History Film / USMarshals

* HeroAntagonist: What Sheridan turns out to be for most of the film; once he gives up and decides to flee the country, less so.

--> '''Cosmo:''' I've never seen that before.

* ShoePhone: A zipgun disguised as a ballpoint pen is smuggled onto the plane

* ChekhovsGun: Besides the literal one mentioned below, there is an early scene of Mark Sheridan taking medicine with water on the plane. We don't learn until later that [[spoiler: Sheridan gets motion sickness which ultimately gets him caught.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Noah Newman.]]

* FlashedBadgeHijack: Gerard pulls this.

* 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.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Gerard, after [[spoiler: Noah Newman is killed by Royce]].

** Gerard gets in trouble with his boss for striking a suspect in handcuffs to subdue him during the opening sequence because he was attacking the arresting Marshals, and bit one. She acts like this was a breach of protocol which he has to apologize for publicly. However, what he did was completely appropriate in those circumstances.

* 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:

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* TheMole: It turns out that [[spoiler: Sheridan is not the mole, but is actively looking for him right up until the end when he gives up and attempts to flee the country.]]

* ProductPlacement: Sheridan's girlfriend Marie Bineaux works as a Starbucks Coffee barista.
** This movie also has pretty blatant [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynHenL72bPY Glock]] product placement. Late in the film Gerard sounds like he's reading off [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YJP_FORoik a commercial script for Glocks]].

** Although in this case, it could be because his actions helped to uncover a ''massive'' [[spoiler: espionage ring]]. There's something to be said for doing some good when he could have just run. The prosecutors may have just decided not to indict him in thanks.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Chicago doubles for New York City.
** This is most egregious during the chase from the cemetery in Queens after the shooting incident, when Sheridan runs across a set of railroad tracks just seconds before a Metra train (Chicago's commuter railroad) passes by.
** When Sheridan jumps off of the Loreli building which is supposed to be in Queens, he winds up on top of a Metro North train leaving 125th Street station in Harlem, Upper East Side. The Queens location of the Loreli Building is confirmed when Newman's body is delivered to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw:
** 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.
** Also, when the Chinese assassin asks to use the toilet the guard says to hold it and that they will be landing in 20 minutes, but in reality guards are not allowed to tell any prisoner the time frame of any transport especially when it is a federal prisoner transport.

* DiplomaticImpunity: A Chinese Embassy Guard shoots a cop in the head and claims diplomatic immunity.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Noah Newman]]

* 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 to bite Biggs).

** Although in this case, it could be because his actions helped to uncover a ''massive'' [[spoiler: espionage ring]]. There's something to be said for doing some good when he could have just run.

''U.S. Marshals'' is a 1998 SpinOff to ''Film/TheFugitive'' (1993), directed by Stuart Baird. This was his second film, following ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'' (1996). TommyLeeJones returns to his role of Marshal Samuel Gerard. This time the "antagonist" is Creator/WesleySnipes, and Creator/RobertDowneyJr also co-stars.

* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Played unbelievably straight, even more so than in [[Film/TheFugitive its predecessor]]. In the course of proving his innocence and attempting to flee the country, Sheridan commits ''numerous'' felonies, including kidnapping, assault, and even assault with a deadly weapon of a federal agent (when he shoots Gerard but deliberately aims for his bullet-proof vest) of a federal agent. His girlfriend counts as well, for aiding and abetting him the whole way, and what's more, given that she might not yet be a US citizen, or even in the country legally; ''her'' actions could have resulted in her being deported. But when the movie ends, they're all strolling out of a courthouse with a few throwaway lines about how he has been "cleared of all charges".

* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Played unbelievably straight, even more so than in [[Film/TheFugitive its predecessor]]. In the course of proving his innocence and attempting to flee the country, Sheridan commits ''numerous'' felonies, including kidnapping, assault, and even attempted murder (when he shoots Gerard, even if he did deliberately aim for his bullet-proof vest) of a federal agent. His girlfriend counts as well, for aiding and abetting him the whole way, and what's more, given that she might not yet be a US citizen, or even in the country legally; ''her'' actions could have resulted in her being deported. But when the movie ends, they're all strolling out of a courthouse with a few throwaway lines about how he has been "cleared of all charges".

''U.S. Marshals'' is a 1998 SpinOff to ''Film/TheFugitive'' (1993), directed by Stuart Baird. This was his second film, following ''Film/ExecutiveDecision'' (1996). TommyLeeJones returns to his role of Marshal Samuel Gerard. This time the "antagonist" is WesleySnipes, and RobertDowneyJr also co-stars.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech

-->'''Gerard:''' ''(takes magazine out of pocket)'' [[TranquilFury "I've got yours, you've got mine."]]
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* 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.

* CoolGuns: Gerard tells DSS Special Agent John Royce (RobertDowneyJr.) to "Get yourself a Glock and lose that nickel-plated sissy pistol," referring to Royce's Taurus. It becomes a major plot point (a literal ChekhovsGun) later in the movie.

* [[CaliforniaDoubling Illinois Doubling]]: Chicago doubles for New York City.
** This is most egregious during the chase from the cemetery in Queens after the shooting incident, when Sheridan runs across a set of railroad tracks just seconds before a Metra train (Chicago's commuter railroad) passes by.
** When Sheridan jumps off of the Loreli building which is supposed to be in Queens, he winds up on top of a Metro North train leaving 125th Street station in Harlem, Upper East Side. The Queens location of the Loreli Building is confirmed when Newman's body is delivered to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: One of Gerard's marshals is assigned to tail Sheridan's girlfriend Marie. He tails her to a Sax department store in New York City where she covertly meets with Sheridan inside a dressing room. The marshal waits outside, but by the time he gets an order to check the dressing room, he finds Marie all by herself. Since she's in the process of putting on a new dress, the marshal is forced to apologize and claim that he mistook her for a shoplifter.

* 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 runaway fugitives 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.

* 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. The scene was originally supposed to have Gerard disguised as a priest.

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

* GoofySuit: In the opening scene, Gerard is shown staking out a fugitive's house disguised as a chicken mascot for a food truck.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: At one point, Gerard checks his villainous partner's gun and gives it back to him. When said partner 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:

* 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).

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: L. Scott Caldwell's character Poole does not appear in this sequel. The character is replaced with a character named Cooper, and played by LaTanya Richardson.