As impressive as it is to watch Ford escape a train wreck, or jump what looks like hundreds of feet into a ravine, his Dr. Richard Kimble is just as engaging when the character is forced to play detective, weaving through the thriller’s puzzle-plotting in search of who framed him for the murder of his wife. No actor sells “thinking” on screen better than Ford (though Tom Cruise is a close second).
The relentless inventiveness of the set pieces, along with the emotionally-driven stakes of the plot and the worthy adversary provided by Tommy Lee Jones makes this the most satisfying of Ford’s ’90s action movies.
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