gunslinger
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Well done to Justice for finding out all of the new info on Yakuza but this is all very confusing. Hannibal Pictures insist their Yakuza is different to Seagal's but there are some very alarming coincidences.
The script Seagal commissioned in 2001, which obviously isn't being used by him, was about John Markham, same last name as the hero of Hannibal's project, a man raised in Japan and schooled in the ways of the samurai who has a falling out with his adoptive Japenese brother over a girl, like Hannibal's project again.
Cut to Amercia years later. Markham's a fed who is almost fatally wounded in an abortion clinic siege, similar to Hannibal again. A while after that he is called by a fellow agent who tells him his daughter has been kidnapped by the Yakuza and that he wants Markham to help him since he's familiar with Japan and the ways of the Yakuza.
Once back in Japan Markham is reunited with his bitter adopted brother, the girl who split them up and his old sensei who brings him back to his former self. There was this whole weird sequence where Markham is apparently killed and resurrected three days later (like Jesus) and comes back as his bad old ass kicking self.
As you can see there are many similarities between the Hannibal project and the Seagal commissioned script.
If anyone wants to check out the details they can go to IGN Film Force, highlight The Stax Report and go to the month of August 2001 for Stax's review.
I also have an email address for someone at Franchise. It's pretty old so I'm not too sure if it'll work but here it is:
npielak@franchisepictures.com
Maybe Franchise can clear up the confusion.
Hope this helps.
The script Seagal commissioned in 2001, which obviously isn't being used by him, was about John Markham, same last name as the hero of Hannibal's project, a man raised in Japan and schooled in the ways of the samurai who has a falling out with his adoptive Japenese brother over a girl, like Hannibal's project again.
Cut to Amercia years later. Markham's a fed who is almost fatally wounded in an abortion clinic siege, similar to Hannibal again. A while after that he is called by a fellow agent who tells him his daughter has been kidnapped by the Yakuza and that he wants Markham to help him since he's familiar with Japan and the ways of the Yakuza.
Once back in Japan Markham is reunited with his bitter adopted brother, the girl who split them up and his old sensei who brings him back to his former self. There was this whole weird sequence where Markham is apparently killed and resurrected three days later (like Jesus) and comes back as his bad old ass kicking self.
As you can see there are many similarities between the Hannibal project and the Seagal commissioned script.
If anyone wants to check out the details they can go to IGN Film Force, highlight The Stax Report and go to the month of August 2001 for Stax's review.
I also have an email address for someone at Franchise. It's pretty old so I'm not too sure if it'll work but here it is:
npielak@franchisepictures.com
Maybe Franchise can clear up the confusion.
Hope this helps.
And even then it was only a 30 sec video clip.
