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So much average

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

A timeless classic, cat and mouse chase for the fugitive Dr. Richard Kimble. Innocence to be proven, this man pulls out all the stops to get to the bottom of his wife's murder, whilst being hunted by the F.B.I.A great film for both Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.

The FugitiveIt is one of those features that completely relies upon the screenplay and not the concept for no matter how simple it gets its twists and tricks will bedazzle the viewers in each and every frame as it ages on screen. Andrew Davis has done a plausible job as a director but the real game changer in here is the co-writer; Jeb Stuart, who also wrote the infamous Die Hard. Harrison Ford pulls it off like a charm along with a brilliant performance by Tommy Lee Jones which got him a well deserved Oscar for it. The Fugitive has everything in its right place i.e. from gripping screenplay to exhilarating chase sequences (one of the best part of it is that it keeps the audience engaged through these close encounters in the cat and mouse chase), from twisted plot to brilliant performances and from amazing background score (James Newton Howard has as always done a marvelous work in here) to beautiful cinematography.

The Fugitive takes it time telling the story and we are never left bored. The pacing is perfect and includes every detail.Harrison Ford's character is an emotionally strong man who will not give up trying to clear his name even though many things are working against him.There are a couple of clever scenarios where we think the cops are talking about him, when they're talking about a completely different fugitive (a very minor character), as well as a scene where the cops search the place where the main character is staying only to be looking for someone else. This motion picture keeps us on our toes and lets us know that at any time it could be all over for the guy that we are rooting for.

I feel like all the Oscar love gives this film a strange reputation. Did it deserve them? In hindsight, probably not. Does that somehow make this a lesser film? Of course not.This is an entertaining thrill ride but lacks the subtlety, character nuance or social/political relevance to leave a lasting impact. Does anyone really remember the plot? Or just the chase scenes and waterfall dive and insane train crash and the two great actors facing off in what is basically their movie star personas perfected?(How did Tommy Lee win for this? I don't know what his perception was at the time but this is a straight Tommy Lee perf. I love him and all but there was also Fiennes and Postelthwaite that year. Just saying.)