A man is, after 14 years in special ops and 6 years wrongfully imprisoned, in the middle of a Chinese triad/corrupt police shootout saving a Russian gangster's son and liberating a Chinese girl and a bag of money. The girl asks for help. After serving 6 years for a crime he didn't commit, Shane Daniels is released from jail with an apology from the State of Arizona. Within hours of his freedom, he unluckily bears witness to a cop killing by Chinese mafia who have a kidnapped girl and a bag of drugmoney. In this action packed thrill ride, Shane agreed to help the girl to get her uncle back to safety. To do that he gets some help from Russian mafia, whose boss owns him a favor for saving his son from the Chinese cop killing action that happened before. If you like non-stop action and scene after scene of gun battles, then this film is for you. Steven Seagal plays a large, soft-spoken lumbering man whose martial arts hands (and legs) are quicker than the eye. He looks 20+ years and 30+ pounds past his prime. The character he plays is – well, it's not important, because the story is so unimportant. It's just a vehicle for action and violence: explosions, knifings, bone breaking, head slamming, death by saw and emotionless executions.<br/><br/>I must admit this is not the kind of film I would normally watch, no less review. But I saw it because an old high school buddy had a prominent role (Jerry Wasserman playing a crooked cop; for the short amount of time he was on screen, he was fine).<br/><br/>The direct-to-DVD movie was a great vehicle for the special effects man (if you like those kind of effects) and he should have been well-paid. Certainly more than the writers or actors received.<br/><br/>The one decent thing about the film was the music. Actually it was a great score. Good enough for me to give a higher "score" to the overall film, raising it to a "2." ANYTHING with Mr. 'SEA-GULL' is so pointless, so god-awful…it's beyond me how it gets made (in this case Mr.S. was the executive producer - a-ha! THAT'S how). Must be to satiate his…(ugh!) 'fans.' <br/><br/>Here is yet another opus where Mr. S. - and ONLY Mr. S. - as some super-secret top-of-the-line Special Forces überman can save the heroine from the 'Dick Dastardly' of this LATEST (but not last) Steven S. cardboard classic.<br/><br/>The only purpose this straight-to-video opus does, is allow the viewer the privilege of PAYING to see Mr. S., rather than watch him for free on cable. It also keeps some people in work at the .99 stores. <br/><br/>It IS a great film (if you get-off on z-grade films that you don't take seriously, but, unfortunately, Mr. S. DOES (why?). <br/><br/>Don't waste money on such trifle - just burn it instead. Or, help the homeless - give THEM the money you'd waste on this…masterpiece - Then go home and watch 'snow' on your set - it'll be more interesting than watching These yabbos 'emote' in.<br/><br/>Last, remember, Mr. Sea-GAL is on cable (!) with his own show, where he has a REAL job - as a bloated, sad 'cop' (with a camera crew?!?!?) in some small town. Yup, only in Ameri…
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