When two top DDS government agents are gunned down; the third is set up to take the blame. Mark Sheridan( Wesley Snipes) is a tow truck driver in Chicago. On a call he gets into a bad accident. A gun is found at the scene in his vehicle. When he gets out of the hospital, he is arrested for a double murder in N.Y.. He is questioned, booked, and on his way to federal prison, VIA U.S. Marshal Plane. On the plane a Chinese prisoner tries to kill Sheridan; but Sheridan is prepared. An explosive the guy was going to use blows a hole in the plane. The plane goes down, and eventually ends up in a lake. Aboard the plane is U.S. Marshal, Sam Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones); and several other Marshal's. After the plane goes down Gerard catches Sheridan trying to escape. He gets Sheridan to help him; while Gerard is helping free the prisoners to safety. Eventually Sheridan escapes, and the hunt for a fugitive gets underway.Gerard and his team pursue Sheridan from Illinois, though Kentucky and eventually to N.Y.C.. While in Kentucky an agent from the D.D.S. John Royce( Robert Dowey Jr.) is sent in to help with the case. Gerard and Royce eventually find Sheridan's girl, Marie(Irene Jacob). They talk to her but isn't saying much. As the evidence comes in Sheridan's true Identity is reveled. Sheridan is an Ex-Marine( Black Ops) who worked for the DDS agency in the past. As the evidence is reviewed and reviewed of the night of the shooting, Gerard notices something. It appears the shooting was in self-defense and Sheridan was set up to take the fall. That same agency, The DDS, has been selling Top Secret information to the Chinese. While in New York Sheridan rents an apartment, sets up high tech equipment to monitor four locations. He monitors the the equipment for several days. Eventually he finds out who sets him up and why then the chase returns back to Chicago. As the chase continues back to Chicago more secrets are reveled. Noah Neuman is shot and killed; and Gerard is very emotional. When Gerard finds Sheridan trying to flee on a freight liner, he tries to kill him. Now caught; Sheridan is in federal custody at the hospital, trying to recuperate from injuries. Once there Gerard and Royce get to talking and Gerard notices something, and leaves. In the end the puzzle is complete and the true killer among other things is reveled.I enjoyed this movie a lot along with The Fugitive. As one who pursued Criminal Justice as a career, this film knocks it out of the park. It shows all angles, not just some of law enforcement. I'm also glad that the U.S. Marshal's got noticed in the film industry. U.S. Marshal's is still one of my favorite films, and always will be.Tommy Lee Jones-ROX

When a prisoner transport plane carrying Oscar winning Deputy Sam Gerard as an escort crashes, one prisoner, Mark Sheridan helps him rescue some trapped prisoners and then escapes.Gerard and his team of start their pursuit, but the simple fugitive situation soon gets more complicated when Gerard learns that Sheridan is no mere criminal.At the same time, Mark Sheridan is out to find out the truth himself while keeping one step ahead of Gerard....The Fugitive was a massive hit, and a really good film as well. Jones stole the movie from Ford, thanks to his swagger and his banter with his titular team, so it was a good idea to make a side-quel to that movie.What wasn't a good idea though was to make a virtual copy of that film.The Plane crash is too similar to the Train accident, The jump from the building too similar to the dam jump, and the whole conspiracy behind the wanted man.But it's still a fun movie. Jones has lost none of his swagger form the first movie, and is a joy to watch. Snipes is pretty restrained in his role, and the team are as good as they always are, and have that beautiful banter.But it's really worth watching For Downey Jr, but only for the fact that half of the time he has a look on his face as if he doesn't know what time of day it is.Worth seeing for Jones, but nothing really special..

This is the film that Robert Downey Jr said was "possibly the worst action movie of all time." I think he's wrong. He plays Special Agent Royce, against Wesley Snipes' Mark Sheridan and in the company of Tommy Lee Jones' Sam Gerard, who steals every scene he is in. Maybe Downey was a bit jealous.There's lots that is good about the film: the camera-work and the editing and the music, which is unobtrusive, as it should be. So credit to Andrjez Bartkowiak, who's been active since 1975, Terry Rawlings, who has been in films since 1957, and Jerry Goldsmith, who has been doing this stuff since 1954! Sometimes experience shows. Stuart Baird, in a rare outing as director also brings a wealth of experience in holding the whole thing together.The plot was too complex for me to take in on one viewing. This may be one of those films you need to see twice to piece things together.For me, I struggle a bit with Wesley Snipes. I know he has a big following but I just don't warm to him. His relationship with his girlfriend played by Irene Jacob, is unconvincing. It doesn't help that Jacob does not seem entirely comfortable with the English language, though she does look gorgeous.Overall, good film. Almost great. Worth a viewing.

Capitalizing on the success that Tommy Lee Jones scored in The Fugitive, his character of Marshal Sam Gerard was given the lead in US Marshals where he is once again going after an innocent man. In this case Jones's target is Wesley Snipes who is not only an accused murderer of two agents, but he's accused of treason as well, passing secrets to the People's Republic of China.Tommy Lee Jones won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Fugitive, but he's not doing anything remotely reaching Oscar contention in US Marshals. It's a hastily and poorly written script with a lot of nice action sequences to cover that up. The airplane crash sequence where Snipes escapes from Jones's custody is well done as is his escape from an old age home on to the roof of a moving subway.As we know early on that Snipes is innocent, I'm here to tell you that the guilty party stands out like a sore thumb. A five year old child could tell you who the real bad guy and traitor is.Jones, Snipes and the rest of the cast do a workmanlike job. But this one is for easy to please action/adventure fans.