Under Siege
by Andrew Davis
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Actor: Colm Meaney, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey, Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee JonesDirector: Andrew Davis
Cinematographer: Frank Tidy
Editor: Don Brochu
Editor: Robert A. Ferretti
Editor: Dov Hoenig
Editor: Dennis Virkler
Producer: Gary W. Goldstein
Producer: J.F. Lawton
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-08-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Movie Reviews of Under Siege
Movie Review: Awesome movie,But Segal's Best ?....Not Really
Summary: 4 Stars
If you ask any non Seagal fan..Or even some Die Hard Seagal fans, they might tell you that Under Siege is his best movie. and according to Amazon " Seagal can consider himself lucky if he ever makes a better movie than this one" Seagal has never been an academy award wining actor, and I don't think he will ever be; but you have to give him credit for making some bone crushing good flicks (at least his early ones)
Under Siege is thought to be Seagal's best due to its similarity to Die Hard. Even at one point it was given a slogan of "Die Hard on A Battleship" Under siege is one of Seagal's best films, but I as a Segal fan don't think it's #1. I give #1 probably to Out for Justice, Hard To Kill or Marked For Death. The reason why I don't regard this as numero uno is because it feels as if they were actually working up on Die hard a bit. Also Seagal's fights are a bit short and at times in the dark; And not to mention the last fight with Tommy Lee Jones, it's too short and the violence is censored. But other than that the movie is a top notch action extravaganza, the action is great and the story too.
In the movie Seagal plays Casey Rayback...he is a cook for battleship USS Missouri. Rayback has to prepare a meal for a special surprise party for The Captain (Patrick O'Neal) but the surprise is the new arrivals, which seem like musicians and caterers but in fact are invaders that are planning to overtake the ship to steal its arsenal of nuclear Tomahawk cruise missiles. The overtaking went as planned, the people on board are taken as hostage.But...they didn't plan on the cook. Aside from being a cook he is an Ex petty officer/Navy seal who has been given medals many times and is an expert in martial arts and his specialty is counter-terrorism...oh boy..The bad guys chose the wrong ship to overtake. The movie is filled with great lines, and some quirky humor. This is Seagal while he still was the champ. Worth owning, for sure.
MY PERSONAL RATING: 4 OUT OF 5
Summary of Under Siege
Steven Seagal can consider himself lucky if he ever makes a better movie than this one, which was appropriately dubbed "Die Hard on a battleship" when released in 1992. Seagal handles the heroic duties with his usual wooden efficiency, but the movie's greatest assets are a punchy script and the scene-stealing performances of Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey. The two play leaders of a terrorist group who take over the venerable battleship USS Missouri during its final commissioned voyage. They're crazed psychotics who seize control of the ship's nuclear arsenal, but they don't know that Seagal--as the ship's cook, no less--is a former Navy hero, lurking in the shadows and waiting to spoil their nefarious scheme. Director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) helms the action with skillful style, and as the cheesecake stripper who proves handy with a hand grenade, Playboy Playmate-turned-actress Erika Eleniak gives Seagal another reason to strut his macho stuff. Under Siege is hormonal hokum for gun-happy viewers, but as action movies go, this one's a definite guilty pleasure. --Jeff ShannonAction & Adventure DVD Video
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