Gee another Steven Segal BOMB, wonder what this guy is thinking about??? The story takes place in Poland and a little girl whom Seagal has befriended via penpal has been kidnapped for prostitution purposes.Seagal arrives in Warsaw and single handedly fights the Turkish mob which is behind the above mentioned prostitution ring.The finale is laughable as Stevie being fat and old as he is, proceeds to kill the bad guy witha sword!!!!
Steven it is time 2 retire my boy.
Huh??
This is a rather peculiar film for Seagal, and the first thing that should be pointed out to any Seagal fan contemplating whether or not to give this one a try is that this is really not an action film. Seagal only has a couple fight scenes in the whole film and they are all extremely brief. In fact, they are extraordinarily brief, though thankfully free of wirefu.
This film is a drama about a nature nut (Seagal) who roams the forrest looking for injured animals. He has a pen pal in Poland, a young girl, and when he hears that she will no longer be able to correspond with him he becomes so upset that he travels abroad to look for her, even though he really has no reason to suspect that anything is wrong with her, which brings up the main problem with this film, namely, a lot of it simply doesn't make any sense. It turns out that the girl has been sold to a human trafficking ring, and Seagal goes through the motions to save her.
As per usual with Seagal nowadays, he obviously refused to actually finish the production, and so we have the usual dubbing problem here. It is even more salient than usual in this picture, however, for here we have not one, but several different people dubbing Seagal's voice, none of whom even remotely sound a thing like him. Here the most frequently heard fill-in for Seagal sounds like a knock-off Benecio Del Toro with a much higher pitched voice, and as you can imagine, the effect is very humorous.
As stated above, the main problem with this movie is that it simply doesn't make sense, which was apparently realized by the director, as he has, in many scenes, the voice fill-in for Seagal narrating an explanation of what the character is thinking! How obnoxious!
Seagal's character likes to teach codes and ciphers to his pen pal, which she later uses to communicate with Seagal. What makes no sense is that every time she leaves a message for Seagal, the villian, ineptly played by Matt Schultz, sees the girl doing it and yet leaves the message for Seagal to find! In one ridiculous scene the girl arranges some caviar on crackers to make a code. (Apparently three crackers of one kind followed by three crackers of another kind followed by three crackers of another kind means "This is a trap.") The villain sees her doing this, and, instead of destroying the message (which would make sense), later has it delivered to Seagal! Huh? In a scene when the girl leaves a message on a mirror telling Seagal where she is, the villian sees her doing it, comments on how clever she is, but then leaves the message!
There are also quite of few mistakes in this film, several of which are laughably obvious. At the beginning and end of this film, for example, Seagal has long hair which looks like frizzy, black cotton candy being pulled off the back of his head. During the rest of the film, however, he has short hair. At the end, after some BS macho dialogue about how Seagal hates taking life but will enjoy killing Schultz slowly, each character uncocks his pistol even though Schultz's pistol does not have an external hammer to uncock, and even though in the very next closeup Seagal's pistol is still cocked! What follows is a swordfight that is probably Seagal's worst fight scene ever. The camera cuts between closeups of the two characters to faraway shots that are clearly of someone other than Seagal. This brings up another frequent complaint of many Seagal fans: his overuse of stunt doubles. It's almost so bad now that one could say that he doesn't even film his own fight scenes now. Have you ever noticed that in Lord Steven's early films, when there was a fight scene the camera would pull back and let you see his moves? Now what happens? The camera gets as close as possible, shows some shots of his face grunting, shows some arms playing paddycake, then pulls back showing some fighting while never showing Seagal's face. Ever wonder why? It's because, surprise, surprise, that's not Seagal doing the fighting.
After the inept sword fight, which ends on a cliche lifted from better chambara films, notice that there is clearly no blood on the floor, and that then, all-of-a-sudden, there is a huge trail of blood between the two characters.
In the gun fight, which is one of the only decent action scenes in the film, watch Seagal as he enters the room. His character enters the fight by doing a foward aikido roll, which is probably the simplest move in aikido, though it is obvious that it is not Seagal doing the roll. What is even more irksome is that both at the beginning and the end of the film, which shows Seagal's character "roaming the forrest looking for injured animals," or whatever, it is clearly not Seagal that we see walking through the forrest. Was he afraid that he'd trip over a branch and injure himself? Was he afraid he'd be attacked by an injured animal in the woods? I don't know. What is likely the case is that Seagal again refused to finish the shoot and some scenes had to be constructed after-the-fact, using another actor, in order to make the film work.
Be on the lookout for the bizarre scene when Seagal goes to the post office. The postal worker calls Seagal "Mr. Delacraw," or some such bizarre name, even though his character's name is actually Billy Ray Lancing. Seagal then proceeds to mumble some French to the man, and then suddenly adopts a cajun accent. This scene is downright strange, as there is no reason for it whatsoever. What is also strange is how Seagal is dressed in this scene--like some kind of New Orleans Anne Rice fan, vampire wannabe in a strange, black fur coat. I don't know, at least it's good for a laugh.
If Seagal continues in this manner he will quickly find himself unemployable. The only truly schocking thing is that this hasn't happened yet. He shows up late to shoots, leaves early, refuses to finish productions, and yet people keep hiring the man. He is turning into a crazed, egotistical, and ever-expanding Marlon Brando who refuses to do the requisite work for a production. The only difference is, Brando could act!
This movie should have been called "Out of Ideas." Watch at your own risk.
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The story is basically about children went missing and one of the orphan whom is Seagal's kins was also been kidnapped. His job is to get rid of all these bad ass and at the same time to save his (kins) from the hands of these kidnappers. The only thing I found in this movie is that there is a slight slow down of reaction when seagal exchange gun fires with these group of bad ass that help the kidnappers. This movie contains a blooded scene which is at the end oof the movie when Seagal killed the main kidnappers at the end of the story (blood flow out etc etc). A good recommendation to those whom are interested in this genre of movie/film...Enjoy...
Yes folks, "Mumbles the Wrist Snapper" has struck again. Seagal has perfected the art of playing CIA operatives with different names--he's quite the versatile actor. (Though let us not forget that Seagal claims to have been a CIA operative in real life.) Seagal has stated that as his early films were produced by the mob, he was often forced into making films he really did not want to make. This, he has stated, explains some of the low quality of his earlier films. Now, he asserts, he's free to make whatever type of film he wants. Apparently, now that the man seems to have lost his mind and thinks he's some type of reincarnated Eastern religious figure (which he really does, I kid you not), the types of films he wants to make are incoherent messes with little-to-no fighting,... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Steven Seagal - Takao Osawa - Juliette Marquis Director(s): mink DVD Release Date: Released the 15 February 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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IF YOU LIKE SEAGAL'S MARTIAL ARTS AND LOTS OF BAD GUY CRUNCHING, YOU'LL LIKE THIS MOVIE... MANY POOR REVIEWS, AND I WONDER WHY... THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST NIT PICKING.... IT'S A MOVIE, WHICH IS MEANT TO ENTERTAIN... DON'T DISSECT IT, JUST WATCH & ENJOY... WORTH THE DVD, DEFINITELY More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Steven Seagal - Byron Mann - Monica Lo Director(s): Siu-Tung Ching DVD Release Date: Released the 10 October 1990 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Prophetic lines to say the least, uttered by Gary Daniels in the beginning of the movie, almost as if he knew what crap that is Submerged was going to 'surface' from Anthony Hilcox.
I think most of the reviews already got it the high points of the film. The supporting cast (some of them) is the movie's only saving grace of 2 stars.
Heres some hilarious things to look out for if you dare watch this malady:
-Seagal's odd Cajun accent, which he ONLY uses for some reason in the beginning of the film! Its like he forgot to do the Cajun bit or just said to hell with it. Some future classic lines such as, "Where my crew?", "What if he not?", "Who the f--- is this?" and of course, "Theres... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Anthony Hickox DVD Release Date: Released the 31 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Despite critical roasting and a blink-and-you-missed it theatrical release, Half Past Dead is surprisingly not half bad. Once you recognize this bastard child's recent action-flick heritage (The Rock being the most obvious of a dozen pilfered plot lines), you can kick back and enjoy the unexpected perks that arise when a deep-cover FBI sleuth (Steven Seagal) accompanies a convicted crook (rapper Ja Rule) into "New Alcatraz" prison. A death-row killer (Bruce Weitz) sits on a $200 million goldmine, keeping his secret as a bargaining chip when criminal commandos (led by the ever-cool Morris Chestnut) drop in for a lethally greedy raid. After cutting his teeth on trashy, short-lived TV series, director Don Michael Paul can't do much to help the puffy, career-tanking Seagal, but... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Steven Seagal - Morris Chestnut - Ja Rule - Bruce Weitz - Matt Battaglia Director(s): Don Michael Paul DVD Release Date: Released the 04 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Steven Seagal drops yet another classic on the film world with 'Out For A Kill'.
Seagal stars as an overweight but super-sexy professor named Robert Burns. He's an expert in ancient Chinese relics and is in China doing some excavation and cataloging of newly found antiques. Unbeknownst to him, the people who hired him are using him to move drugs out of the country. Boy, did these wacky Chinese drugdealers pick the wrong professor to screw with. The Lord is arrested and sent to a Chinese prison, leaving his mailorder Russian bride all alone. He's in prison for an undisclosed amount of time, but due to the editing it seems like he was in lockdown for about twenty minutes. He is released through some stringpulling by the American government to use him as a pawn to lure out... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Michelle Goh - Corey Johnson - Steven Seagal Director(s): Michael Oblowitz DVD Release Date: Released the 19 August 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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