The Fugitive (1993)

	Directed by: Andrew Davis	COUNTRY USA GENRE Thriller/Crime NORWEGIAN TITLE Jaget RUNNING TIME 130 minutes
	Produced by: Arnold Kopelson
	Written by: Jeb Stuart David Twohy

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Dr. Richard Kimble	Harrison Ford	½
Deputy Samuel Gerard	Tommy Lee Jones
Dr. Charles Nichols	Jeroen Krabbé	½
Frederick Sykes	Andreas Katsulas	½
Agent Cosmo Renfro	Joe Pantoliano	½
Helen Kimble	Sela Ward
Dr. Anne Eastman	Julianne Moore	½
Agent Robert Biggs	Daniel Roebuck
Agent Poole	L. Scott Caldwell
Agent Noah Newman	Tom Wood

Review

History may well dub director Andrew Davis a one-hit wonder, but his The Fugitive will be looked back upon as one of the classic American suspense films, a high-octane thriller that combines an industrious, crafty script with brilliant pacing to keep you on the edge of your seat for its entire running time. Harrison Ford gives a determined, suppressed performance, perhaps the best of his career, as a surgeon who is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife. He escapes on his way to death row, and while being hunted by an unrelenting U.S. marshal, played with nonchalance by Tommy Lee Jones (a somewhat updated version of his role in Under Siege), he must try to track down his wife's real killer. Although the production values are of television quality and despite the fact that Andrew Davis directs without a personal touch, the film's unparalleled drive and ceaseless suspense, centered around the intense cat-and-mouse hunt between Ford and Jones, make The Fugitive one of the best films of the 1990s – an unfashionable exhibition of pragmatism and effectual cutting. Never mind the lack of depth, because The Fugitive gives you no time to ponder. It's escapism at its most rewarding.