The Fugitive (DVD)

Vascular surgeon Dr Richard Kimble's life is seemingly perfect, he's got a brilliant career that knows no bounds and a beautiful, loving wife at home, however Richard's life is about to change dramatically. He comes home one night to find his wife dying on the floor of the bedroom, she has been shot and her attacker is still in the house. Richard tries to stop him but fails, he notices that the man only has one arm though, subsequent to this he tries to revive his wife but again to no avail. With no evidence of a break in and a 911 call in which Richard's wife apparently names him her attacker, Richard is charged with murder and is sentenced to death. While on ...  Read the complete review

What would you do if you were accused of the murder of your loving wife which you did not commit and then you had the chance to do a jail break? Me being me would probably get caught in the first five minutes or probably wouldn't even go, even if I was innocent, but the fugitive does, and he does it well. The fugitive is an excellent little film, and I can't believe I hadn't seen it earlier. It's now 9 years old and I only got my first viewing of it last night when a mate lent me the DVD. If your in the same boat as I was and haven't seen this yet and like your action/thriller movies, this is one I would recommend you dig out of the bargain ...  Read the complete review

The Sixties were a rich ground for classic American television dramas, mainly of the melodramatic sort based on pretty odd premise - The Invaders, Land of the Giants, Star Trek, Mission Impossible and Time Machine all went for the sci fi slant, but there was another, more ordinary chase drama involving a one armed man who killed a guy's wife, with the husband being the one suspected of the murder - The Fugitive, so called because he was destined to remain on the run forever, hunted for a crime he did not commit, with his only hope being to track down his killer. Almost invariably this sort of camp drama was equally rich material upon which to base a big ...  Read the complete review

A film with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones as joint leads can hardly fail to be stunning. Two actors with phenomenal screen presence, and both particularly suited to doing the dogged determination thing. Apparently this was once a TV series, and may even be based on real-life, but if, like me, you are coming to this film cold, it's about a surgeon called Richard Kimble (Ford) who is found guilty of murdering his wife, despite being innocent. On the way to prison he escapes and goes on the run. Tommy Lee Jones is the government agent sent to bring him in, and it quickly becomes clear to Kimble that there is nowhere to hide, so he sets out to prove his ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ This action thriller come chase movie is the work of director Andrew Davis, who is the director responsible for many of the action movies of Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal. Some might argue that this isn’t the finest CV available, but whatever you might think of his previous work, nobody could ever accuse him of not having the knack of keeping the action moving along at a frenetic pace. ~ ~ The plot of the movie is very loosely based on the cult TV series from the 1960’s starring the now deceased actor David Jansen in the lead role. A well known, renowned and highly respected doctor, Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) is prosecuted and ...  Read the complete review