derekwyo
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Can you link me that interview? I'd love to watch it.
I saw her interview on Bordello of Blood, and she seemed pretty cool to me.
Last Seagal movie you watched?
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I saw her interview on Bordello of Blood, and she seemed pretty cool to me.
derekwyo
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I saw the pictures! How cool. I'm jealous.
derekwyo
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Today I watched one of the True Justice "movies", Dark Vengeance. I liked this series. I grew up in and around Seattle for the first 35-ish years of my life, so I appreciated that it was set in "Seattle" (though clearly filmed in Canada, like most films set in "Seattle"). But they put in a lot of effort to make it seem authentic and even used a lot of accurate stock footage to make you think you were in "Seattle", even showcasing a lot of actual joints/stores that exist. Like in Dark Vengeance, part of his team goes undercover at the famous Deja Vu strip club by Pike Place Market. Which was a common place to go to when someone turned 18, and I'm not too ashamed to say I've been there a few times at birthday parties. So that was funny to see Seagal and crew supposedly in a place I'd been to before.
That aside, I liked Dark Vengeance. The production values are pretty solid, and he has a capable supporting cast. I like that Seagal does a couple good fights here without any recognizable use of doubles in them. The fight where he takes down the first killer was pretty good, actually. They're brief but he's on his game and rather fast here.
They don't have the open and close feel of any of his actual movies, but I like this series, and I think it's the best developed character of Seagal's we ever got.
That aside, I liked Dark Vengeance. The production values are pretty solid, and he has a capable supporting cast. I like that Seagal does a couple good fights here without any recognizable use of doubles in them. The fight where he takes down the first killer was pretty good, actually. They're brief but he's on his game and rather fast here.
They don't have the open and close feel of any of his actual movies, but I like this series, and I think it's the best developed character of Seagal's we ever got.
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derekwyo
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Just got the Blu-ray of General Commander recently and decided to rewatch that one today. I hadn't seen this one since it was a new release. My opinion of it is basically the same. It's got a good supporting cast, production values are solid, but Seagal doesn't have a ton to do here. He has a couple brief fights, but aside guiding the story, he's not given a lot to do. A lot is delegated to his team. I remember feeling that this was a backdoor pilot for a TV series that was never realized, and apparently, it was. Do you think "Jake Alexander" is the same as "John Alexander" and this is a sequel to A Force of Execution and A Good Man? He looks identical in the final scene.
JohnAlexander
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My criticism of his True Justice series was that his roles in it were limited to glorified cameos. In this sense, I far preferred Steven Seagal: Lawman.
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theeverlasting
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Kill Switch for me as I did a review for my Youtube channel on it. God it's a bore fest for the most part but does have some hilariously bad moments in haha:
JohnAlexander
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Hard disagree. Definitely not boring, and I enjoy all the ridiculousness. Definitely one of my favorite Seagal DTV gems.
latinojazz
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I don't see it like that, the entire show is built around Seagal, you can tell, and the fights on True Justice S2 are awesome!!!
derekwyo
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Agreed.
derekwyo
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Also agreed. Not boring at all. Convoluted? Maybe. Boring? No. There's too much going on to be being boring. I'd still love to see the pre-Millennium pickup cut of the film.
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Re-watched "Fire Down Below" last night. One of his best and most mainstream. Interesting to see him playing a more romantic Van Damme type lead, and he pulls it off pretty well. Marg Helgenberger is too old on paper to play her role, but it's an excellent performance and certainly one of the more rounded, convincing female characters in a Seagal movie. The action is good, and close to the last time we'll see "big budget" set pieces in one of his films.
Not surprised it was a flop though - the big action heavies were all battling by 1997, and Steven lost some good will with the inferior environmental "On Deadly Ground" a few years earlier.
Not surprised it was a flop though - the big action heavies were all battling by 1997, and Steven lost some good will with the inferior environmental "On Deadly Ground" a few years earlier.
JohnAlexander
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I thought On Deadly Ground had better fight scenes, but Fire Down Below definitely had more charm, and some serious plot twists.
derekwyo
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Steve Edwards' score debuted on CD recently, so I decided to break open my German import Mediabook Blu-ray of 1998's The Patriot.
The production values are solid, it's surprisingly theatrical in spite of being shot independently without studio support, and there's lots of beautiful shots showcasing the scenic Montana landscapes. There are undeniable Western vibes present.
Interestingly, Seagal only has one real "fight" sequence here (escaping the hospital) and even that sequence appears to have been cut in half as more fighting including Seagal jumping through a window are shown in the trailer, but not in the finished film. There's also a memorable shot of the young militia member spelling out SOS in pumpkins for the helicopters in the trailer that's not in the film.
I've watched this one a couple times in the past year or so and, while a slight change in tone from Seagal's more Action heavy flicks, I think The Patriot has aged rather well.
The production values are solid, it's surprisingly theatrical in spite of being shot independently without studio support, and there's lots of beautiful shots showcasing the scenic Montana landscapes. There are undeniable Western vibes present.
Interestingly, Seagal only has one real "fight" sequence here (escaping the hospital) and even that sequence appears to have been cut in half as more fighting including Seagal jumping through a window are shown in the trailer, but not in the finished film. There's also a memorable shot of the young militia member spelling out SOS in pumpkins for the helicopters in the trailer that's not in the film.
I've watched this one a couple times in the past year or so and, while a slight change in tone from Seagal's more Action heavy flicks, I think The Patriot has aged rather well.
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JohnAlexander
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I did enjoy that movie from a visual standpoint, though I really did wish the movie had some more action. It didn't have to be a ton but just one fight scene is really quite barebones.
I re-watched "Ticker" just now. I tend to enjoy Albert Pyun's work, and his ingenious ability to pull a movie together with minimal money and having various actors for only a few days of shooting. Steven gets plenty of screen time for the six days he apparently spent filming. The aikido scenes are a dreary blur and shot against his and Albert's wishes.
Apparently there has been a director's cut around that has more character depth for Seagal and reveals his character was just a figment of the Tom Sizemore's imagination. It doesn't seem to be available or accessible now, has anyone here seen it?
Apparently there has been a director's cut around that has more character depth for Seagal and reveals his character was just a figment of the Tom Sizemore's imagination. It doesn't seem to be available or accessible now, has anyone here seen it?
7-Ball
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Last year, a director's cut was announced to be releasing and was even put up for preorder over at: https://yippeekiyaymothervideo.com/products/enter-the-pyuniverse but it's since been pulled. Maybe they'll decide to go forward with it again sometime. They have the rights to distribute Albert Pyun's works since his death I read in an interview.