Steven Biggio It's a good movie, but kind of funny, since I live in Bellingham, WA. That's not Bellingham. It's Vancouver Island. But still enjoyed it. Nothing like watching Steven Segal go after the bad guys. He continues to kick the crap out of everything in sight. I still think it's one of his better flicks. Same old stuff, but very enjoyable if you like the "bad" cop wrongly convicted, tries to redeem himself by going after the real "bad" Chinese, with the help of the Bellingham Russian "bad" guys. I would recommend renting it. Especially if you're having a drunken, eat everything in sight party. As long as you don't have it with friends that imitate the stars in every movie they watch. Or a Chinese girlfriend who continually say's "How come Chinese always bad guys?" Well it used to be us Italians. So, kick back, enjoy the Canadian scenery, and watch Segal wreck everything and everyone in sight. But remember, if you're thinking that's a beautiful place to live, it's NOT Bellingham, WA. Enjoy.

Scarecrow-88 Dirty cops. Russians moving illegal cars. Chinese gangsters. A kidnapped girl and drug money now in his possession after interfering with Chinese thugs who kill a policeman and Russian car thief, ex-Special forces soldier Shane Daniels(Steven Seagal), just released from prison after 6 years for a murder he didn't commit(DNA evidence proving his innocence, but the time costing him his marriage), is right in the middle of quite a mess. It's good that he has the fighting skills and capabilities to deal with constant threats while looking to help a girl, Tia(Marlaina Mah) free her uncle used as bait to trade drug money between Chinese. Sergey(Jesse Hutch)is the son of a powerful Russian, Vlad(Vitaly Kravchenko)and was stopping off while moving an SUV(his friend had to urinate) when they come across the police officer pulling over two Chinese gangsters with Tia hostage. Mao(Byron Lawson)is the Chinese gangster(working for drug lord Chen(Terry Chen)who expects to use Tia's uncle as a trading device for drug money)who witnessed Daniels' handiwork and couldn't stop Sergey(and a drugged Tia)from fleeing. Sgt Ritchie(Jerry Wasserman)is the leader of his county's crooked cops, under the 'advisement' of Chen(in other words, Ritchie and his men are in Chen's hip pocket). Vlad doesn't like Ritchie or any other cops on his turf and soon has a war on his hands..Sergey, whose life was saved thanks to Daniels(Daniels happened to be in the vicinity where Mao and another goon were killing the cop), will hold his savior in his debt. Because Sergey's life was saved, Vlad offers Daniels a hand of friendship and protection. Even more threatening than Chen is The Colonel(Byron Mann), a "Danu" warrior who has special plans to take Tia's Uncle himself. So Daniels has much to contend with, joining forces with Vlad, they will attempt to get Tia's Uncle away from The Colonel by any means possible. Two major action sequences include the shootouts at Vlad's mansion and Chen's lumber mill, with Seagal looking superhuman thanks to camera speed and editing. Daniels' kicks send opponents hurling in the air and through windows, shelves, and other furniture. Daniels' arms move impressively quick, about as fast as a hummingbird's wings. Mao and The Colonel, neither one, are able to withstand or combat Daniels' staggeringly swift hands and stunning power. Director/writer Keoni Waxman makes Seagal look really good, though, and I think it's all too clear that cinematic techniques contribute mightily to this effect. Notice how camera speed, for instance, adds impact to Daniels' blows and movements. While an aging Seagal is no longer in his ABOVE THE LAW/HARD TO KILL prime, thanks to proper editing, it looks like his Daniels is a dangerous killing machine without an equal, even though we can figure that his stand-in stuntman carries a lot of the load with less appreciation. Still, there are moments where we see Seagal's hands engage with the enemy, and that does add value to the fight sequences.

FlashCallahan After serving 6 years for a crime he didn't commit, Shane Daniels is released from jail with an apology from the State of Arizona. Within hours of his freedom, he unluckily bears witness to a cop killing by Chinese mafia who have a kidnapped girl and a bag of drug money. Shane agrees to help the girl to get her uncle back to safety. To do that he gets some help from Russian mafia, who's boss owns him a favour for saving his son from the Chinese cop killing.......A massive step down for Seagal, after the enjoyable 'The Keeper'. The dubbing is back, the close up poorly edited fight scenes are back (Bourne was so 2007), and the lack of story or narrative has gone.Seagal gurns his way through set piece after boring set piece, fighting, shooting, fighting some more. So what if his wife left him in the can? why didn't he just finish his fake bottle of jack Daniels and wash his Bandana.Seagal here isn't really a hero, he starts fights by egging the throwaway thugs on, so we can see him fight like he's playing patty-cake.The rest of the film is very stereotyped, we have Russians called Vlad and Dimitri, and a gang of Asian Gangsters led by, the colonel.You'd think that with a name like the colonel, he would explain to his 'soldiers' that if you wear camouflage make-up, not to wear bright clothes.So really it's a bit of a shambles for everyone concerned, and just when it looked like Seagal could be bothered for his fans again.Very poor.

ryan larson I gave this movie 8 out of 10 stars. Now before you laugh let me explain myself. In the Seagal world from 1988-2002 Seagal made theatrical, quality films ending with "Half Past Dead". Now people that grew up with Seagal as an action hero (Under Siege came out when I was in high school) then you also understand what happened next. In 2003 Seagals "The Foreigner" was pulled from Theatrical Release and release direct to DVD. Seagal fans were in shock at how bad this film was. Along came the DVD release of "Ticker" which was filmed in 2001 and shelved before being released. We all know why. "The Foreigner" was followed by the atrocious "Out For A Kill" and Seagal fans got worried. Then "Belly of the Beast" was released and Seagal fans let out a collective sigh. Not a great film but by no means was it as bad as the aforementioned films. It can't get any worse right? Well it could. Seagal fans went numb watching the likes of "Out of Reach", "Mercenary for Justice", "Today You Die", and "Submerged". Seagal fans re-watched "Exit Wounds" to remind themselves what his films used to be like. The all time low came in 2007 with "Flight of Fury" which was an outright joke. I had given up. Then came "Urban Justice" and "Pistol Whipped" and slowly I became interested again. In line with "The Keeper" "A Dangerous Man" keeps up the hope as it is probably his best Direct to DVD film yet. The action is solid and the fights are terrific. Yeah, the story lags in the middle a bit but you barely notice amidst the bone cracking martial artist (overweight I might add) doing his thing. So 8 out of 10. Not because it compares with a Tarantino film by any means. If you are a Seagal fan like I am then compared to "Flight of Fury" this truly is an 8 out of 10. Bring on "Machete"!