Hi All,
This is, of course, another direct to video flick and turns out to be one of Seagals best outings in the past few years.
The film runs for 1 hour and 32 minutes and if you remove the 'F' word and its derivatives from the story it runs for about 18.
John Ballister (Seagal) is out for revenge. His son, a cop, has been apparently murdered in a random drive by shooting, but Seagal is intent on "Getting the 'MF' who killed my son".
This leads him to East LA where he meets Liezi Carstens, who is a lovely lady who rents him a room. She occupies a thankless role in this film and could have made a love interest should it have developed further.
To find out who killed his son, Ballister sets out to beat the **** out of all the Hispanic and black gang members in the area. Doe he get justice? Watch and you will see.
The fight scenes are well choreographed with very little use being made of a stunt double. It is Seagal doing the arse-kicking for once.
It is a great film? No. Will he get an Academy Award nomination? No, but it does have it's humour. For example, black gang leader Eddie Griffin orders his henchmen to kill Seagal and when they fail he stares out the window of his penthouse appartment and moans "They just don't make niggers like they used to". Also, when some members of another black gang ask why he's got some whites in his gang he replies with "I am an affirmation action employer"
You'll forget it 10 mintes after its over, but its a fun ride while you're there.
Jack