I'll guess that you either love Seagal or hate him.
I certainly loved him in his Warner Bros. era (not forgetting 'Marked for Death'). And in particularly this movie.
It reminds me of 'Above the Law' because he once again plays a spaghetti cop with a grudge. This time it's just goes all in on bone crushing violence.
Seagal is not out for justice - he's out for good old, ice cold, an eye for an eye, swift and brutal vengeance! And he gets it! With meat cleavers, cue balls, sticks, shot guns, to the ground aikido beatings and a f-ing corkscrew! He crushes, smashes and slices his way through the bones, teeth and flesh of the bad guys, accompanied by bullets from his preferred sidearm.
The story is not more than what a 90's action flick need to have. Seagal is let loose by his superior (Jerry Orbach) to catch the crazy would be mafioso Richie Madano who just killed Seagals best friend. Like in 'Above the Law' Seagals character with the (once again clingy Italian) name Gino Felino has friendly ties to the Italian mob and soon he has kicked his way to some information about the whereabouts of his former childhood acquaintance turned drug head lunatic and the climatic showdown can begin.
There is not much to say about the acting, cause Steven basically just beats anyone and anything in his surrounding on his way to get Richie. Seagal himself plays Seagal like in any other Seagal movie only adding a bad Brooklyn accent. And that's how it should be done.
At the age of 10 I would hate the actor if didn't liked the character he would portray (Childs logic). I really hated William Forsythe! So I guess it's my way to acknowledge his portrayal of the dope dealing, crazy, drug head and wannabe mafioso Richie Madano. Even with the rather small amount of screen time, he still succeed in bringing a bit more mad craziness in to the character than you usually would find in those types of movie bad guys. So when he finally gets his must deserved whooping you almost find yourself cheering for Seagal to breaks his bones.
I really like this movie. Especially due to the degree of brutality in the fight scenes. It takes it a step further than the other action movies of that period. The fighting scenes will most definitely make you slip a ''whooa!'' or ''ooouch!'' once or twice!
I like Steven Seagal for his on screen persona actually being one of the few action heroes of his time without any soft edges, like the macho style of Bronson and Eastwood before him. He is a no bull sh*t man who always wins because he IS better than his opponents. There is no need for you to take a serious beating (like JCVD in all his movies) if all it takes is to break the guy's neck. And that is was you can count on Seagal to do! And in this movie he does so very well. One of his best and one of my favorites.
I certainly loved him in his Warner Bros. era (not forgetting 'Marked for Death'). And in particularly this movie.
It reminds me of 'Above the Law' because he once again plays a spaghetti cop with a grudge. This time it's just goes all in on bone crushing violence.
Seagal is not out for justice - he's out for good old, ice cold, an eye for an eye, swift and brutal vengeance! And he gets it! With meat cleavers, cue balls, sticks, shot guns, to the ground aikido beatings and a f-ing corkscrew! He crushes, smashes and slices his way through the bones, teeth and flesh of the bad guys, accompanied by bullets from his preferred sidearm.
The story is not more than what a 90's action flick need to have. Seagal is let loose by his superior (Jerry Orbach) to catch the crazy would be mafioso Richie Madano who just killed Seagals best friend. Like in 'Above the Law' Seagals character with the (once again clingy Italian) name Gino Felino has friendly ties to the Italian mob and soon he has kicked his way to some information about the whereabouts of his former childhood acquaintance turned drug head lunatic and the climatic showdown can begin.
There is not much to say about the acting, cause Steven basically just beats anyone and anything in his surrounding on his way to get Richie. Seagal himself plays Seagal like in any other Seagal movie only adding a bad Brooklyn accent. And that's how it should be done.
At the age of 10 I would hate the actor if didn't liked the character he would portray (Childs logic). I really hated William Forsythe! So I guess it's my way to acknowledge his portrayal of the dope dealing, crazy, drug head and wannabe mafioso Richie Madano. Even with the rather small amount of screen time, he still succeed in bringing a bit more mad craziness in to the character than you usually would find in those types of movie bad guys. So when he finally gets his must deserved whooping you almost find yourself cheering for Seagal to breaks his bones.
I really like this movie. Especially due to the degree of brutality in the fight scenes. It takes it a step further than the other action movies of that period. The fighting scenes will most definitely make you slip a ''whooa!'' or ''ooouch!'' once or twice!
I like Steven Seagal for his on screen persona actually being one of the few action heroes of his time without any soft edges, like the macho style of Bronson and Eastwood before him. He is a no bull sh*t man who always wins because he IS better than his opponents. There is no need for you to take a serious beating (like JCVD in all his movies) if all it takes is to break the guy's neck. And that is was you can count on Seagal to do! And in this movie he does so very well. One of his best and one of my favorites.
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