Friendly Fire

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger: Does this film depict the “war on drugs” as realistic? Or does the movie set out to sensationalize the three branches of the American Government? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, and John make sure that the machine is off, the printers are stocked, and the safes are locked... while reviewing this 1994 political thriller.This film is available on:Amazon Video, Google Play, iTunes, Netflix, Vudu, and YouTube.The next film, The Dirty Dozen, is available on:YouTube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play, iTunes, and your local library.

A history podcast with a twist: Friendly Fire uses war movies as a point of entry on not only the history of war, but the history of how societies think about war. John Roderick, Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison dissect movies from throughout the history of cinema, talk about film production, pedantic quibbles with costumes and airplanes, and keep you laughing the entire time.