As in the past, I've written about Steven and his redundant movie plots. To amuse myself before the movie began, I made a pre-movie check list to see if all my predictions would come true. First I wrote down all the main characters names and placed a a "K" and "F" by their name for kill or fight.
I added all minor characters, such as good guys or bad guys and their worth to the movie. Explosions, firearms and vehicles were also in the mix. I was now ready to start watching the movie. Here is what I observed:
John, Main Character (Seagal)- Kills: 17 Fights: 6 Weapons: 3 pistols, 1 shotgun, 1 knife
Chi, Main Character ( Johns Cohort) - Kills: 9 Fights: 9 Weapons: 1 pistol, 1 knife
Van Horn, Minor Character (Bad Guy) - Kills: 1 Fights: 1 Weapons: 1 pistol, 1 knife, 1 pipe
Sergei, Minor Character (Johns Friend) - Died of unknown causes
Nadia, Minor Character ( Girl on the run) - Kills: 1 Weapons: 1 pistol
Woman in hospital bed (Johns wife?) -Presumed died in hospital of some disease (only seen in Johns daydreams.
Non Essential Goons: Killed: 25
Vehicles: Trucks, SUV's, cars. All black
Explosions: 1 Building, 1 SUV
As the typical Seagal movie goes. he's a quiet guy that has his friends or loved ones die. He retaliates and kills everyone in sight to achieve his goal of not being the bad guy even though he is a bad guy (contract killer) in the movie. The only noticable thing different in this movie is that there were no military aircraft. And in all movies Seagal has made there is at least one walk away from all the chaos that he's left behind. If you like Seagal movies, by all means please watch this one. It shows an out of shape Seagal wearing an overcoat most of the time to hide his girth, plus he doesn't move like a graceful ballerina in his fight scenes. He rarely removes his fancy shades and in all his military style invasive moves to gain the upper hand on the bad guys you can see the training he has received as a real life Sheriff in Louisiana. It's like watching an episode of Cops. By the way, never emerge from an elevator or jump out from behind a wall or doorway. Seagal will shoot you in the head. The guy never misses. Oh....I shouldn't forget that he gets the girl in the end. Imagine that! Unbeleivable. If you do watch the movie wait for the part where he goes out to buy clothes for this run away woman. Without knowing her size or what she would like to wear, he brings back two bags of clothes and the next time the woman appears she's wear a nice ensemble of tight leather pants and form fitting shirt, all black.....of course! Steven knows about womans leather clothes. LOL
Overall, I'll give this movie a 2 out of 5 stars. And a 2 is pushing it!
