This is basically a story or revenge. Proud Italian cop, Gino Felino (Seagal in one of his better acting efforts) is chasing down bad guy, wannabe mobster, chicken s..t piece of puke, Richie Madano, played with such villainry by character actor, William Forsythe, (gees Steve must get sick of being surrounded by good actors). Richie had his own reasons for gunning down a neighborhood friend/and dirty cop, Bobby Lupo, Gino's partner and best friend, who we only meet at the start, before Seagal throws a black pimp through the windshield of a car. Well, not entirely. He came charging at Steve and you can pretty much fill in the rest, cause you know what happens to anyone who does that. Now why did the pimp get angry at Steve. Well, just lets Seagal had his reasons. The pimp was getting throttled, because he was slapping one of his ho's around, who has gotten pregnant, and he was spouting off some threats to Seagal. They were lewd and disrespecting too, about family members. In this first scene, Steven sabotages this undercover operation, with this soon to be dead partner, on principal. This is Seagal's bloodiest film ever, as a number four outing, fans won't be disappointed if loving the others. It's a shame, that in today not so fortunate times, Seagal just resorts to dishing out crap, one b grade after the other, The Foreigner, a few years back was a joke. Most of this action charged movie, where Steve doesn't muck around here, has him trying to track Richie down, one instance, by chance, he spots him, where a car chase ensues, followed by some heavy violence, and much more later. One elongated scene, has Seagal, going to Richie's younger brother's, another piece of.... who runs a subterranean bar/snooker place. Insults and many fists are exchanged, and a lot of blows at Steve's hand, one guy spitting out a score of teeth for his futile attempt when actually trying to hit him. Bad mistake. Pool cues become weapons of death, where a cool and riveting stick fight ensues. Seagal too shares some childhoods stories, and there are other lighter and potent scenes, and we do see a lighter side to his character. I fully appreciated these scenes and they blend in well with the rest of the movie. We do too have the mafia who backs up Steve, in his quest to track down the enemy, who is tarnishing this mob's rep, with having authorities think Richie's with them which he's certainly not. Steven also makes a friend, a little puppy, who some d..k throws out a window, where the dog comes bite it's neglected owner in the last scene, another I appreciated. A good note to end this flick, on especially after the garbage has been taken out prefore OFJ is quite a good cop drama, with a lot of action and bloody violence, (I'm talking' the loss of a few body parts) where the cat and the mouse run rampant, which makes for a great moment of vengeance, when they finally do meet.
Review of Out for Justice
