masterd48
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Directing/Overall: This is a very well made film, its professional, slick, looks and sounds like a well budgeted movie and Waxman knows how to direct a film. The locales all look good and its very much in the vein of Pistol Whipped looks wise-in other words quality and no jarring quick stylish cuts or any of that nonsense
Story: Despite the somewhat generic storyline, its execution is not your typical Seagal fare, in fact it reminds me a lot of kidnap style movies in the 70's; its slow, builds character and makes sure everything happens for a reason; there's lot of characters and things going on but you never lose track of the main story-in terms of execution, at times it just doesnt feel like your formulaic Seagal flick (good or bad thing I dont know, up to you)
Fights and Action: The shoot out scenes, car chases are all compotently handled, a lot like the Pistol Whipped scenes, lots of explosions, good shootouts, no slow motion; there are quite a few of these sequences and they are nice and loud; will give you speakers a working out. Fights wise, this isnt the movie for your Seagal kicks, Driven to Kill fares much better. we do get some excellent quick Seagal moves (disabling of weapons etc) but anything in the way of extended randori or throwing people about is pretty much absent; we just get the usual quick arm locks and crunching bones- a few 1 on 1 fights are very sloppily shot and end up doing the usual paddy cake and kick routine, its very dissapointing; any doubles are very disreetly hidden so thats not a problem for those of who fussing over these things-in general, you may feel cheated that there's so little Seagal beatdown action
Seagal himself: His first few lines of dialogue are dubbed, in fact the first things he says are dubbed; its not too distracting and there are no stupid stunt double shots of people walking around or getting out of cars etc. His performance is decent; he smiles, he cracks jokes, he has a few decent one liners but nothing major; this again is not your typical Seagal performance; he has a nice old school stand off early in the film with your typical put downs and bitch slapping but later on you realise this easily could have been a role for Wesley Snipes or Lundgren or Van Damme; there's ntohing about this role tht is uniquely Seagal
Acting in general: Above average, no one really stands out, no Brits pretending to be US, everyone does their job, eagle eye viewers will catch some supporting cast members from Renegade Justice lurking around
Overall: This doesnt really feel like a Seagal flick and there's not too much in it to accomodate his style of things like say Pistol Whipped. It is a very well executed kidnap movie with great visuals, a strong story and above average action scenes. This is a well thought out and planned script probably not designed for the hardcore Seagal fan; its a movie anyone could get into and appreciate; those expecting a throwback to the glory days will be bitterly dissapointed, and if you want your Seagal in badass mode, consider rewatching Ruslan to get your fix, as good as it is, The Keeper may dissapoint you for not giving you enough of the 'good stuff'
Story: Despite the somewhat generic storyline, its execution is not your typical Seagal fare, in fact it reminds me a lot of kidnap style movies in the 70's; its slow, builds character and makes sure everything happens for a reason; there's lot of characters and things going on but you never lose track of the main story-in terms of execution, at times it just doesnt feel like your formulaic Seagal flick (good or bad thing I dont know, up to you)
Fights and Action: The shoot out scenes, car chases are all compotently handled, a lot like the Pistol Whipped scenes, lots of explosions, good shootouts, no slow motion; there are quite a few of these sequences and they are nice and loud; will give you speakers a working out. Fights wise, this isnt the movie for your Seagal kicks, Driven to Kill fares much better. we do get some excellent quick Seagal moves (disabling of weapons etc) but anything in the way of extended randori or throwing people about is pretty much absent; we just get the usual quick arm locks and crunching bones- a few 1 on 1 fights are very sloppily shot and end up doing the usual paddy cake and kick routine, its very dissapointing; any doubles are very disreetly hidden so thats not a problem for those of who fussing over these things-in general, you may feel cheated that there's so little Seagal beatdown action
Seagal himself: His first few lines of dialogue are dubbed, in fact the first things he says are dubbed; its not too distracting and there are no stupid stunt double shots of people walking around or getting out of cars etc. His performance is decent; he smiles, he cracks jokes, he has a few decent one liners but nothing major; this again is not your typical Seagal performance; he has a nice old school stand off early in the film with your typical put downs and bitch slapping but later on you realise this easily could have been a role for Wesley Snipes or Lundgren or Van Damme; there's ntohing about this role tht is uniquely Seagal
Acting in general: Above average, no one really stands out, no Brits pretending to be US, everyone does their job, eagle eye viewers will catch some supporting cast members from Renegade Justice lurking around
Overall: This doesnt really feel like a Seagal flick and there's not too much in it to accomodate his style of things like say Pistol Whipped. It is a very well executed kidnap movie with great visuals, a strong story and above average action scenes. This is a well thought out and planned script probably not designed for the hardcore Seagal fan; its a movie anyone could get into and appreciate; those expecting a throwback to the glory days will be bitterly dissapointed, and if you want your Seagal in badass mode, consider rewatching Ruslan to get your fix, as good as it is, The Keeper may dissapoint you for not giving you enough of the 'good stuff'
