Film Snail

6.5

U.S. Marshals

PG-13·1998·131m

Thriller

Crime

Action

Thriller

Crime

Action

Summary

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Samuel Gerard

Wesley Snipes

Sheridan

Robert Downey Jr.

Royce

Joe Pantoliano

Renfro

Kate Nelligan

Walsh

Daniel Roebuck

Biggs

Tom Wood

Newman

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Cooper

Patrick Malahide

Lamb

Irène Jacob

Marie

Michael Paul Chan

Chen

Johnny Lee Davenport

Deputy Henry

Rick Snyder

Barrows

Donald Li

Detective Kim

Marc Vann

Deputy Jackson

Michael Guido

Distracted Driver

Robert Mohler

Young Cop

Richard Lexsee

Fireman

Dado

Female Cop

Karen Vaccaro

Hospital Cashier

David Kersnar

Desk Sergeant

Tony Fitzpatrick

Greg Conroy

Donald Gibb

Mike Conroy

Cynthia Baker

Mama Conroy

Susan Hart

Greg's Girlfriend

Vaitiare Hirshon

Stacia Vela

Don Herion

Detective Caldwell

Len Bajenski

Deputy Hollander

Matt DeCaro

Deputy Stern

Thomas Rosales Jr.

727 Prisoner

James Sie

Ling

Christian Payton

727 Deputy #5

Steve King

Pilot

Tracy Letts

Sheriff Poe

Mark Morettini

Cop #1

Kent Reed

Trooper with Dogs

Ray Toler

Earl

Brenda Pickleman

Martha

Norman Max Maxwell

Roadblock Trooper

Peter Burns

State Trooper Captain

Roy Hytower

Tracker

Ian Barford

Royce's Guide

Robert Kurcz

Kidnapped Man

Rose Abdoo

Donna

Lorenzo Clemons

Stark

Stephen Cinabro

Undercover Deputy

Cliff Frazier

Minister

Mindy Bell

Deputy Holt

Richard Thomsen

Doorman

Yasen Peyankov

Janitor

Meg Thalken

Saks Saleswoman

Lennox Brown

Man in Green Cap

Varen Black

Network Reporter

Ammar Daraiseh

Drugstore Clerk

Romanos Isaac

Ship's First Officer

Richard Pickren

Prosecutor

Lynn Wilde

Caldwell's Wife

Amy D. Jacobson

New York Reporter

Cliff Teinert

Swamp Tracker

Janet L. Contursi

Chicago Nurse

Ellen Hearn

Reporter #4

George J. Hyner Jr.

New York Paramedic #1

Wendell Thomas

New York Paramedic #2

E. Glenn Ward Jr.

Elderly Resident #1

Marie Ware

Elderly Resident #2

Rick LeFevour

Deputy #10

James Fierro

Deputy #6

Michael Braun

727 Co-Pilot

Perry D. Sullivan

727 Navigator

Terry G. Rochford

NTSB Agent

Tony Paris

Newman's Guide

Eddie J. Fernandez

Detective #1

Rich Wilkie

Detective #2

Rick Edwards

727 Deputy #7

Chick Bernhard

Royce's Guide

Tressana Alouane

Mike's Girlfriend

Ralph J. Lucci

Bartender

Louis Young

Reporter #3

David A. Bales

Man in Taxi

Vince DeMentri

Reporter

Chris Bean

Bar Patron

Spitfire Brown

Cop (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Stuart Baird

Characters

Roy Huggins

Screenplay

John Pogue

Reviews

Wuchak

December 11, 2018

***Pedestrian, but competent, sequel to “The Fugitive”***

Released in 1998, “U.S. Marshals” is the sequel to the 1993 hit “The Fugitive.” Tommy Lee Jones returns as Federal Marshal Samuel Gerard. He & his team hunt down an escaped prisoner named Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) from wilderness regions to the streets of New York City. Robert Downey Jr. is on hand as a Defense Security Service agent who assists the marshals.

This sequel makes you realize just how well-done “The Fugitive” is. It features the same basic plot, but without most of the magic. The first act with the plane crash & swamp sequence is decent but it doesn’t hold a candle to bus crash/train wreck & dam sequence of the prior flick. Snipes is effective, but his character doesn’t evoke the sympathy of Kimble (Ford) because for most of the movie we don’t know if he’s innocent or not.

Nevertheless, if you’re in the mood for a movie cut from the same cloth as “The Fugitive,” “Enemy of the State” (1998) and “Con Air” (1997) then “U.S. Marshals” should fill the bill, but it’s the least of these. I’d put it on par with “Patriot Games” (1992) and “Money Train” (1995).

The film runs 2 hours, 11 minutes and was shot in Tennessee (Reelfoot Lake), Kentucky (Benton), Illinois (Chicago, Bay City, West Vienna, Metropolis & Shawneetown) and New York City.

GRADE: B-/C+