Tom Clancy's Op Center (film)

Tom Clancy's Op Center is a 1995 made-for-television film based on the Op-Center series of novels created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. The film served as a pilot for a potential ongoing series, but it was not picked up.

The film follows the events of the first novel, Op-Center, and depicts the operations of the National Crisis Management Center (Op-Center), a fictional intelligence and crisis management organization within the U.S. government. Op-Center is staffed by a diverse team of specialists, including military experts, intelligence analysts, and psychological profilers, who work to prevent and resolve international crises.

In the film, Op-Center is tasked with defusing a tense situation between the United States and North and South Korea. A series of escalating events, including a North Korean attack on a South Korean passenger plane, threaten to trigger a full-scale war. The Op-Center team must work quickly to uncover the truth behind the escalating conflict and prevent a global catastrophe.

The film starred Harry Hamlin as Paul Hood, the director of Op-Center, and Justine Bateman as Ann Campbell, the deputy director. Other notable cast members included Lindsay Frost and Richard Herd.

Tom Clancy's Op Center received mixed reviews. While praised for its action sequences and suspenseful plot, it was also criticized for its dialogue and character development. The film is notable for being one of the earliest adaptations of Clancy's work to focus on Op-Center, a recurring element in his novels and related media.