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As previously mentioned, I’m a woman who’s not too in love with “action” movies, heroes with huge guns and way too many bullets in their pockets. This is why, if it wasn’t for my boy-friend, I wouldn’t be able to brag about watching this movie. Having Tommy Lee Jones in a leading role made me interested, since I have a lot of respect for the guy. Wesley Snipes kinda leaves me unimpressed, though he’s not a bad actor at all.

The main character, and what a character, is Chief Deputy US Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones), another ‘dirty Harry” with the same bad habits that made Clint Eastwood‘s character famous years ago. He’s violent, and driven, almost a maniac when it comes to apprehending his suspects and bringing them to justice, dead or alive. He finds an excellent opponent in Mark Sheridan (Wesley Snipes) a tow-truck driver in Chicago who gets involved in an accident and then is found to be guilty of murdering two agents in New York.

Gerard loses him in a plane-crash and then embarks on his own heroic plan to get Sheridan and make him pay for the crimes.

The action is fast paced and filled with all kinds of turns and surprises, but the overall impression is still of an action movie without too much to offer. We’ve got Irene Jacob as Sheridan’s girlfriend, who’s there so that the movie won’t be carried by 2 men only. The movie might have been better without her.

As the plot progresses we find out that the initial information on the fugitive wasn’t exactly right and Sam Gerard is forced to reconsider his position, while still trying to obey the minimal rules he’s willing to on a daily basis. The movie is filled with all kinds of stunts that make it enjoyable. Tommy Lee Jones delivers as expected and Snipes does a decent job himself.

So, if you’re the “action” type of movie buff, you might consider watching it.

April 16th, 2010 | Action | No Comments »