A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of... Read allA mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.
- Kruger
- (as Langley Jack Kirkwood)
- Elder Butler
- (as Fahruq Valley-Omar)
- Radio Jones
- (as Zaa Nikweta)
- TV Reporter
- (as Shirley Brenner)
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Look, we all know the plot by now. Bad People with Foreign Accents plan to do Bad Things to Good People with Domestic Accents. Seagal is the only man standing between blah and blah and blah de blah blah. OK, we know. We know. Let's just enjoy the ride.
The problem is that the "plot" of this movie jumps around so much that it's impossible to keep track of who is doing what to who and why. Really, I couldn't keep track of Good People and the Bad People, or when they switches sides or why, or which side Black Tech Guy is on from minute to minute.
On the plus sides, Seagal does his own "fight" scenes, but they're just sad now. His leathery skin clearly makes him invulnerable to conventional weapons, and while he does his usual twist/lock work, he's also forced to do some strikes that are simply pathetic. The guy can barely punch past his own belly these days.
The highlights are the supporting cast. Jacqueline Lord is surprisingly competent, and looks like she should have been in a lot more productions than her resume suggests. She clearly missed out on her big break a decade or so ago, but does well as mature totty.
Matt... uh, sorry, Luke Goss owns the few scenes that he's in, but there's just not enough of them to save this movie, and they're irrelevant anyway since Seagal is playing his usual immortal Myrmidon Let's give Goss the last word though: "This is unbelievable," he opines, and there's not much to disabuse that notion here.
"The man's a f*cking ghost."
Did you know
- TriviaSteven Seagal and Michael Kenneth Williams became close on set, but had a falling out because Seagal wouldn't stop incessantly talking about Jason Statham.
- GoofsIn the restroom fight, several of John's punches clearly miss, yet there is a punch sound.
- Quotes
John Seeger: [coming out of the toilet] You looking for me?
Motorcycle Hitman: [aiming gun] Yeah. That's it for you, poephol!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Mercenary for Justice (2011)
- SoundtracksGet Away
Written by Danny Camaro
Published by Source in Sync Music/Engine Co 35 Music
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 31m(91 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1