The Fugitive Reviews
Directed with surgeon-like precision by Chicago native Andrew Davis
| Aug 5, 2023
Call something a "real train wreck" and it's considered a put-down. Not in this fast-track, no-stops chase movie with a massive train-wreck scene that's going to have audiences scrambling for cover.
| Aug 7, 2019
Working from a tight script by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, director Andrew Davis has fashioned a crackling, intelligent thriller.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 19, 2014
The film is little more than a well-oiled machine that serves a strictly limited function, but like a precision timepiece, it is a thing to marvel at, even under close scrutiny.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 29, 2013
For dynamite suspense loaded with thrills and wicked fun, you can't beat The Fugitive.
| Jul 29, 2013
I've already seen The Fugitive twice. I'll probably see it again.
| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 29, 2013
Thoroughly engaging, edge-of-the-seat entertainment.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2013
While there are actors in this film, there isn't much room for acting. The rapid editing and near-absence of dialogue reduces the actors to action figures with colorful labels pasted on their foreheads.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2013
The Fugitive is a super-adrenalized stemwinder, a crisp and jolting melodrama that screws the tension so pitilessly tight it does everything but squeak.
| Jul 29, 2013
It's a pleasure to find a thriller fulfilling its duties with such gusto: the emotions ring solid, the script finds time to relax into backchat, and for once the stunts look like acts of desperation rather than shows of prowess.
| Jul 29, 2013
It isn't just a high-powered summer blockbuster. It's something cannier (and rarer): a suspense thriller rooted in character.
| Original Score: A- | Jul 6, 2010
Taut, effective serial-chase story.
| Original Score: A | Oct 29, 2008
A first-rate thriller.
| Aug 24, 2008
The performances transform this otherwise orthodox cat-and-mouse movie into a gripping experience.
| Original Score: 4/5 | May 20, 2008
A consummate nail-biter that never lags, it leaves you breathless from the chase yet anxious for the next bit of mayhem or clever plot twist.
Full Review | May 20, 2008
Though it's a good half hour too long, this overblown 1993 spin-off of the 60s 온라인카지노추천 show otherwise adds up to a pretty good suspense thriller.
| May 20, 2008
A glossy, formula chase movie with the requisite number of extravagant action sequences (most notably a massive train crash).
| Jan 26, 2006
Both stars have toughness and restraint that make their characters' battle of wits truly hypnotic, and in many ways more credible than it was on television.
Full Review | May 20, 2003
...as far as the chase genre goes, there have been worse films (better ones, too).
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000
A flurry of stunts, close shaves and deeds of desperate daring, it easily transcends its television origins to become a stylish pacemaker-buster on the order of "Die Hard, MD."
| Jan 1, 2000