| U.S. Marshals | | Cast : | Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr. | | Director : | Stuart Baird | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | March 06, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Action Packed | Content
 | How this movie came to be is anybody's guess. Who would have thought that you could make a sequel, cut the main character from the original movie, and still succeed. While there weren't any really big surprises throughout this movie it still is action packed and ready to please. I would highly recommend this movie. A little better defined plot would have helped improve this movies standing. I also would have appreciated a little bit better character development for the rest of the supporting cast. Overall though it was a good movie and I would watch it again. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | speedy processing and shipping | Content
| I received the movie within 3 days after purchasing it which was about 5 days sooner then I was told. I was very happy with the entire process. I would order again. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | US Marshals - Special Edition | Content
| If this was the same movie I saw on cable tv I would gladly give it 5 stars as I am a fan of all Tommy Lee Jones movies. But, it is not the same movie and I am definitely not a fan of the egotistical moron who was constantly narrating this DVD. The imbecile spent the entire movie telling what he did with every aspect and scene of making the movie and how and why. The dialogue was inaudible in many places because you couldn't hear it over the voice of the narrator. I lost interest in the whole thing and did not enjoy one minute of it. My aged mother, who is in a nursing home, would have liked very much to see the movie but doesn't want to have it narrated like someone reading a book to her with the egotistical bull that seems to tell the viewers what idiots they are as if we couldn't figure out the movie on our own. My mother and I are more intelligent than this presentation implies. Personally I don't give a damn what, how, or why he made the movie; I just wanted to be able to enjoy it on my own without some moron's help. My mother and I felt like we were watching a movie with someone who kept telling us how it was going to turn out. It's the worst version of a movie I've seen in years. I was so angry I broke the damned disk in several pieces. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 25, 2005 | | Summary | MARSHALS MIGHT NEED A REFRESHER COURSE | Content
| While watching this enjoyable spinoff from THE FUGITIVE, I kept wondering: these marshals sure are pretty inept; they couldn't hit the broadside of a barn, and the villains are always one step ahead of them. Maybe they needed to go back for some refresher courses? Anyway, the spectacular plane crash in the beginning is a real winner, and Tommy Lee Jones rises above the rather pedestrian script. Wesley Snipes comes across as too much of a superman, and he doesn't possess that intense innocence Harrison Ford's Dr. Kimble had, so we don't find ourselves rooting for him that much. Irene Jacob is lovely as his girlfriend, but she is given little to do except react. Director Stuart Baird doesn't keep the action fast and furious enough, but he also doesn't do much in the way of exploiting the considerable talents of his supporting cast: Joe Pantoliano comes out pretty good in his role as one of the marshals; Tom Wood as Noah Newman is exceptionally good in an underplayed way, and his fate is not justified, and I blame the writers for taking this cheap shot; Kate Nelligan (so good in DRACULA and THE PRINCE OF TIDES) brings an elegant power to her role as the head marshal; and durable supporting actor Daniel Roebuck makes the best of his role. As one fellow reviewer commented, if our government is as corrupt as it is portrayed in so many of our movies, no wonder we're in turmoil! Anyway, US MARSHALS is an entertaining film that could have been so much better! |
| Rating | | | Date | April 24, 2005 | | Summary | U.S Marshals vs. The Fugitive | Content
| U.S Marshals feels more like a fugitive spinoff full of cliche moments rather than anything new or exciting. Where it not for Tommy Lee Jones, and his rather dubious role, I probally wouldn't have bothered finishing this movie. There's no real excitement until towards the end when they throw a twist, that admittedly one didn't really see coming.
For being Marshals, these men are incessiently bad shots, the bad guys shot managed to shoot down everyone around them while the Marshals only nicked and missed.
Admittedly, there are some scenes that make up for this looooong overdone chase, that would be with the 727 and....actually, thats probally the only scene that makes up for this movie.
If you liked the fugitive (Which I did) you'll be able to see how Tommy Lee Jones was able to secure this role, but I still think that Harrison Ford is a better suspect than Wesley Snipes.
That, and we didn't have to bring the government and all their glory in as to make the plot such an overdone remake that its getting rather tiring. One wonders how the government manages to stay afloat with all the sabotouge, deciet, and murder that is constantly being portrayed.
I suppose its plausible, but not for so many movies already.
Rent it for Tommy Lee Jones, or if not for him, then at least to see the plane crash. Go from there. |
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