U.S. Marshals (1998)

Director:

Stuart Baird

Writers (WGA):

Roy Huggins (characters)
John Pogue (written by)

Release Date:

6 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

The cop who won't stop is back. But this time he's chasing down a lot more than a fugitive.

Plot:

US Marshal Samuel Gerard (Jones) and his team of Marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan (Snipes), a murderer and robber.

Plot Keywords:

Confrontation | Prison | Tense | Miscarriage Of Justice | On The Run

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 23	11:00 PM	AMC
Thur. July 24	5:00 PM	AMC

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	Chief Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard
Wesley Snipes	...	Mark J. Sheridan / Warren / Roberts
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Special Agent John Royce
Joe Pantoliano	...	Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro
Daniel Roebuck	...	Deputy Marshal Bobby Biggs
Tom Wood	...	Deputy Marshal Noah Newman
LaTanya Richardson	...	Deputy Marshal Savannah Cooper
Irène Jacob	...	Marie Bineaux, Mark's Girlfriend
Kate Nelligan	...	United States Marshal Catherine Walsh
Patrick Malahide	...	Bertram Lamb, Security Service Director
Rick Snyder	...	Special Agent Frank Barrows
Michael Paul Chan	...	Xian Chen, U.N. Cultural Attache of China
Johnny Lee Davenport	...	Deputy Marshal Henry
Donald Li	...	Detective Kim
Marc Vann	...	Deputy Jackson

Also Known As:

The Fugitive Part II (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some scenes of violence and brief language.

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | New Zealand:M | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35906) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

444 N. Michigan Avenue, Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Dick Beebe wrote an uncredited draft of the script.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sam watches Agent Barrows drive in the funeral procession coming into the cemetery there are dents clearly visible on the drivers side door of Barrows' car. A few second later when the scene switches to Barrows parking his car and getting out the dents are gone. Clearly a different car was used for the two scenes.

Quotes:

Sam Gerard: Do you have a weapon?
John Royce: Yeah, a big one. How about you?

Movie Connections:

Features "WCW Monday Nitro" (1995)

Soundtrack:

AM I BLUE?

Very Worthy Sequel To A Great Film

This is an outstanding 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.

U.S Marshals, being the newer film of the two, has better sound and even better special effects for the action scenes. As spectacular as was the train crash in The Fugitive, the plane disaster in here is even better. The same goes for a few other scenes. There is more action in this film. Normally, I don't need that but it's so well-done here, it's fine....fun to watch.

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 excellent.