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U.S. Marshals

Action U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload 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.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"Efficient, uninspired sequel" NEG
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"A movie that knows how to pace its audience. Watching it is like going for a long and satisfying jog." POS
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
"Ironically, the problem may lie in Baird and screenwriter John Pogue's over-eagerness to give us what they think we want." NEU
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"Although this film doesn't have the classy quality of The Fugitive, it certainly goes down like an action milkshake."  POS
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AV Club
AV Club
"It isn't so much a bad action movie as a symptom of the greater problem with most action movies: Audiences tire of sitting through the same fitful, unfulfilling formula, " NEG
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"Not so much a sequel to "The Fugitive" as a lazy spin-off that imitates only what was boring and artificially frenetic about that earlier thriller" NEG
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"The result is unconvincing and disorganized" NEU
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Empire "Generic, uninspired and devoid of suspense" NEG
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
"Going after one innocent man was bad enough. Going after another constitutes a pattern. This marshal isn't a hero. He's a menace."  NEG
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