"The Glimmer Man" is a strange cop movie. Not only is the plot very strange but the leading man...now he IS strange!
A bizarre serial killer has been loose in Los Angeles. He kills folks and then crucifies them, Jesus-style...all because God apparently tells him to do so! A New York cop, Detective Cole (Steven Segal), has experience with such matters, as he's a cop with a strange mystical background. Odder, he dresses anything but like a cop...with a golden Nehru-style dragon jacket in one part of the film and an American Indian style jacket in another. And, in true Segal fashion he mumbles a lot and kicks a lot of butt. However, he's not alone as he's been given a partner (Keenan Ivory Wayans)...and his partner seems really baffled at his odd-ball partner!
Through the course of the investigation, it slowly becomes apparent that there is a madman....and some mobsters are copying this style of killing as well. And, to try to throw Cole off the case, they kill the cop's ex-wife and husband...and plant evidence on the bodies to implicate Cole. This unleashes the maniac in Cole...and he is going to stop at nothing to bring everyone to justice.
While the script and Segal's character are both truly bizarre, the film has a lot going for it for action film fans. There are several scenes that are among the best action scenes you can find anywhere. The scene where Cole saves a suicidal man as well as the bar scene are simply genius in their execution. Segal, whether you like his acting or not, is incredible in these scenes earlier in his career...later, he just seemed more like a caricature in some of his films (and, strangely, has begun looking more and more like Bela Lugosi).
Overall, a film with some weird and dumb elements...but the action is so amazing that you can easily turn off your brain and just enjoy it for what it is. Great for Segal fans and still pretty good for everyone else.
A bizarre serial killer has been loose in Los Angeles. He kills folks and then crucifies them, Jesus-style...all because God apparently tells him to do so! A New York cop, Detective Cole (Steven Segal), has experience with such matters, as he's a cop with a strange mystical background. Odder, he dresses anything but like a cop...with a golden Nehru-style dragon jacket in one part of the film and an American Indian style jacket in another. And, in true Segal fashion he mumbles a lot and kicks a lot of butt. However, he's not alone as he's been given a partner (Keenan Ivory Wayans)...and his partner seems really baffled at his odd-ball partner!
Through the course of the investigation, it slowly becomes apparent that there is a madman....and some mobsters are copying this style of killing as well. And, to try to throw Cole off the case, they kill the cop's ex-wife and husband...and plant evidence on the bodies to implicate Cole. This unleashes the maniac in Cole...and he is going to stop at nothing to bring everyone to justice.
While the script and Segal's character are both truly bizarre, the film has a lot going for it for action film fans. There are several scenes that are among the best action scenes you can find anywhere. The scene where Cole saves a suicidal man as well as the bar scene are simply genius in their execution. Segal, whether you like his acting or not, is incredible in these scenes earlier in his career...later, he just seemed more like a caricature in some of his films (and, strangely, has begun looking more and more like Bela Lugosi).
Overall, a film with some weird and dumb elements...but the action is so amazing that you can easily turn off your brain and just enjoy it for what it is. Great for Segal fans and still pretty good for everyone else.