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The Presidio Details

1988 Certificate 15
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The investigation of a murder on the base of a 1,400-acre military compound in San Francisco reunites the base commander and one of his former officers, now a cop, who have no great love for each other. The situation escalates as the cop falls for the commander's daughter. Read more

Starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden
Director Peter Hyams
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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The Presidio

The investigation of a murder on the base of a 1,400-acre military compound in San Francisco reunites the base commander and one of his former officers, now a cop, who have no great love for each other. The situation escalates as the cop falls for the commander's daughter.

Starring Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden, Mark Blum
Director Peter Hyams
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 22 Jan 2001
Production year: 1988
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of The Presidio

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Director Peter Hyams is an under-rated master of the high concept action thriller his most recent was the “real time” Nick of Time and this effort boasts his usual strengths and weaknesses. On the downside, the plotting in which San Francisco cop Mark Harmon is paired with an old enemy, military policeman Sean Connery, to solve a murder mystery is perfunctory to say the least. However, Hyams distracts attention from that with some humdinging action sequences, including the obligatory but smartly shot car chase and the final watery shoot-out. Performance-wise, Connery and Harmon spar off each other nicely, Meg Ryan is a feisty love interest and there are solid supporting turns from Jack Warden and Mark Blum.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 6 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Sub-standard

    Peter Hyams knocked out some fairly decent action thrillers during the eighties and early nineties but unfortunately The Presidio wasn't one of them. It's not a particularly great or riveting storyline and the characters are very two-dimensional. Although Connery puts in a solid performance as usual, Mark Harmon is pretty wooden and Meg Ryan is in her 'annoying love interest' period of her career. There's a decent opening car chase sequence and a typical Hyams running sequence halfway through but apart from this you'll have trouble trying to stay awake.

      • technobabble from Worcestershire, England
      • Posted 15 Nov 2007 16:14

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  • 6 out of 9 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Sub-standard

    Peter Hyams knocked out some fairly decent action thrillers during the eighties and early nineties but unfortunately The Presidio wasn't one of them. It's not a particularly great or riveting storyline and the characters are very two-dimensional. Although Connery puts in a solid performance as usual, Mark Harmon is pretty wooden and Meg Ryan is in her 'annoying love interest' period of her career. There's a decent opening car chase sequence and a typical Hyams running sequence halfway through but apart from this you'll have trouble trying to stay awake.

      • technobabble from Worcestershire, England
      • Posted 15 Nov 2007 16:14

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