Film club: One year of Steven Seagal

[Crispy]

Y'all better be watching them on VHS

 

[DotCommunist]

yes, with the ropeyist cover art possible

 

[Lord Camomile]

 

[ska invita]

In fact there are several on youtube...
True Justice
Executive Decision
Born to Raise Hell
Extreme Justice
jsutice of Violence <this film feels like its been made by an algorithm

im sure theres more....

 

[mauvais]

You only need to watch about three minutes of Executive Decision, if that helps.

You will have to listen to all his music too though.

 

[ska invita]

Im going in on Above the Law - looks good so far -Its even got Pam Grier and Sharon Stone in it!

next up is Hard to Kill

 

[Fez909]

next up is Hard to Kill

whoa there! this is a year of seagal, not a week. Don't burn yourself out

 

[ska invita]

whoa there! this is a year of seagal, not a week. Don't burn yourself out

its just cued up

 

[DotCommunist]

hard to kill is a great action film. Shotguns ftw.

 

[Orang Utan]

You only need to watch about three minutes of Executive Decision, if that helps.

You will have to listen to all his music too though.

Isn't thunderbox English slang for toilet?

 

[DotCommunist]

I always considered site toilets to be the thunderbox. Them free standing ones with a chemical flush. Anywhere indoors would be the shitter, the bog, check your profanisaurus for further synonyms

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought it was from the Raj. Paul Scott talks about in detail in Staying On

 

[DexterTCN]

When Seagal appeared...martial arts films were dying and a joke in the west. His movie form of aikido was devastating, original and flowing. He wasn't the normal 'finally pushed too far' hero...more likely to punch a baby if it looked at him wrong.

It was refreshing and enjoyable.

All that straight to video stuff he does...apparently he gets around £3 mill for each one. With little discernible acting talent he does very well.

 

[Orang Utan]

Steven Seagal is so busy he needs two watches

 

[ska invita]

There are a few low points in Hard to Kill, but I cant believe they stooped to this pussy joke for Kelly leBrok

Considering the lack of realism in this film, one good thing about his fight scenes is theyre really short - people get hurt and die quickly and realistically - none of this taking endless damage and getting up again.
Though Steven is a little too good at dodging bullets.

Supposedly the studio hacked this film to pieces. It feels that way.

 

[blairsh]

*subscribes to thread*

 

[Fez909]

OK, despite ska invita invita rushing ahead, we're still in week #1

I'm currently downloading a BluRay (sorry Crispy ) of Above the Law and if I don't fall asleep I'll be watching it tonight. I can stick it on YouTube if anyone wants to have a Fishco screening - maybe on Tuesday night?

Anyone else who's in, please watch it before Friday

Above the Law (1988) - imdb

Martial arts hero Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this thrill ride -- a cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set. Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing. When the FBI orders his squad to ignore the mysterious shipment of military explosives they seized from a notorious narcotics dealer, Nico defiantly pursues his own investigation. With the help of his partner Jax (Pam Grier), he sifts through a tangled web of Catholic priests, illegal immigrants, and trained assassins to uncover a drug cartel run directly out of the CIA by an official named Zagon Henry Silva. Nico remembers the man from his CIA days in Vietnam, when Zagon used the agency (and the war) as a front for smuggling opium. At the time, Nico was too outranked to thwart him, but he will no longer let Zagon abuse his position to remain immune from prosecution -- especially now that the official has plans to murder a U.S. senator. Zagon may be above the law of most men, but he is certainly not above Nico's.

 

[Orang Utan]

This ace tune samples Marked For Death, the movie in which Steven Seagal meets some Jamaicans and kills them:

 

[ska invita]

This ace tune samples Marked For Death, the movie in which Steven Seagal meets some Jamaicans and kills them:

Much sampled....
Also this Foulplay one

Spoiler: screw

and this one was the most famous id say

Spoiler: Lords of the Nul

pretty sure there are others...

 

[ska invita]

Much sampled....
Also this Foulplay one

Spoiler: screw

and this one was the most famous id say

Spoiler: Lords of the Nul

pretty sure there are others...

turns out JOHNNY!!! is also from Marked for Death - in fact Steven's character is Johnny...

Spoiler: ya bad boy

 

[DotCommunist]

see if you did this with arnie you'd come up with a years list of films that actually contain moments of true glory. Predator. Twins. The first two terminator films. Granted, you'd end up watching that one where he is the first man to ever give birth by december, but that is a small price to pay.

 

[ska invita]

Hah an another Marked for Death sample

Spoiler: Pascal and Sponge - I Got You

 

[Fez909]

Might do a stream of Above the Law tomorrow if anyone's interested?

 

[Fez909]

arnie...moments of true glory...Twins

 

[ska invita]

see if you did this with arnie you'd come up with a years list of films that actually contain moments of true glory. Predator. Twins. The first two terminator films. Granted, you'd end up watching that one where he is the first man to ever give birth by december, but that is a small price to pay.

tbf to SS the action sequences in his films (so far) have a level of realism thats really refreshing (in amongst lots of sillyness) - theyre much more in the 70s realist US tradition than Arnie films (with a big dose of 80s style tv movie on top). It makes for an entertaining mix

 

[ska invita]

So is anyone doing this or shall i plow on on my own? Out for Justice awaits!

Even more tracks that sample Marked for Death! What do you mean you don't care?

Amen Andrews vs Spac Hand Luke (Luke Vibert) - Screwface
Ninj - Screwface Is Dead
Dubtronix - Screwface
Plasmic Life Featuring Alistar ‎– Death Trip

 

[pesh]

Above the Law on the DL

 

[ska invita]

Out for Justice was a really interesting one. Its not the Godfather and its not Goodfellas, and Italian-Americans probably hate it, but for all that, as per usual, theres an element of gritiness in amongst all the cartoonishness that feels real somehow. And this might be the only film in his entire career in which he genuinely acts - he does a Bronx Italian accent and everything! I enjoyed this one a lot tbh.

And next up was Under Siege which was better than I remember it - apart from a couple of really cheesey moments and some shitty sideplot with the playboy model, its a classic action film...reminded me a lot of Die Hard in fact. Strong supporting cast.

Next though is On Deadly Ground which Im not hopeful about!

 

[Orang Utan]

Out for Justice was a really interesting one. Its not the Godfather and its not Goodfellas, and Italian-Americans probably hate it, but for all that, as per usual, theres an element of gritiness in amongst all the cartoonishness that feels real somehow. And this might be the only film in his entire career in which genuinely acts - he does a Bronx Italian accent and everything! I enjoyed this one a lot tbh.

And next up was Under Siege which was better than I remember it - apart from a couple of really cheesey moments and some shitty sideplot with the playboy model, its a classic action film...reminded me a lot of Die Hard in fact. Strong supporting cast.

Next though is On Deadly Ground which Im not hopeful about!

It's the best one!

 

[ska invita]

It's the best one!

On Deadly Ground is?