The Fugitive
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Movie Reviews of The Fugitive
Movie Review: Why even waste energy pretending you don't love it?
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me be honest with you. I'm 27 years old, I like to drink and smoke and hang out with my friends, and I could not wait to buy The Fugitive last week. It was 1 cent used on Amazon and that made me so happy. You can go through a million movies and TV shows in which someone false gets accused of a crime, but what you'll ultimately think of as your barometer for that sort of thing is The Fugitive. It remains so exciting, tense, such a hair's breath away from total discovery. It gets you so extraordinarily invested in the justice-demands-it plot of Harrison Ford's wrongly accused Dr. Kimball as it does Tommy Lee Jones's Agent Gerard. I've liked a lot of strange foreign, indie, "old" movies over the years, but if I had a couple hours to spend on a cold day, I'd probably spend them with The Fugitive, caring about everyone, being pushed along bold storytelling momentum, stuck desperately wishing for justice and luck to work out just a minute longer for Sam Kimball - at least I'd know I'd be in good company.Movie Review: A great suspense
Summary: 5 Stars
The fugitive is asmart movie and you must try to keep up with what's happening. Richard Cimble sure is a smart doctor. He found out who killed his wife and who set it up. Tommy Lee Jones and his gang of U.S. marshalls are funny and smart. There was lots of suspensful scenes in this movie, heck the whole movie was suspensful. I really think this was in the top ten for best films of the 90's. Harrison ford gets to play a smart person in the Fugitive and in Indiana ?Jones. There was so many great clues in this movie. I'm glad they got a special edition out so there could be more special features. One of my favorite scenes is when Harrison is to jumps of that cliff thing and into the ocean. Right before that the greatest lines in the movie happened. Harrison is pointing a gun at Tommy and he says I did not kill my wife. Tommy then says I don't care. Classic Tommy Lee Jones. This movie is the perfect running time and everything in this movie is just perfect. Great job by the director.Movie Review: The Fugitive (1993)
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford), convicted of killing his wife Helen, on his way to be executed in Southern Illinois, has a lucky bus accident and escapes to a hospital. Enter Sam Gerard (Jones), who literally steals the show with his flip one-liners throughout the film: My my my...what a mess; We got a gopher; Richard, do you wanna get shot?!; S.o.b. our boy came home, etc. Gerard hounds Kimble ruthlessly all the way back home to Chicago. The scenes that stand out are the start of the chase, the tunnel standoff, the encounter at the hotel. Richard finds a one-armed man killed Helen and breaks into his apartment to find more dirt and encounters him on the el-train en route to confront the mastermind of the murder, his best friend Dr. Charles Nichols. A clever man, Richard eludes Sam and his lawmen by hiding out in child molester apt. and posing as an Hispanic janitor doing medical work. Clearly the best action movie of the 1990s, as excellent acting portrayals by Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.Movie Review: The Fugitive
Summary: 5 Stars
The other really awesome action film of 1993 held its own against JURASSIC PARK to not only become a big box-office hit but go so far as to be Oscar-worthy. We all know the Academy is just a bunch of stuffy cronies who hate action films, so it's VERY surprising (and refreshing) to think that THE FUGITIVE was nominated for Best Film! Harrison Ford is his usual commanding self as Dr. Richard Kimble, a man who we all know is wrongly acccused for the muder of his wife. Tommy Lee Jones, who won the Best Supporting Actor Award, is at his best as the cop trying to hunt Kimble down. Director Andrew Davis' approach to the material is superbly- crafted, with some incredible action set-pieces along the way. Jones reprised his role in U.S. MARSHALS, but the original is the best. One of the greatest action films of the 90s. The extras on the DVD are a great improvement from the original release, with a commentary from Davis and Jones (sadly, Ford is missing), two featurettes, trailers and more.Movie Review: Nothing to criticize
Summary: 5 Stars
Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, a wealthy Chicago surgeon wrongfully accused of murdering his wife (Sela Ward). In truth, a one-armed man killed his wife. Kimble is convicted and sent to prison, Kimble escapes in a riveting bus/train crash. Pursued by U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones, in his famous Oscar-winning role), Kimble misses being captured numerous times, all involving spectacular chase sequences. But as he begins to do a little investigating of his own, Kimble discovers that his wife's murder was not random, and that there may be other conspirators.
This is, without a doubt, one of the finest thriller/adventure films ever made. "The Fugitive" hits all the right notes. Ford's performance is particularly impressive; it's beyond me why he didn't get an Oscar nomination. Jones superbly matched him. Every actor did an excellent job, and direction by Andrew Davis ("Under Siege") is great. A must-see for all movie lovers. But, who hasn't seen this movie?