US Marshals (1998)
After the success of The Fugitive (1993) it was decided to build a sequel around the team that hunted the original protagonist, Tommy Lee Jones reprises his role to become the star. When a prison transport plan crashes one of the prisoners gets away and the hunt is on for him.
So the plot of the film is not that great, it's fairly similar to a lot of thrillers out there and the fact that the fugitive is against innocent makes you wonder if there are any guilty people on the run at all but otherwise it is about serviceable. There are probably two key problems with the film, the first is that there is too much focus on the head agent and not enough on his team as having more of an ensemble piece would probably have carried the weak plot a bit better. The second problem is that the major set piece of the film, the plane crash, is so early on and after that it feels like the film makers blew the budget as the rest of the film is a bit tame by comparison.
3/5 an average action thriller.
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