Most of his other films are childish and fascist. There really is nothing to save the first few films apart from the bone crunching brutality. If you like films with a bit more 'soul' this one has it.
It's hokey and Seagal is certainly at his cheesiest but that doesn't detract from this film in my opinion. Under Siege 1&2 were good actioners, and stunts and thrills were right up there. But what really saved them was the villains - Tommy Lee Jones in 1 and Macgill/Bogosian in the 2nd. But there were fairly poor die hard clones...
Fire Down Below again gives Seagal a chance to highlight an issue he felt strongly about - environmental pollution, which he also explored more fully in On Deadly Ground. Kudos to this guy for inserting important issues into what is otherwise a meaningless format.
Nice characters no big haired, big lipped, 80s women flocking to get with him. Harry Dean Stanton is fairly miss-able but carries it and Kristooferson just does what he does.
We've seen it a few times and we're going to watch it again tonight. If you like Seagal maybe this one will grow on you too...
It's hokey and Seagal is certainly at his cheesiest but that doesn't detract from this film in my opinion. Under Siege 1&2 were good actioners, and stunts and thrills were right up there. But what really saved them was the villains - Tommy Lee Jones in 1 and Macgill/Bogosian in the 2nd. But there were fairly poor die hard clones...
Fire Down Below again gives Seagal a chance to highlight an issue he felt strongly about - environmental pollution, which he also explored more fully in On Deadly Ground. Kudos to this guy for inserting important issues into what is otherwise a meaningless format.
Nice characters no big haired, big lipped, 80s women flocking to get with him. Harry Dean Stanton is fairly miss-able but carries it and Kristooferson just does what he does.
We've seen it a few times and we're going to watch it again tonight. If you like Seagal maybe this one will grow on you too...