Review of The Fugitive (1993) by Stuart K — 27 Apr 2014
Based upon the TV series created by Roy Huggins, which ran from 1963 to 1967, this big screen version was directed by Andrew Davies (Under Siege (1992), Chain Reaction (1996) and Holes (2003)) and written by David Twohy (Pitch Black (2000)).
This film version manages to capture the spirit of the original series, and it manages to be a great thriller getting the balance just right. Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) comes home to find his wife Helen (Sela Ward) being beaten by a one-armed man, and due to a misunderstood phone call, Kimble is sentenced to death.
On the way to death row, other prisoners on the bus stage attempt to escape. In the confusion, a train crashes into the bus, but not before Kimble is able to escape. But it's not long before Deputy U.
S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) is hot on his tail. But, Kimble uses his escape to try and find who framed him for the murder, with help from his old friend Dr. Charles Nichols (Jeroen Krabbé), Kimble goes undercover to find who the one-armed man was.
It is a very suspenseful film, and it was one of the few examples of a film version of a classic TV show making a successful transition, it has a very good cast, Jones won an Oscar for his role as the sharp and unstoppable U.
S. Marshal, who would return in a sequel called U.S. Marshals 5 years later.
This review of The Fugitive (1993) was written by Stuart K on 27 Apr 2014.
The Fugitive has generally received very positive reviews.
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