Tag: The Fugitive

U.S. Marshals

DVD / Blu-ray, Short Review

Director: Stuart Baird

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

Synopsis: This is a sort-of sequel to The Fugitive featuring Sam Gerard and his team of the United States Marshal Service. During a prisoner flight one of the inmates tries to kill another prisoner and causes the plane to crash. The almost victim can escape during the evacuation and is now on the run. It’s up the U.S. Marshals to get him again.
But there’s a mystery surrounding this escapee because the United States Secret Service is interested in his capture and somehow even members of the Chinese embassy to the United Nations are involved. Very few things are what they seem.

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Purchase Diary 2012 – October

DVD / Blu-ray, Purchase Diary 2012

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)


04 Oct – €7.27 (£3.92) @ Amazon.co.uk

U.S. Marshals (1998)


11 Oct – €4.80 (£2.98) @ Amazon.co.uk

Bond 50 (1962 – 2008)


11 Oct – €111.51 (£89.23) @ Amazon.co.uk

Leverage: Season 4 (2011)


11 Oct – €0.00 ($24.28) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate)

UHF (1989)


11 Oct – €6.04 (£3.96) @ Amazon.co.uk

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Purchase Diary 2012 – August

DVD / Blu-ray, Purchase Diary 2012

Underworld: Awakening (2012)

06 Aug – €12.52 (£7.94) @ Amazon.co.uk

Air Force One (1997)

07 Aug – €12.72 (£8.93) @ Amazon.co.uk

The Fugitive (1993)

07 Aug – €11.37 (£7.90) @ Amazon.co.uk

A Few Good Men (1992)

07 Aug – €9.38 (£6.38) @ Amazon.co.uk

The Negotiator (1998)

07 Aug – €7.37 (£4.84) @ Amazon.co.uk

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Movie Watchings 2010 – January – Part 2

DVD / Blu-ray, DVD Marathon, Movie Watchings 2010

Deutsche Version | Januar (Part 1) | February

January, 16th

The Negotiator

Director: F. Gary Gray

Samuel L. Jackson … Lt. Danny Roman
Kevin Spacey … Lt. Chris Sabian
David Morse … Cmdr. Adam Beck
Ron Rifkin … Cmdr. Grant Frost
John Spencer … Chief Al Travis
J.T. Walsh … Insp. Terence Niebaum
Siobhan Fallon … Maggie
Paul Giamatti … Rudy Timmons

Synopsis: Danny Roman is a negotiator for hostage situations for the police and he’s one of the best there is. One day he gets framed for stealing money from the police pension fund and it looks like he’s going to prison for it. He sees no other choice than taking hostages himself, to force the issue and to find out what really happened and who was involved. His negotiator is Chris Sabian from the other side of the city and he’s also very good at what he does.

My Opinion: A fascinating thriller with an excellent cast. I’m not a big fan of thrillers but this is a movie I watch regularly. It’s very powerful and still has its funny moments – like the scene where we get introduced to Chris Sabian. I also like the selection of hostages and how they contribute to the case.
Spoiler (mark to read):
An interesting thing about these kinds of movies is that – despite them ending in a happy end – they don’t actually have a real happy end, because if you think it through he still will be charged of taking hostages, destroying a federal building and other stuff. Even if he gets only a slap on the hand, it’s unlikely that he’s ever going to work as a cop again.
But I think that falls in the category of Fridge Logic.

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