1992 Directed by Andrew Davis
Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.
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It's Die Hard on a battleship. This time, instead of John McClane; we get a cook. The cook? Well, he's Casey Ryback. He has a Cajun cooking style, he's handy with a knife, and he knows Kendo. When his ship is taken over by a renegade former CIA operative, it's up to Casey to save the day. Under Siege could possibly be Steven Seagal's shinning moment. He owns the role of Casey. He might be missing his signature ponytail due to Navy regulations, but he's still the man. Along for the ride are Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey as the baddies. It's from the director of The Fugitive, and it features non-stop action, stripper cake, and Gary Busey in…
Die Hard on a ship!
Under Siege is a satisfying 90's junk food. It's a perfectly paced, dumb fun actioner with plenty of action set pieces to paper over the plot deficiencies. I'm not a fan of Seagal and I wish the movie had better action hero, tho Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones totally elevate this movie, Jones's performance is total unhinged lunacy. That knife fight was hilarious.
If you're going to make Die Hard on a Boat, I only ask for a few things.
1. The actors need to be having fun. Commitment to the part.
2. The violence needs to be bloody and merciless.
3. The violence needs to be undercut by humor.
4. The hero needs to be an everyman but still kick incredible amounts of ass.
5. The action scenes need to vary and escalate the plot.
6. Your team of bad guys need to be distinct, so if you cast Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey and Colm Meaney, you've exceeded requirements.
7. One-liners. A good one-liner can elevate a poor scene and convince you it was a good scene.
8. Brevity is king. No action movie should be over two hours.
Under Siege is no Die Hard. It's not even close to Speed, but it meets the above criteria and is therefore a fun movie.
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Andrew Davis got the job for The Fugitive as a result of making this Die Hard clone, and after seeing the relentless thrills and momentum of Under Siege, it makes sense. Steven Seagal is terrible and hilarious, with a brutal fighting style, and Tommy Lee Jones is bouncing off the walls with glee playing the central antagonist. Very fun late night watch.
there should have been a whole series of movies with tommy lee jones as a traveling, murderous blues musician
One of those movies that I probably watched 974 times during the 90’s and in the running for my favorite Seagal jam, his fifth banger in a row (in this house we still love Above the Law) and one of my favorite Die Hard clones... it’s never spectacular but it’s just damn solid all around with its perfect under two hours pacing, stellar cast of familiar faces, tight direction, and over the top villains... also Gary Busey in a dress and showing some ass lol.
I remember this being pretty popular when it came out via the previews on tv and how stoked my old man was to see this. I think I saw it a year or so later when he…
absolutely love how Seagal is the one who delivers the “you know, we’re not so different you and I” speech before whooping Tommy Lee Jones’ ass in a knife fight. also can’t stop thinking about the extreme close-up of Seagal’s knife being deflected by Tommy Lee Jones’ leather jacket
I revisited Steven Seagal's highest-grossing film at Toronto's Revue Cinema, programmed as part of their ongoing Black Belt Cinema series. I had a good time. There was a fair amount of laughter from the audience at Seagal's facial expressions and line readings, and I briefly felt a little sad that it's no longer possible to even attempt to take him seriously... but then I remembered that Seagal has done this to himself. Plus, he really is not a good actor.
This is probably the closest Seagal ever got to starring in what we would call a "good movie," in the classical sense. It's also the closest Seagal has ever come to being charming. Director Andrew Davis - who midwifed Seagal's…
The thing about this movie that has always baffled me is that, at the end, Seagal's "we're both puppets in the same sick play" speech that he gives to Tommy Lee Jones is a bog-standard "We're not so different, you and I" villain speech. But Seagal's the hero! How did that happen? Did the screenwriters want to "mix it up"? Did Seagal read off the wrong cue cards and they just said "screw it?" One of life's eternal mysteries.
One of the best Die Hard clones to ever exist. Great action, brutal kills, a ridiculous script and some absolutely unhinged villians, one of whom cross-dresses and dances for the battleship crew, and the other who poses as a harmonica-shredding blues man and gets one of the best villian deaths in the history of cinema. Thumb in the eye, knife in the head and head through a fucking computer screen. Absolutely fucking gnarly. Don't fuck with Seagal's pies.
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Ex-CIA operative William Strannix leads a terrorist group who pirate a battleship armed with nuclear tomahawk missiles. Only Casey Ryback, the ex-Navy SEAL hero who serves as the ship’s cook, can save the day!
The thing I love most about Steven Seagal movies is the exposition. Not exposition that explains plot relevant details, mind you. No, I mean the film’s constant exposition that’s only there to underscore how amazingly badass its star is. Things like the ship’s captain randomly boasting to some crew-members about just how many medals of honour Casey has, generals basically unanimously deciding their best bet is putting everything on Casey and making him the operation’s strategical director, the bad guy telling his minions they should’ve hired…
