Stylish trash is what I would call this.
Others might call it a complete misfire and leave it at that. But I’m the sort who appreciates experimentation, risk-taking, and working outside the wheelhouse.
All of this applies here, since this is an uncharacteristic change of pace for Steven Seagal. And, even as it may not be entirely successful as a movie, it definitely achieves its objectives with regards to its star.
He’s still a kick-ass hero with a shady past…
The title obviously refers to the decision made by some executive at Warner Brothers to give Steven Seagal a prominent cameo in the film…
But anyway, this one seems to get better every time I watch it. It really is a tight thriller. It suggests Airport written by Tom Clancy.
I like how it’s not really a slam-bang comic book action movie, but something more serious. That’s not to say it doesn’t have action, because it has all the action…
Can good performances elevate a shit film?
And so, I present for your consideration this barely released and mostly unheard of little chiller from a couple of years ago that can answer that question with a resounding "maybe."
Because, all things considered, the first hour of this is kind of intriguing. It is during the film's second hour - as things eventually sink into a river of spiritual gobbledygook - that the eyes ever so assuredly begin to roll.
But,…
Maybe writer/director Guy Ferland has a point about men and their one track minds. And about a woman's insecurity as she grows older in this modern age of ageism and sexism. And the impetuousness and hedonism of youth. And middle aged men not ever wanting to lose that youth.
Because this movie is about all those things. And maybe it's valid subject matter for an incisive, dramatic film made by an intelligent, subtle filmmaker.
But this is not that film.…
