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Amos Stevens
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Seagals other movies have always told you about his checkered past-his expertise in fighting/killing-this movie his character showed this expertise to us. Too bad he SUPPOSENLY got killed off at the beginning of the movie...what they didn't bother to show was the end when he was still alive cause he had a parachute on! hee hee
The movie was enjoyable,but so many others have been made under the same idea.
The movie was enjoyable,but so many others have been made under the same idea.
CharlesJones
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Steven didn't die in this movie? I thought he did. When did they show him at the end with a parachute on? I didn't catch that. This movie wasn't all that to me. Kurt Russell's character was kinda soft & i don't like to see him play characters like that. He usually kicks ass when he's a tough guy in movies like Tango & Cash. It's always good to see Halle Berry on the screen. She's been slippin lately making bad flicks. Monster's Ball & Gothika were terrible.
CharlesJones
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Oh i see LOL.
Not a Seagal movie
I hear alot of people talk about how Ticker is not really a Seagal movie because he does not do much in it. Well, I say Ticker is way more of a Seagal movie than this. This was the most disapointing film of his that I have ever seen. At the end of the movie they list the actors in this order, Kurt R, Steven S, Halle B, John L. If you list a guy second he better at least be in the movie. He was in this film just about as much as he was in My Giant.
I hear alot of people talk about how Ticker is not really a Seagal movie because he does not do much in it. Well, I say Ticker is way more of a Seagal movie than this. This was the most disapointing film of his that I have ever seen. At the end of the movie they list the actors in this order, Kurt R, Steven S, Halle B, John L. If you list a guy second he better at least be in the movie. He was in this film just about as much as he was in My Giant.
Littledragon
Above The Law
Seagal should have been the lead role!
I thought this would have been an amazing hit if Seagal played the lead role. The only reason I watched this film was because of Seagal.
My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
I thought this would have been an amazing hit if Seagal played the lead role. The only reason I watched this film was because of Seagal.
My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
Mason
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Bought Executive Decision
A little week ago I bought Executive Dicision in region 1. I love the start were they are about to invade the house of the Mafia Druglord. The only thing that still ticks me off after all these years is that Seagal dies before he can deliver some mindblowing fightscenes. It should have been Russel that that jumped out of the plane.......NOT Seagal. That still ticks me off so bad becouse the movie could have been so awesome if Seagal would have been onboard that plane in the entire movie.
But let's hope that Under Siege 3 is made and that it will take that plot up again.
A little week ago I bought Executive Dicision in region 1. I love the start were they are about to invade the house of the Mafia Druglord. The only thing that still ticks me off after all these years is that Seagal dies before he can deliver some mindblowing fightscenes. It should have been Russel that that jumped out of the plane.......NOT Seagal. That still ticks me off so bad becouse the movie could have been so awesome if Seagal would have been onboard that plane in the entire movie.
But let's hope that Under Siege 3 is made and that it will take that plot up again.
ED would have worked, though on a very different level, if Seagal's character had remained "alive". What I found interesting was the chemistry between Seagal's character and Russell's - it worked, and would have made for a film with more character depth - but heaven forfend we should have character development in an action movie! I thought, short though it was, it was one of Seagal's better performances. Even if his character got killed nearer the end of the movie, it would have made for an interesting film, with the way the two characters, Russell's and Seagal's, played off each other.
As regards Seagal's performance and why I think it was good - I think it was because the pressure was off - he wasn't the star, he could relax, and he ended up with a better performance.
I noticed the same thing about Ticker - as awful as the movie as a whole was, Seagal's performance was still very good, again, for the same reason, I think - because he wasn't the star, and so he could relax.
As regards Seagal's performance and why I think it was good - I think it was because the pressure was off - he wasn't the star, he could relax, and he ended up with a better performance.
I noticed the same thing about Ticker - as awful as the movie as a whole was, Seagal's performance was still very good, again, for the same reason, I think - because he wasn't the star, and so he could relax.
Amos Stevens
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Glad you got the movie-I recall Seagal saying in an interview that he didn't want his fans thinking his characters was invincible.I still say he had on a parachute & they just didn't want him showing up at the end of the movie taking away from Kurt Russells fan fare 
Webmaster FU&D!
Ardent Seagal Fan
FU&D! Original Review - Executive Decision - 1/4 guns
In his first non-starring role, Seagal plays Lt. Colonel Austin Travis. Up until recently, I have not seen this movie on general principle, as the Seagal character gets killed in the first part of the movie. This fact alone violates one of my major cannons: Steven Seagal never ever dies! Never! I have no choice but to sparingly award this movie the sole gun of disapproval.
However, having finally seen the movie, I have to admit it's a pretty good thriller although I still don't see why the Seagal character had to be killed off. The movie would've functioned just as well with him in it. To give you the low-down, Seagal is the leader of an elite and ethnically diverse (seriously, every race has a token representative) counter-terrorist strike team. When an aircraft carrier is hijacked by Arab terrorists, they plan a daring mid-air raid masterminded by Kurt Russell, who works in a covert DC thinktank. What we do get to see of Seagal, we like: a take-down of a Russian mob house in the opening sequence and the briefing in advance of the mission to re-take the passenger jet.
This is exactly the kind of role that I've been saying Seagal should take for years, and they ruin it all in the mid-air transfer where Seagal falls to his death.
Anyway, Kurt Russell does a pretty decent job, David Suchet is excellent as always, and there are some good plot twists. See it as you would see any other action/thriller, but don't see as a Seagal flick!
Check out my website for screencaps and audio clips.
In his first non-starring role, Seagal plays Lt. Colonel Austin Travis. Up until recently, I have not seen this movie on general principle, as the Seagal character gets killed in the first part of the movie. This fact alone violates one of my major cannons: Steven Seagal never ever dies! Never! I have no choice but to sparingly award this movie the sole gun of disapproval.
However, having finally seen the movie, I have to admit it's a pretty good thriller although I still don't see why the Seagal character had to be killed off. The movie would've functioned just as well with him in it. To give you the low-down, Seagal is the leader of an elite and ethnically diverse (seriously, every race has a token representative) counter-terrorist strike team. When an aircraft carrier is hijacked by Arab terrorists, they plan a daring mid-air raid masterminded by Kurt Russell, who works in a covert DC thinktank. What we do get to see of Seagal, we like: a take-down of a Russian mob house in the opening sequence and the briefing in advance of the mission to re-take the passenger jet.
This is exactly the kind of role that I've been saying Seagal should take for years, and they ruin it all in the mid-air transfer where Seagal falls to his death.
Anyway, Kurt Russell does a pretty decent job, David Suchet is excellent as always, and there are some good plot twists. See it as you would see any other action/thriller, but don't see as a Seagal flick!
Check out my website for screencaps and audio clips.
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
This is the only movie i didnt like of stevens for the fact he dies in this one which in my eyes that just doesnt happen noway, no how,no where...i bawled like an big baby when he died in this movie and iam not ashamed to say so either ..in this movie he went from hero to zero............it hurts me to say that please forgive me steven..
Littledragon
Above The Law
Webmaster FU&D! said:In his first non-starring role, Seagal plays Lt. Colonel Austin Travis. Up until recently, I have not seen this movie on general principle, as the Seagal character gets killed in the first part of the movie. This fact alone violates one of my major cannons: Steven Seagal never ever dies! Never! I have no choice but to sparingly award this movie the sole gun of disapproval.
However, having finally seen the movie, I have to admit it's a pretty good thriller although I still don't see why the Seagal character had to be killed off. The movie would've functioned just as well with him in it. To give you the low-down, Seagal is the leader of an elite and ethnically diverse (seriously, every race has a token representative) counter-terrorist strike team. When an aircraft carrier is hijacked by Arab terrorists, they plan a daring mid-air raid masterminded by Kurt Russell, who works in a covert DC thinktank. What we do get to see of Seagal, we like: a take-down of a Russian mob house in the opening sequence and the briefing in advance of the mission to re-take the passenger jet.
This is exactly the kind of role that I've been saying Seagal should take for years, and they ruin it all in the mid-air transfer where Seagal falls to his death.
Anyway, Kurt Russell does a pretty decent job, David Suchet is excellent as always, and there are some good plot twists. See it as you would see any other action/thriller, but don't see as a Seagal flick!
Check out my website for screencaps and audio clips.
The movie was not even worth watching because Seagal died, I had no clue why they had to make Seagal die!
ORANGATUANG
Wildfire
Bah-Humbug...