On Deadly Ground

When I saw that this movie was given on Cine+ Frisson last evening and there was nothing else on I thought, why not? It is Steven Seagal and Michael Cane after all. Okay, Steven Seagal is not always a good thing but Michael Cane usually do not disappoint. I had seen it before but it was long time ago. Now I kind of wonder why on earth I did watch this movie again.

This is a typical example of the fact that an actor, even though he might have done a set of successful movies, should generally stay with what he does well and not be allowed to get into the directors chair. Especially not if he has some bullshit political agenda and plans to fill the movie with this.

There are some good moments in the movie where Steven Seagal is allowed t...

Steven Seagal jumps the shark

A firefighter (Seagal) working for Aegis Oil in Alaska sees the light after oil rig workers perish using substandard equipment. The pompous CEO (Michael Caine) sends his heavies to take care of the interlopers (John C. McGinley and Sven-Ole Thorsen). R. Lee Ermey and Billy Bob Thornton show up in peripheral parts in the second half.

"On Deadly Ground (1994) was Seagals fifth film and the first after his hit Under Siege. He used his clout to get Warner Brothers to allow him to direct this movie, which he won a Golden Raspberry for after the flick was critically panned and flopped at the box office. To date, its his only directorial effort, not including a recent documentary. He rebounded with the suc...