Directed by:
Stuart BairdScreenplay:
John PogueCinematography:
Andrzej BartkowiakComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Irène Jacob, Kate Nelligan (more)VOD (1)
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Two U.S. Diplomatic Security Service agents are killed while trying to intercept a briefcase exchange taking place in a parking garage. The murders are caught on a CCTV camera, but the criminal escapes with top secret information. Months later, tow truck driver Mark Warren (Wesley Snipes) is arrested for an illegal weapons possession charge following a vehicular collision in Chicago. Through a fingerprint check, the police determine that he is actually federal fugitive Mark Roberts, wanted for a homicide. Roberts boards a prisoner transport aircraft back to New York, sharing the flight with Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones), who is escorting prisoners unrelated to Roberts' case. Roberts thwarts an assassination attempt by a fellow Chinese prisoner with an improvised firearm, but the bullet pierces a window and de-pressurizes the cabin, forcing an emergency landing which leads to a crash in Kentucky. Gerard discovers Roberts has fled the crash site. Later, Special Agent John Royce (Robert Downey Jr.) is assigned to join Gerard's team to hunt Roberts. (Warner Bros. AU)
(more)Reviews (3)
A solid thriller whose main handicap is the absence of such a strong protagonist as Harrison Ford in its predecessor, The Fugitive. But is Ford even necessary here when we’ve got the bad-ass agents on Tommy Lee Jones’s team? U.S. Marshals is not an epic blockbuster, but I wasn’t bored for even a second.
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Awesome sequel to The Fugitive, different but good, and Tommy Lee Jones in a chicken costume is great ;-).
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A pretty good action ride that doesn't need to be ashamed of itself even when compared to The Fugitive, which is, let's face it, a class better. Andrzej Bartkowiak's cinematography is fantastic and the low-angle shots are truly not spared, just like the solid action music by Jerry Goldsmith. The highlight of the film is undoubtedly the exhilarating shootout in the cemetery. Tommy Lee Jones practically repeats his Oscar-winning role, and Sam Gerrard once again has that essential ingredient, charisma.
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