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U.S. Marshals
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr.
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13
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| Released By: |
Warner Bros.
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| Web Site: |
www.usmarshals.com
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| Kiddie Movie: |
Ehh, nothing really that bad.
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| Date Movie: |
If she wants to go.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Would have helped.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Not really. Some bloody scenes, but nothing that bad.
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| Action: |
A couple of good scenes.
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| Laughs: |
Yea, like why does the bad guy involve his girlfriend?
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Nope.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Chief Deputy Marshal Sam Gerard ask a bunch of swamp
locals "Which one of you is the most inbred country son of a
bitch out here?" It fit the scene perfectly.
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| Directed By: |
Stuart Baird
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| Produced By: |
Arnold and Anne Kopelson
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U.S. Marshals
A Movie Review |
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In "The Fugitive," you had Chief Deputy
Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) chasing after Dr. Richard Kimble
(Harrison Ford), a fugitive who had no previous experience of being
in hiding, only leaving clues when necessary, and searching for the
person who set him up. In "U.S. Marshals" you have Gerard chasing
after Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes), a fugitive who is a marine with
special training, with lots of disguises, excellent marksmanship
skills, and searching for the person who set him up. For a man with
so much training to be elusive, Sheridan sure could take a lesson or
two from Kimble because he left enough clues on his way to New York
City that a bloodhound with a stuffed-up nose could have found him.
The story of "U.S. Marshals" kinda goes like this: Gerard, smartly
dressed in a chicken suit, catches some bad guys, but because he
bashed the dudes head in, Gerard is made to take the convict plane
with the dude with the headache for publicity reasons. Unfortunately
for him Sheridan was on the same plane, the plane crashes, and
Sheridan runs away. Enter John Royce (Robert Downey, Jr.), a
government special agent man who is appointed to Gerard's crack team
of bad-guy catchers. Gerard isn't happy about it, but deals with it,
and we find out his real reason for being on the team later in the
movie. Anyway, Sheridan runs away, Gerard and team aren't really hot
on his trail, but Sheridan leaves those clues on his way that our
boys (and girl) find themselves in the Big Apple. So, now you've got
some chase scenes that take you through the streets of NYC (although
some of the scenes were actually filmed in Chicago), into a cemetery,
into an nursing home/hospital, to a boat, and back in a hospital. And
even though in new places, it really seemed like these things have
been done before, and they have, in a better movie called "The
Fugitive."
Although not trying to call itself a sequel to "The Fugitive,"
everyone knows it is, and the pairing of Jones vs. Snipes doesn't
come close Jones vs. Ford. Jones vs. Ford made us care for both
characters - we felt for Gerard because from the get-go we knew he
was just doing his job, and Kimble made us cheer for him because we
knew he was innocent and wanted him to prove it. But, in the Jones
vs. Snipes title fight, Gerard is still just doing his job and we're
used to that, while Sheridan's innocence is continually questioned.
So, in "U.S. Marshals," we don't really have anyone to root for.
In the end "U.S. Marshals" isn't a bad movie, but it just doesn't
reach that level of suspense and action that "The Fugitive" did. The
airplane crash was pretty cool, Gerard still has some great lines and
makes fun of the small town sheriff people, and for me, it's always
fun watching a movie that was filmed where I live, able to say "I
know where that is." But, in the end, I guess this movie can be
summed up best by a couple of guys who were leaving the film in front
of me. One guy said "It wasn't bad, but it kind of dragged." His
buddy said, "Yea, it did."
So, from me, I'm giving "U.S. Marshals" 2 out of 5 stars. Maybe
wait for video on this one, or catch it at the cheap theater.
And that's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right! L8R!! |
