Funksonic7
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Steven Seagal has the brains & the ability even at his age to be a solid actor. He seems to recognize the importance & value of exposing yourself to different challenges in his life except for 1 thing, his movie roles. He basically has played the same character within the same type of movie since day 1. Not only that, the only time there was an attempt to show depth in 1 of his characters was his role in Out for Justice where he actually not only spoke more than 10 sentences but also projected his voice naturally. As far as his martial arts choreography, why is he or his production people trying to jump on the "crouching tiger" / "matrix" bandwagon & going as far as to use body doubles now during these sequences. What happened to the realistcally street & the pure Aikido approach that was so impactful & unique (for example, the bar fight/pool table scene in Out for Justice) or the shopping store fight scene found in Marked for Death????
He really needs to get back to the basics of Aikido in his movies & atthe same time challenge himself to take on different types of roles like " the bad guy" or more drama based &/or comedy based movie roles. Also, start surrounding yourself with higher calibur actors even if it means not having the leading role. He has only done this once in his career as far as I'm concerned. That is, with Tommy Lee Jones & Gary Busey & maybe Kurt Russell. Take on projects that would at least start to change our 1 dimensional perceptions of him. Take notes from Deniro who refuses to do anymore mob-like movies just in time before he was to be typecasted into that role for the rest of his career. If Seagal is actually going to be the bad guy in Rush Hour 3, this would be a step in the right direction. But I have to see it to believe because so far no one has been able to confirm this.
He really needs to get back to the basics of Aikido in his movies & atthe same time challenge himself to take on different types of roles like " the bad guy" or more drama based &/or comedy based movie roles. Also, start surrounding yourself with higher calibur actors even if it means not having the leading role. He has only done this once in his career as far as I'm concerned. That is, with Tommy Lee Jones & Gary Busey & maybe Kurt Russell. Take on projects that would at least start to change our 1 dimensional perceptions of him. Take notes from Deniro who refuses to do anymore mob-like movies just in time before he was to be typecasted into that role for the rest of his career. If Seagal is actually going to be the bad guy in Rush Hour 3, this would be a step in the right direction. But I have to see it to believe because so far no one has been able to confirm this.