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Yes, several. They're as follows: Black Moon Rising (1986), The Package (1989), Under Siege (1992), The Fugitive (1993), Blown Away (1994), and The Hunted (2003).

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There are no direct references to the events depicted in The Fugitive (1993), but there are some subtle allusions to the earlier film. For example, in the scene in the bar early in the film, Sam Gerard is talking about the recently-completed operation and congratulates his men by telling them, "You stayed close on the lead dawg." The use of the phrase "dawg" to describe Gerard, as in "big dawg"/"lead dawg" or so, originated in The Fugitive, where it was heard several times (usually followed by a bark from one of the marshals, which Bobby Briggs (Daniel Roebuck) provides in U.S. Marshals). Another indirect reference to The Fugitive in this scene occurs when the marshals are watching the news-report on TV. The reporter on location at the court house finishes her report and the broadcast cuts back to the anchor, who is portrayed by Lester Holt, a real life NBC anchor who, when The Fugitive was being made, was an anchor at WBBM in Chicago, and who also appears in the earlier movie as a news anchor. Another subtle reference is found when Mark Sheridan rents an apartment across from the Chinese Embassy. After looking around the apartment as the landlord talks about the merits of the room, Sheridan stops and says "It's perfect." In The Fugitive, Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) does exactly the same thing and says the same line in the exact same way when he rents the basement apartment from the Polish woman (Monika Chabrowski).

Yes. Many fans have commented on the similarity of the plots between The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals; an innocent man wrongly accused of a murder due to a conspiracy escapes custody because of an accident and sets about proving his innocence whilst also exposing the conspiracy, all the while pursued by the marshals who are slowly beginning to think he may be innocent. On his commentary track on the special edition DVD, director Stuart Baird addresses this issue. Baird doesn't offer any explanation as to why the story involves an innocent man as opposed to a guilty one, but he does offer his opinion as to how the plot of U.S. Marshals is different from The Fugitive. Basically, Baird argues that the two films are fundamentally different because in The Fugitive, the audience knows from the very start that Richard Kimble is innocent, whereas in U.S. Marshals the audience does not know whether Mark Sheridan/Roberts/Warren is innocent or not until quite some time into the movie, and this ambiguity, Baird argues, makes the film different from its predecessor.

Probably. There are several hints in the film that they may have once had a relationship. For example, when Gerard arrives at the party with Stacia Vela (Vaitiare Hirshon) as his date, Catherine (Kate Nelligan) seems to be a little jealous. Additionally, after Gerard has been shot and Catherine visits him in hospital, she tells him she loves him, although it is worth noting that he does not say anything in response. Also, on his commentary track, director Stuart Baird refers to Catherine as "an old flame of Gerard," so it would seem that as far as the filmmakers were concerned, Catherine and Gerard were definitely once romantically involved.

The R1 US Special Edition DVD released by Warner Bros Home Entertainment in 1998, contains the following special features:

• Scene-specific audio commentary with director Stuart Baird (it is worth noting in relation to Baird's commentary that the sound mix is extremely poor, with the sounds of the movie being almost at the same volume as Baird's commentary, making it extremely difficult to hear what he is saying in places. Additionally, the back of the box inaccurately advertises the commentary as feature length).

• Trailers for The Fugitive (1993), U.S. Marshals (1998), Cahill (1973) and Wyatt Earp (1994)

• 3 U.S. Marshals TV Spots

• Cast & Crew Biographies and Filmographies

• Production Notes (10 pages)

• U.S. Marshals: Justice Under the Star (1998); an 11-minute featurette looking at the history and activities of the real U.S. Marshals

• "Anatomy of a Plane Crash" (9 featurettes looking at various aspects of the plane crash scene; "The Crash: A Five-Act Play", "Model Airplanes", "Exterior Sets", "Interior Sets", "Landing Location", "Escape Under Water", "Crash Research", "Miniature Road" and "Crash for Crash: U.S. Marshals vs. The Fugitive")

• The R2 UK DVD, released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (UK) in 1999, contains the "Anatomy of a Plane Crash" featurette and the Production Notes, but it loses everything else.

Yes. The US edition released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2012, is region free, and contains the exact same special features as its DVD counterpart.