History Film / USMarshals

* CoolGuns: Gerard tells DSS Special Agent John Royce (Creator/RobertDowneyJr.) to "Get yourself a Glock and lose that nickel-plated sissy pistol," referring to Royce's Taurus [=PT45=]. It becomes a major plot point (a literal ChekhovsGun) later in the movie. [[note]]By the time of the film's production, the DSS had switched to the SIG Sauer [=P229=] in .357 SIG.[[/note]]
** It's easy to miss, but the Kentucky State Trooper who stops the truck Sheridan is hiding in has a S&W 1006 in 10mm Auto, which was actually issued by the Kentucky State Police at the time.

* {{Fanservice}}: Kathryn Walsh, Gerard's boss. Her only apparent purpose in this film is to wear an [[ShesGotLegs inappropriately short skirt]].

* CluckingFunny: Gerard is first seen staking out the suspected residence of two fugitives while disguised as the mascot of a chicken-based food truck giving away free samples. Making Tommy Lee Jones possibly the only person in film history capable of looking badass in a chicken suit.

* FanserviceExtra: Gerard's date, briefly seen at with him at a party early in the film, who's entire purpose seems to be boobs.

* ArtisticLicense: Though not as egreiogus as ''Film/ConAir'', this film depicts a Con Air flight using an airliner with a specially designed interior with cages and locks for leg irons. Real Con Air flights use chartered planes with standard airliner interiors.

* HairpinLockpick: One of the prisoners opens his handcuffs this way.

* ManBitesMan: In the opening scene where Gerard's team is arresting two fugitive brothers holed up in a South Side apartment, one of the brothers tries to bite Biggs on the shoulder while he's being handcuffed after engaging Biggs and Renfro in an all-out brawl.

--> '''Cooper:''' I've never seen that before.
--> '''Gerard:''' [[GutFeeling I have.]]

* PostersAlwaysLie: A particularly hilarious example: pro-Glock Gerard is carrying Royce's nickel-plated sissy pistol on the poster.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: At one point, Gerard checks Royce's gun and gives it back to him. When Royce tries to use it on him, minutes later, it doesn't fire. Gerard had switched magazines without [[spoiler:Royce]] noticing, which he points out in the following quote:

* BlunderCorrectingImpulse: The local Kentucky sheriff is attempting to set up a dragnet for the escaped Mark Sheridan, but for perfectly justifiable reasons (he's not used to dealing with escaped convicts in his jurisdiction), his plan is so inept that Gerard repeatedly interjects to offer suggestions. Eventually, the sheriff asks him, "What do you think?" and Gerard immediately lays out his own plan.

* ChekhovsSkill: Though not used by the same person, the fact that Royce can use the arms of Renfro's sunglasses to pick his handcuffs foreshadows the reveal that Sheridan is a DSS agent believed to have gone rogue, since we saw Sheridan do the exact same thing on the plane.

** It's ignored here for RuleOfCool, but in real life, the FAA says that prisoners are not allowed to be chained to any part of an airplane.

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: What got the plot kicked off is: Sheridan gets into a rollover accident in his tow truck when he swerves to avoid a distracted driver. Then a firefighter finds a pistol stashed in the car during cleanup. Due to Chicago's strict gun laws, this leads to Sheridan being arrested on an illegal weapons possession charge the moment he's released from the hospital. When fingerprinted, his prints match up with a federal arrest warrant out for him as "Mark Roberts".

* FanService: Kathryn Walsh, Gerard's boss. Her only apparent purpose in this film is to wear an [[ShesGotLegs inappropriately short skirt]].

* GenreSavvy: Gerard has seen enough to know something fishy when the man they're chasing, whom Gerard has been told is a ruthless assassin, keeps not killing people he encounters.

* HeHadAName: [[spoiler:As Noah lies mortally wounded in an ambulance, and the Emts work on him desperately, they say encouraging things like, "Stay with us, Buddy/Pardner/Pal." Gerard, sitting in the ambulance in the midst of a Heroic BSOD, says very quietly, "His name is Noah." The [=EMTs=] immediately switch to using his real name. Unfortunately, it doesn't help.]]

* PoliceBrutality: Gerard gets involved in the Sheridan plot when he's assigned to the prisoner transport plane on his boss's orders, after the two brothers he arrested in the opening sequence accuse him of excessive force and police brutality (they had been resisting arrest and attacked the arresting officers, and Gerard cracked one of them over the head with the butt of a shotgun after the guy tried attacked Biggs and Newman, biting the latter).

** Also, Gerard's date at the party we see him at early in the film, who's entire purpose seems to be boobs.