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Thursday, August 23, 2007Movies: Out For Justice (1991)/Mercenary For Justice (2006) Labels: Movies 2 Comments:
Wouldn't you know it? I too have a soft spot for Seagal.
He had three movies in a row which, I would argue (and someone else whose name I forget perhaps Joe Queenan), are the pinacle of early nineties action movies: Marked For Death, Out For Justice and Under Seige. If only he'd just made those and stopped... Actually I had a drunken theory the other night that most action movie stars get three good movies: 1) The first low budget one that makes their name (not nessecarily their first movie) 2) Then the one right after that with the bigger budget that makes a tidy profit 3) One with a huge budget that so stretchs the star's star power that it flops and the star is only ever seen again in Prague and on the shelves of discerning video stores. It's not fully formed, hey! I was drunk, but you can see the point and, looking at it now, it doesn't just cover action stars...
That's a sound theory, Paul, drunk or not. In Seagal's case I would put his first movie, Above The Law, on that list. Smarter than it needs to be, with good action, political stuff that doesn't get in the way, and quality supporting actors (Henry Silva, Pam Grier, Sharon Stone). No surprise that Seagal reteamed with director Andrew Davis for his biggest hit, Under Siege. Davis also directed Chuck Norris's best movie, Code of Silence.
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I neglected to mention that David Lee Henry, who wrote Out For Justice, is also responsible for Roadhouse. Where's that honorary Oscar?
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