In The Presidio the titular piece of real estate is the San Francisco military base that starts at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge and sprawls back into the city itself, co-existing uneasily with Baghdad by the Bay. The two cultures clash when a murder at the Presidio is assigned to civilian police detective Mark Harmon. Harmon has an uncomfortable history with the base commander, Sean Connery--and this relationship doesn't get any less tense when he also becomes romantically entangled with Connery's daughter, Meg Ryan. Unfortunately, the script by Larry Ferguson... is a stiff, which suits Harmon's acting style. Director Peter Hyams knows how to choreograph an action sequence, but he has to keep stopping so that Harmon can actually speak. Thankfully, Harmon has the always-interesting Connery and Ryan to interact with, but that's only a small saving grace. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com [show more]
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When a murder is committed on a San Francisco military base, detective Jay Austin (Mark Harmon) finds that he must team up with his old enemy Lt. Col. Caldwell (Sean Connery) in order to investigate. Caldwell's daughter (Meg Ryan) enjoys the antagonism between the two and causes trouble by flirting with Austin. But all personal tensions must be put aside when the two cops realise the killing was part of a larger conspiracy.
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