 The characters that Fred Ward (I) (qv) and Kevin Dunn (I) (qv)  play in the film are loosely based on the characters of U.S.  Marshals Sam Gerard and Cosmo Renfro (played by  Tommy Lee Jones (qv) and Joe Pantoliano (qv)) from  _Fugitive, The (1993)_ (qv), which was also directed by  Andrew Davis (I) (qv).