Movie House
  • TV Series
  • People
  • About

© 2026 Movie House. All rights reserved.

mimcookthiii2532@gmail.com

Developed by MimCookThiee.

The Presidio

The Presidio

ActionCrimeMysteryThriller

5.854/10

|

US

|

en

|

97 min

Release Date: 1988-06-10

Overview - Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Overview - Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders that cross jurisdictions force them to work together again. That Austin is now dating Caldwell's daughter is not helping their relationship.

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/10

Mark Harmon is "Jay", a former military policeman turned cop who is called upon to investigate a series of murders that reintroduce him to his former CO "Col. Caldwell" (Sean Connery) with whom he doesn't especially get along. It doesn't help when he starts to date the colonel's independently minded daughter "Donna" (Meg Ryan) but can they put their differences aside long enough to find out what's...

Read full review →
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

10/10

Occasionally my mother would really get into a movie, choose a quote as a favorite, and then repeat it constantly in a cartoonish exaggeration of whoever said it in the film. The Persidio is one of those films she latched onto, and for years after we were subjected to her Sean Connery impression as she threatened to beat us up using only her thumb. So now every time I see it, heck, every tim...

Read full review →
K

kevin2019

5/10

"The Presidio" is an interesting diversion that has an immediately intriguing and literally explosive opening gambit which is eye catching and it easily grabs your full attention, but then the pace quickly eases up out of pure necessity and the murder of Patti Jean Lynch loses all sense of urgency and it is eventually relegated to becoming a secondary consideration as the main focus of the film no...

Read full review →

Similar

Ransom

Ransom

⭐ 6.7

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

⭐ 5.4

Mississippi River Sharks

Mississippi River Sharks

⭐ 4.9

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

⭐ 7.3

The Sleeping Car Murders

The Sleeping Car Murders

⭐ 6.9

Body Language

Body Language

⭐ 4.5

Goy

Goy

⭐ 0.0

Night Without Sleep

Night Without Sleep

⭐ 5.4

Spellbound

Spellbound

⭐ 7.4

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

⭐ 7.1

Mission 90 Days

Mission 90 Days

⭐ 5.3

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

⭐ 7.1

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

⭐ 6.3

The Child I Never Was

The Child I Never Was

⭐ 6.5

The Kingdom

The Kingdom

⭐ 6.7

Bordertown

Bordertown

⭐ 6.3

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included

⭐ 8.5

Best Seller

Best Seller

⭐ 5.9

The Swimming Pool

The Swimming Pool

⭐ 7.0

Drop Zone

Drop Zone

⭐ 5.7