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An ultimately futile attempt to make lightning strike twice, this so-called spin-off from 1993's blockbuster The Fugitive avoids the label of "sequel" by forging ahead without the first film's star, Harrison Ford. The idea is to showcase the return of Tommy Lee Jones in his Oscar-winning role as tenacious U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard, this time testing his mettle against a covert government operative (Wesley Snipes) accused of murdering two secret service attachés. Unfortunately, Jones and the entire cast have been trapped in a rambling plot, and the underdog status that made Ford such a compelling hero is sacrificed to an evenly matched and eventually tiresome game of cat and mouse, with a villain whose identity is far too predictable. With no dramatic build-up and several superfluous characters to distract its focus, the film's momentum plays out like a rote exercise compared to the high stakes of the earlier film. --Jeff Shannon
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"Anatomy of the Plane Crash" on side B
Languages in Dolby Digital 5.1: English/ French/ Italian
Subtitles: English/French/Dutch/Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Arabic/English for the hearing impaired/Italian for the hearing impaired
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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A very good action film with a predictable script but an unpredictable ending. This was one of the best action films of 1998 mainly because it had Wesley Snipes in it. Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) is on the run after a routine pick up went wrong. He ended up killing two federal agents in self defence. It is upto Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) to catch him. From crash landings in planes, to jumping off buildings, this film is has non stop action in it.
Tommy Lee Jones easily steals the show, but lets not take anything away from Wesley Snipes though, he is as reliable as ever being the action hero.
Tommy Lee Jones plays the no nonsense U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard and once again will stop at nothing to catch his fugitive. Little does he know that his fugitive is trained for this type of situation which makes him extremely hard to catch. But no one is that hard to catch for the great Sam Gerard, until now.
Great acting, suspense and action all in one. Overall, if you like either of these two actors you will love this film, if you enjoy action films you will love this film, just watch it and you will understand what I mean.
Enjoy!!!!!
Tommy Lee Jones easily steals the show, but lets not take anything away from Wesley Snipes though, he is as reliable as ever being the action hero.
Tommy Lee Jones plays the no nonsense U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard and once again will stop at nothing to catch his fugitive. Little does he know that his fugitive is trained for this type of situation which makes him extremely hard to catch. But no one is that hard to catch for the great Sam Gerard, until now.
Great acting, suspense and action all in one. Overall, if you like either of these two actors you will love this film, if you enjoy action films you will love this film, just watch it and you will understand what I mean.
Enjoy!!!!!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Sequel to an outstanding movie The Fugitive (1993). In this film, the focus is on the team that was searching for Dr. Richard Kimble in the first movie. That team was led by Tommy Lee Jones, who won an Oscar for his performance, which probably helped spur this sequel. It worked, as Jones and company (Joe Pantoliano and others) are just as much fun to watch as they were in The Fugitive.
There are many similarities to the latter, especially in the first third of the film, featuring some tremendous action scenes. Instead of a train crash, we have a plane crash. Instead of Harrison Ford on the run, we have Wesley Snipes. In both films, you have such an involving story that the two hours fly by.
The Fugitive is still one of my all-time favorite movies. If you were entertained by it as well but are wary of sequels, you needn't be here: this is very good.
There are many similarities to the latter, especially in the first third of the film, featuring some tremendous action scenes. Instead of a train crash, we have a plane crash. Instead of Harrison Ford on the run, we have Wesley Snipes. In both films, you have such an involving story that the two hours fly by.
The Fugitive is still one of my all-time favorite movies. If you were entertained by it as well but are wary of sequels, you needn't be here: this is very good.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Structurally, U.S. Marshals, is a reworking of the The Fugitive, fulfilling the classic sequel brief of "the same but different": the producers substitute an incredibly impressive plane crash for the incredibly impressive train crash, a fall from a tall building for a fall from a dam and government defense secrets for drugs trials while throwing in the same plot device of an ally who turns out to be an enemy. The main difference here is no Harrison Ford, more Tommy Lee Jones and added Wesley Snipes (presumably on the run from the taxman) and Robert Downey Jr. (who really should have kept the sunglasses on until he finished rehab). There are no surprises, it's somewhat overlong and you won't remember it a day later, but it's energetically directed by Stuart Baird and superbly edited by Terry Rawlings and does its job effectively enough while you're watching it.
Sadly, UK buyers get short measures again - the Stuart Baird audio commentary and an additional featurette from the Region 1 NTSC DVD have not been included on this release, which simply includes the featurette on the spectacular plane crash.
Sadly, UK buyers get short measures again - the Stuart Baird audio commentary and an additional featurette from the Region 1 NTSC DVD have not been included on this release, which simply includes the featurette on the spectacular plane crash.
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A worthy sequel to the fugitive
This film happens to be one of those gem of a films that does justice to having a sequel film made, this film is gripping and well though out, although not quite as good as the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Samuel D. Finch
Daniel
Can't stop watching this film since i bought it watched it loads of times and never get bored. Wesley Snipes and Tommy lee Jones are really good actors love this film
Published 6 months ago by Daniel
Classic
A classic movie on DVD, recieved promtly and in perfect condition, A must for Tommy Lee Jones fans. One of his finest.
Published 9 months ago by paulb
If you liked the fugitive you'll love this
Tommy Lee Jones being Tommy Lee Jones - just great. Wesley Snipes being a light version of Wesley Snipe - Robert Downey Jnr - being a bit part, not much for him to do. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Isothio
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The DVD arrived very quickly after ordering - in fact it was dispatched virtually the day following my order. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by S. Tarbitt
brilliant film
this is one of my alltime favourite movies along with the prequel the fugitive.
great actors, brilliant story and a good follow on to the fugitive. Read more
great actors, brilliant story and a good follow on to the fugitive. Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by Ms. Vicki Harrison
A master class in how not to make a sequel: tired and derivative,...
Despite copying almost verbatim much of the plot of the Fugitive, U.S. Marshals manages to make a pig's ear of everything bar some of the stunts and the soundtrack - and even the... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2009 by Stephen B. Peddie
I've watched it many times!
This is Tommy Lee Jones at his best. I don't think of it as a sequel at all. It's just a great action adventure film. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2009 by P. Butler
A worthy sequel.......
Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role of Sam Gerard from The Fugitive, to chase the framed yet innocent Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes). Robert Downey Jr. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2004 by N. Oliver
Actually, I rather like Tommy Lee Jones
And I don't have too many problems with Sam Gerard in this "sequel", but the story is weak, the villain is obvious as soon as he appears, and that's really it. Read more
Published on 30 May 2000
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