Robert Roten said in his review, “This film is so
derivative I could go on for paragraphs about all the other films it borrows
from. Suffice it to say it is a formula copy buddy film about uneasy partners.”
Steven Seagal, who specializes in Kung Fu movies, plays the Glimmer Man, a
former government agent who is now a cop. His partner, who is uneasy about
Seagal’s Buddhist methods and his unknown past, is played by Keenan Ivory
Wayans.
Several times during the film, Seagal calls Wayans “Grasshopper,”
a reference to the TV show “Kung Fu.” There are some funny lines in the film
and the two protagonists work well together. Roten noted, “Seagal, who only has
a glimmer of acting ability, can't quite master this role, but Wayans does well
enough.”
Director John Gray moves the story fast enough so that
you don’t mind the plot holes a lot. Most of the fights are well-staged and well-shot.
Roten noted, “There are numerous killings, including some
gruesome ritual murders. There are also a couple of Hollywood cliché killings
in which people fall from high places and are impaled on sharp objects.” This wouldn’t
be an action film without one of those kills.
This is a very violent film. Roten mentioned, “One of
the killers is a standard Hollywood Christian type (a closed-minded, wacked-out
murderer). Catholics get tired of being portrayed this way. It would be nice if
Hollywood picked on some other group for a change.”
By the way, the plot has to do with a government conspiracy
to use a serial murderer’s methods of operations to eliminate some people who
know too much about an illegal government work.
If you like Hollywood action films, I guess this one
is average. If you don’t, then don’t see this one, because action is all it
has.
One of my former friends lent me his VHS copy of this film and to this day, I don’t know what to make of it. I’m not sure if I hate this movie or think it is ok because of everything that occurred. This is the only Seagal movie I have seen and I don’t know if this was the wrong one to start on. I don’t recommend this movie because I don’t know if anyone will like this or not. I don't think anyone talks about this movie because it's probably one of those that you forget very easily.
Next week, I will be reviewing a funny action film
that I saw a part of overseas then watched years later when I was exercising in
“Buddy Cop Month.”
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