maybe Kiss Of The Dragon didn't cost very much because it was shot in France
it's difficult to make nice action/martial art flicks nowadays, even with good stunts and choregraphy, not many people will pay for this, so budgets are not very big
You have to add some comedy (Rush Hour), Sci-fi & sfx (Matrix), or thriller elements & good actors (The Hunted) to make it interesting for the audience
Seagal's fighting is less and less interesting, it looks like he's not gonna make a comedy or use wires&sfx, and lately we haven't seen him with good actors in interesting stories...
I love his older movies, but I think his next projects will be bad movies, unless he loses some weight, improve his fighting and work with a choregrapher, and make bigger budget movies like Under Siege & Exit Wounds