"The Presidio" presents a captivating initial scene that’s both striking and attention-grabbing due to its explosive nature, yet the story's momentum soon diminishes as events unfold. The death of Patti Jean Lynch feels rushed and loses any real sense of importance, ultimately becoming less central to the narrative. Instead, the film shifts its emphasis toward exploring the complicated and often contentious relations…

Sometimes my mom would become completely absorbed by a film, pick out a line as her favorite, and then repeat it constantly, mimicking the character’s delivery in an exaggerated fashion. *The Persidio* is one of those movies she really took to heart, and for years afterward we had to endure her Sean Connery impression while she pretended to threaten us with just her thumb. So now whenever I watch it, or even wh…

Mark Harmon portrays "Jay," a police officer and ex-military policeman who gets drawn into a murder investigation that forces him to reconnect with his old superior, "Col. Caldwell" – played by Sean Connery – someone he doesn’t have a particularly good relationship with. Things become more complicated when Jay begins seeing the colonel's daughter, "Donna" (Meg Ryan), but will they be able to resolve their issues and …