The Fugitive

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Year:	1993
Country of origin:	USA
Director:	Andrew Davis
Genre:	Chase movie, fight for justice
Starring:	Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
Rating:	5/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106977/
Tagline:	A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
Favourite line:	"Your fugitive's name is Dr. Richard Kimble."

One of the defining action movies of the 90's, this sees Harrison in action territory once more.

I think we all know the plot:
Ford plays Richard Kimble, a respected doctor accused of murdering his wife. He denies it, claiming that there was a man with a prosthetic arm in his home, the murderer, and that he has been set up. No one believes him following a damning recording of the last moments of his wife's life as she placed an emergency 911 call.
As luck would have it, as Ford is being transported to prison some other prisoners attempt an escape, and Kimble is free. He must prove his innocence before the tenacious, indefatigable Marshall, played with gusto by the ever reliable Tommy Lee Jones, catches up with him.

Ford is superb, as are all the cast, and the set up is a good one.
The suspense is kept taut as a nun's gusset throughout, and the viewer is kept guessing as to the resolution right to the end.
An excellently crafted, compelling and unusually thought provoking action movie.
Superb.