THE PRESIDIO *

"The Presidio" is a slightly better-than-average San Francisco set murder yarn from minor cult director Peter Hyams that makes good use of its familiar locations though its familiar plot could do with a boost every now and then. Of course, anything with a scenery-chewing Sean Connery in the lead gets a brownie point from me. He's a colonel in the military police who has to team up with a cocky young cop, (Mark Hamon), who is dating his daughter, (Meg Ryan), after one of his staff is gunned down in what looks like a botched robbery. Unfortunately, despite being shot in widescreen, it has the feel of a made-for-tv movie and is just the kind of film that if watched on a wet afternoon just might take your mind off the weather. A couple of excellent chase scenes aside it's not one of Hyams' better movies.