I've never been a big fan of Steven Seagal for a couple of reasons. The main one is that I never felt he had the charisma to be a big action star. I mean next to Stallone or Schwarzenegger(or even a Chuck Norris) he really pales in comparison. Also most of his big movies were made in the 90s when cinema in American was at a real low-point. Having successfully avoided his movies for all these years I finally sat through this one at a recent drunken-movie night gathering of a few friends. With the right intoxicants this one was at least mildly amusing despite the dreadful music. William Forsythe as the insane mafioso bad-guy who shoots innocent women in the head at traffic stops really helps up the entertainment value here. There's also a bit of extreme violence including a meat cleaver to the hand and a guy who gets one of his legs blown off by a shotgun. Seagal himself is pretty annoying though with his ultra-fake Brooklyn accent. Maybe if I watch that movie he made with Pam Grier one day I'll at least grow to tolerate him more.
The Germans simplify the title even more!:
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