The Fugitive

Buy This Item The Fugitive by Warner Home Video  Available from Amazon  $9.99  on 11-14-2008     Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones (1993 Academy Award and Golden Globe winner as Best Supporting Actor) is Sam Gerard, an unrelenting bloodhound of a U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. And as directed by Andrew Davis (Under Siege), their nonstop chase has one exhilarating speed: all-out. So catch him if you can. And catch an 11-on-a-scale-of-10 train wreck (yes, the train is real), a plunge down a waterfall, a cat-and-mouse jaunt through a Chicago St. Patrick's Day parade and much more. Better hurry. Kimble doesn't stay in one place very long! Reader Reviews The Fugitive is a great thriller of a movie, but holds a special place with me. Part of this film was shot in my hometown of Sylva, NC plus many of the other surrounding areas. This is a small town not many have heard of, small enough to be used in this film as a small town somewhere in backwoods Illinois. I didn't know there were mountains in Illinois anyways? The train wreck scene, which is one of the most spectacular action sequences of the film, I have had the enjoyment of seeing the preserved wreckage in person on a train ride that you can take in the area. The scene where Harrison Ford jumps from the dam is actually Fontana Dam, located about 45 minutes west of Sylva. Anyways, enough of the details about those scenes, but in case you were wondering, thats where they were shot. As a whole this movie is extremely well crafted. You've basically got an edge of your seat thriller, updated from the 1960's tv series. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones both deliever first rate performances and have great chemistry, something that keeps this movie strong till the very end. The story is well written and executed, and is complex enough to keep you thinking on your toes, but not too complex to ever feel left out. The action scenes are wonderfully shot, and the chases and elements of suspense are tight. There's little more to say about this film, it is very good in all areas. It doesn't contain the best story written, the best cast of characters, or the greatest action scenes of all time. But it does have a dose of all of that, and with a very solid feel in the end. Acting - 4.5 Action - 4 Characters - 4.5 Story - 4.5 Overall - 4.5

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