This is a modern classic in some circles. At the very least, it was hugely popular when it came out and added to the careers of Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.A respected surgeon, Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) seems to have a perfect life until his wife (Sela Ward) is murdered and he is convicted and imprisoned for the crime. He maintains his innocence but the police are not interested in his tales of a one-armed man who did the killing. When the chance arises, he escapes to search for the real killer himself. This puts U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) on his trail as an escaped fugitive.
I guess it's surprising that I had never seen this until now. I was very young when it premiered and we didn't get cable until I was a teen, so my odds of catching it on TV were low. This is why Netflix was created, to give people like me a chance to catch up to any and every movie we didn't see from the comfort of our homes.
This retains a shocking amount of watchability. Ford and Jones are both at the top of their game and the tension is really strong. In fact, the chase is so good it almost feels like the resolution was tacked on just because they had to end it somewhere. I would definitely recommend it for movie night.
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