Seagal isn't past it yet and he's not quite the zen grandfather yet. Maybe in a few years we'll see Karate Kid 4, retitled as Aikido Kid, with Seagal in the Miyagi role, but I think he still has some ass kicking to offer. There's little excuse for him to not be doing his own fights at his age. Harrison Ford is 63, and still does a lot of stunt work himself. Stallone is coming up 60 and has just donned his gloves for a massive fight in Rocky 6. I know that those guys are in much better shape than Seagal, but surely he must be able to do more.
As for watching Seagal for his acting, that isn't exactly riviting. The guy at best isn't a great actor and his best performances are still in his older films. Nowadays he doesn't even muster more than a wooden whisper and looks totally bored. It's even a bonus if he performs all his own dialogue.
It's not simply Seagal's standard of movie that annoys some of us, and we are genuine fans who have a right to want a minimum standard, it's the fact that he gets double for his fights, he uses stand in's for shots, he doesn't act anymore he merely appears. Now I could forgive the overwieght thing, that's not a problem cause I enjoy wathcing Sammo Hung who still does the business. What I can't forgive is laziness. It owuld also help if instead of doing 5 or 6 movies a year which are mostly dreadful, average at best, he should do a couple and perhaps the participation in them and the quality might improve. It still annoys me seeing him double so much, even in that Orange ad he had a stand in.
I have to agree with the original poster on this one. At 5 million a film, the least Seagal could do is put some effort in. He at least needs to find prjects that enthuse him a bit more. Into The Sun was actually okay, because Seagal clearly wanted to be there and he did most of his fighting. Fingers crossed he films in Japan again.
Of course I won;t be dumping my Seagal allegience if he does a few more stinkers, I'll carry on watching whatever he churns out, although that may be via downloading rather than renting or purchasing, but I won't stop. If I had thatr sort of attitude I'd have given up being and Aston Villa fan a long time ago!