Hard to Kill

Rating:
Summary: Worth seeing...and you can take that to the bank
Review: This movie is worth seeing for five reasons:

1) Emotional storyline. Kill a guy's family, put him in prison, and you've got the making of a high-octane story. Yes, maybe it's not CASABLANCA but it taps into our deepest emotions and desires. Including trying to get your son back.

2) Martial arts. Love the sequence where Steven Seagal is training. Very Eastern. Very authentic.

3) William Sadler as Senator Vernon Trent. Hollywood's most underrated character actor and villain turns in an understated performance. Very smooth and slick.

4) Seagal's romance. Yes, it's cheesy, but I'm a chick. Sue me.

5) The hot tub scene with Sadler. Again, sue me.

Rating:
Summary: Steve At His Finest!
Review: This was definitely one of Steven Segal's finest films. Playing the role of a policeman Segal video tapes a crooked politician striking a deal with underworld elements. This causes hired killers to invade his home. This invasion causes the death of his wife and places our hero in a 7 year coma. His son is raised by a fellow policeman. Segal comes out of his coma and narrowily escapes being killed again. The pretty nurse takes him to an isolated retreat where he regains his health. The crooked politician has now become a U.S. Senator. Through the efforts of our hero the politician is brought down and our hero gains revenge. This is a must see video.

Rating:
Summary: Another early feature of Seagal's
Review: True,this Seagal flick is a bit more spaced-out and repetitive than most of his flicks and it has a tendancy to shy away from it's grounding as an action flick into thriller territory.But this is still a classic in his league.There are some fabulous fight sequences towards the end,Seagal has one of the coolest names in action movie history,Mason Storm,and I have to say this is the only real film of his which I can appreciate as a piece of entertainment.In other words,there's no moral to the story like there seems to be in every other one of his flicks (i.e. On Deadly Ground,Marked for Death,The Patriot,Nico et al),it's just a film,not a piece of social commentary.Jean Claude Van Damme could just as easily have been in the lead role here.A Seagal flick on its own.