstein) and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to calm four years of fun into one night.
 

Animation: Turbo (2013)
A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
 

Romance: The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)
A feature film adaptation of the self-help book, “The Secret”, which focuses on the power of positive thinking.
 

Horror: Quarantine (2008)
A television reporter (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
 

Science Fiction: Bumblebee (2018)
On the run un the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld) discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
 

Crime: In the Name of the Father (1993)
A man’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father (Pete Postlethwaite) as well. An English lawyer (Emma Thompson) fights to free them.
 

Thriller: Clear and Present Danger (1994)
CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
 

Documentary: This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist (2021)
March 18^, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.
 

Family: Beethoven (1992)
A slobbering St. Bernard becomes the center of attention for a loving family, but must contend with a dog-napping veterinarian and his henchman.