A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
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50% boring 50% insane. NO ONE understands metaphors in this movie: Seagal is holding at gunpoint a guy who has a screwdriver in his hand and he says "This is like bringing a screwdriver to a gunfight." No, it's not LIKE that, it is EXACTLY FUCKING THAT. Then some dude tells Keenen Ivory Wayans "You say tomato..." to which he replies "Yo motherfucker I didn't say tomato, I said terrorists." The absolute most insane dialogue in this movie however, one that proves Seagal is a Martian or some shit, is when they're at the morgue looking over a dead body:
- Seagal: "She's Russian, Georgian most likely."
- Wayans: "Oh right, lemme guess, she's an Aquarius and likes country music."
- Seagal: "She WAS an aquarium."
Guys I'm not making this up, I cranked the volume up to 200% and he 200% says "aquarium." Where did this guy beam in from?????
not going to bat for this as some slept on masterpiece but few movies, save for maybe Bad Boys II throw taste to the wind like this does in its opening minutes wherein Seagal stops a school shooting, removes a dead woman’s breast implant (after commenting about her tits) and tricks Keenan Ivory Wayans into eating powdered deer penis and it manages to pack in numerous explicit references to Casablanca (far more than the same year’s Barb Wire did even) — proceed accordingly
Part 9 of the Seagalathon. This film has a unique charm about it. The action scenes are great fun. Seagal is hilarious, from the whole saying aquarium instead of Aries combined with the screwdriver scene, he had me in tears from laughing many times. I don't understand how either of those made the final cut. I honestly have so much fun just watching him on screen. This was an experience. Pure mindless fun. I think without Seagal it would be a very bad film. I've got a feeling its all downhill from here, but the Seagalathon will continue nonetheless.
The Glimmer Man is where Seagal truly fell off the action film map and into DTV hell. Under Siege 2 started the decline, The Glimmer Man was the last grasp, and Fire Down Below drove the final nail into the career of a once promising action star.
Seagal was never an action hero like Arnold, he never had a following like Chuck, and wasn't likable as JCVD but he was damn fun to watch in his first four films. All of that is gone here and I think Seagal sensed it as well; he weighs about 35 pounds more than he did two years earlier in Under Siege 2.
The Glimmer Man has no idea what kind of movie it…
I just love Keenan Ivory Wayans way back to the ole In Living Color and “Low Down Dirty Shame” days. His closing monologue opining how worse off his life has been since Seagal’s former CIA “glimmer man” came into his life was absolutely perfect, a wonderful way to close the film. Because poor Wayans gets shot, pummeled, his home blown to smithereens, and career nearly ruined because Seagal showed up in his LA police department office to help solve a rash of serial killings with the psycho called “the family man”. However, not all of them is because of a serial killer (Tobolowsky); Seagal realizes some of the killings (such as his wife and her new husband) are by a…
One of Seagal’s best, mostly due to how utterly outlandish and loosely assembled it is; a Frankenstein’s Monster action movie cross stitch of serial killer thriller (complete with crucifixions), neo Blax buddy cop thing (with Keenan Ivory Wayans in full DIRTY SHAME mode), chubby guy aikido showcase, and assassin conspiracy airport novel. Doesn’t make a lick of sense, but Seagal tackles a potential school shooter/suicide perp through two windows and into another building in order to prevent the massacre from occurring (this is basically his “loose cannon cop” intro), so it’s tough not to marvel at the ludicrousness of it all. Damn, what a time it was when WB funded and distributed this sort of schlock.
Right in the time where mister Steven Seagal’s career was slowly but surely demolishing beyond any possible reparation to face his oversized ego and flatulent bad temper, here came The Glimmer Man, known as part of the beginning of Seagal’s quality downfall post Under Siege 2 before turning into his direct-to-video career. But quite frankly, The Glimmer Man it’s actually a tone of fun and I would easily rank it as one of the star’s best flicks. While not on par with the holy trinity of Out for Justice, Under Siege, Marked for Death (not to mention the masterful stroke of genius called On Deadly Ground), but I would personally put it above Under Siege 2 and Hard to Kill!…
Ste7en Seagal.
One of those movies that probably doesn't need to be seen, but absolutely needs to be witnessed. I have no words for Seagal. He continues to astound me anew every time I see him. This guy is like pure blind ego in a mumu and a haircut made from electrical tape. He's literally everything wrong with the world condensed into a single human.
"Written by an AI" jokes are played out, but this movie truly operates on nonhuman logic, like it was assembled by an algorithm cued with the keywords, “scenes that kinda feel like a movie.” None of the one liners make sense. The banter is incoherent. There's no flow or rhythm to the story at all. The…
Seagal and Wayans make a surprisingly good buddy pairing, especially when you consider that this was at the time Seagal decided to go full Bhuddist. The Dalai-Lama apparently made him a deity, for fuck's sake. Another special pairing here is Brian Cox and Bob Gunton as sleazebags that would have rubbed Harry Calahan the wrong way. One of the last big budget Warner Bros. Seagal flicks that I'd not previously seen. Happy to say that I also found a digital copy of Seagalogy, which is considered the bible for all things Seagal and should complement my ongoing trek through his filmography. I have a feeling I'm not even close to being done with the guy. 6.8/10
Steven beats a dude to death with the butt of a gun from the back seat like he’s playing Whack-a-mole. Kicks the back window out, escapes, and the car of course rams into a tanker truck in downtown LA and explodes fkng everywhere. Cinema! 90s. Action. CINEMA! For real this movie is underrated af.
