Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory

A top secret nuclear satellite. A team of international terrorists. A government held hostage. An undetectable moving headquarters. Only one hero stands in the way.

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is a 1995 American action film set on board a train traveling through the Rocky Mountains from Denver to Los Angeles. Directed by Geoff Murphy, it stars Steven Seagal as the ex-Navy SEAL, Casey Ryback and is the sequel to the 1992 film Under Siege also starring Seagal. The film was produced by Seagal along with Arnon Milchan and Steve Perry. The film's cast was made up of cameos and supporting roles by Everett McGill, Peter Greene, Kurtwood Smith and a then-unknown Katherine Heigl along with Nick Mancuso, Andy Romano, and Dale Dye, who were the only other cast members besides Seagal to reprise their roles from the first film. The sequel revolves around Casey Ryback who hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite. While not trained how to deal with a teenager, he soon encounters a situation he is trained for.

Steven Seagal Eric Bogosian Everett McGill Katherine Heigl Morris Chestnut Peter Greene Patrick Kilpatrick Scott Sowers Afifi Alaouie Andy Romano Brenda Bakke Sandra Taylor

Regency Enterprises Warner Bros Pictures

thriller action

100 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • t-hom

    Review by t-hom ★★★

    better than its predecessor, this is a fun ride for fans of forgettable action films. make sure to check out geoff murphy's earlier film "The Quiet Earth" which is a near classic!

  • nicksav

    Review by nicksav ★★½

    Ridiculous action sequel, basically Die Hard on a train. Entertaining but ultimately derivative.

  • Tyler Foster

    Review by Tyler Foster ★★½

    Olympus Has Fallen put me in the mood for an Under Siege. This one's worse than I remember, although the finale is spectacularly unrealistic, and the last time I saw it was pre-"Twin Peaks," so Everett McGill's performance was twice as entertaining.

  • Parker

    Review by Parker ★★★½

    When someone tells you that sequels are always inferior to the original film, you take your copy of Under Siege 2 and ram it down their throat. Everything about the first film (which was reasonably good itself) is better here. Eric Bogosian is great as the villain and brings a kind of bizarre energy to the film that counter balances Steven Seagal's lack of acting... I mean stoicism. Oh! In addition to Bogosian, some bad guys include the werewolf from Silver Bullet and Mike from Breaking Bad. You can't get more intimidating than that.

    Seagal's good in this. I believe he's a tough guy. So does he, I guess, as I'm fairly sure he has it in his contract that his character cannot be kicked, punched, shot, cut or even hurt. During random henchmen fights, this works fine, but during Boss Fights, it's anti-climactic when Steven Seagal wins flawless victory after flawless victory.

  • Roberts

    Review by Roberts ★★★½

    I don't really care that it is not particularly well shot (bad green screen and stuff like that). I don't care that it is incredibly stupid. I don't care that the most hilarious bits are probably not even intentional. I don't care, because Under Siege is incredibly entertaining.

  • Keegan

    Review by Keegan ★★★½

    'I'm gonna need that for the cake'

    Upon this re-watch I found myself enjoying this sequel more and more...

    My new favourite scene is the one in which one of the villains gets a radio call stating that 'Ryback's taking the hostage cars!' and the villain then proceeds to scream in the most bizarre way:

    'R-R-RYYYYYYBACKK!'

  • panaslave

    Review by panaslave ★★★½

    I remember seeing this film and thinking, only a huge stunt budget would allow me to see Dick Ziker, Chuck Picerni, Mic Rodgers, Henry Kingi and the Romano Brothers all as Terrorists dispatched, rather quickly, by a still svelte(ish) Seagal. The other bad guys, played by some of my Fave 80's-90's tough guys-Pat Kilpatrick, Jonathan Banks, Everett McGill and the still functioning Peter Greene meet the same fate. This whole film reads like a 'What the Fuck Ever happened to Them' roster. Geoff Murphy-Three huge movies and fucked off back to New Zealand. Brenda Bakke, the aforementioned addict Greene, Canadian TV stalwart Nick Mancuso, Banks until he popped up on Breaking Bad. McGill, Bogosian, Chestnut, Heigl...Oh waitaminit, she falls under…

  • Keegan

    Review by Keegan ★★★

    Almost entirely laughable, in fact so laughable it makes the movie much more enjoyable than it should be.

  • MetalBlade

    Review by MetalBlade ★★½ 1

    The only spoiler here is that Nick Mancuso appears to smoke more than any other actor in history.