Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
February 20, 2006
As a self-confessed Steven Seagal fan, I yearn for the days when Stevie was making theatrical releases along the lines of Under Siege (1992), The Glimmer Man (1996) and, to a lesser extent, Exit Wounds (2001). His later offerings are hard, even for me,...
Ladder 49
October 22, 2005
The fact that Ladder 49 (2004) celebrates firefighters is admirable in and of itself but it unfortunately portrays them in such a simplistic way that Ron Howard’s Backdraft (1991) seems like the epitome of moral complexity by comparison. You know you’re...
G.I. Jane
October 19, 2003
G.I. Jane flopped at the box office. This is an incontrovertible fact. It was a dead flop. As said in the movie ‘America is just not ready to see its young women come home in body bags’. However I think this film is still worthy of merit....
Half Past Dead
September 22, 2003
It’s time once again to let Daz loose on another offering from the Portly One, Steven Seagal. The film is Half Past Dead and what’s the betting that old Stevie plays a cop? Well actually it’s a FBI agent, and he goes undercover. The...
