Amazon.com video review:
An ultimately futile attempt to make lightning strike twice, this
so-called spinoff from 1993's blockbuster The Fugitive avoids the
label of "sequel" by forging ahead without the first film's star, Harrison
Ford. The idea is to showcase the return of Tommy Lee Jones in his
Oscar-winning role as tenacious U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard, this time testing
his mettle against a covert government operative (Wesley Snipes) accused of
murdering two secret service attachés. Unfortunately, Jones and the entire
cast have been trapped in a rambling plot, and the underdog status that
made Ford such a compelling hero is sacrificed to an evenly matched and
eventually tiresome game of cat and mouse, with a villain whose identity is
far too predictable. With no dramatic buildup and several superfluous
characters to distract its focus, the film's momentum plays out like a rote
exercise compared to the high stakes of the earlier film. --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com video review:
An ultimately futile attempt to make lightning strike twice, this
so-called spinoff from 1993's blockbuster The Fugitive avoids the
label of "sequel" by forging ahead without the first film's star, Harrison
Ford. The idea is to showcase the return of Tommy Lee Jones in his
Oscar-winning role as tenacious U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard, this time testing
his mettle against a covert government operative (Wesley Snipes) accused of
murdering two secret service attachés. Unfortunately, Jones and the entire
cast have been trapped in a rambling plot, and the underdog status that
made Ford such a compelling hero is sacrificed to an evenly matched and
eventually tiresome game of cat and mouse, with a villain whose identity is
far too predictable. With no dramatic buildup and several superfluous
characters to distract its focus, the film's momentum plays out like a rote
exercise compared to the high stakes of the earlier film. --Jeff Shannon
