Under Siege (1992) - Steven Seagal - Comedic Movie Review
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- Опубликовано: 18 дек 2020
- Howdy! Redeye Reviews here with another episode of Karate Korner. Todays video is an actual huge blockbuster which is rare in this series, Under Siege!
Starring: Steven Seagal, Damian Chapa, Troy Evans, David McKnight, Patrick O'Neal, Gary Busey, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak and more!
Director: Andrew Davis
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Erika Eleniak is by far the best two things in this movie. Thank you Steven.
I see what you did there..
this comment deserves 2 thumbs up lol👍🏽👍🏽
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Thank you Erika Elieniak, also the girl Elliot kissed in E.T.
I came to the comments for a discussion about teh boobies... I was not disappointed.
If a character played by Gary Busey is calling you an "extreme psychopath" you know you've got problems 😂
Haha. I was thinking the same thing. You should talk there, Gary, or character name, Commander Krill.
Was this before or after Busey crashed his bike was it and banged his head?
@@nighttrain1236 Not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure it was after. You can call me on that because I'm too lazy to look it up. But I'm nearly sure it was after.
Edit: @Night Train123 Not 100% sure but I'm pretty sure it was after. You can call me on that because I'm too lazy to look it up. But I'm nearly sure it was after. Yea apparently this movie was released in 1992. The original Lethal Weapon was 1987.
An mp5 isn’t an assault rifle, it’s a sub machine gun Stevie Seagulls.
Get em! Lol
I came here to say this.
Thank you internet stranger.
How this wasn't ever parodied il never know....."I'm gonna give you this handgun...its an m60 it has a selector switch on it"...
As much as I hate to defend Steven Seagal, he isn't the one who wrote the line.
@@thedroneflyingviking1284 Come on, an M60 is fully semiautomatic and used 30 round magazine banana clips. Segal would keep that for himself.
Okay, no matter what happened with Seagal afterwards, but I don't find anything wrong with his first five or so movies. 1988-1992 was arguably his "Golden Age" (followed by a steep and drawn out decline of the kind that can only be compared to that of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires)
This comment cuts so fucking deep bro, holy shit lol
Indeed, like the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires, the 'Gravy Seal' has become, bloated, decadent, poorly funded and as delusional as Comical Ali (or Brandon)....
😁
Honestly, if you look at his newer stuff as comedies making fun of Hollywood, they are pretty good
Yeh I really enjoy those. The guy is a character.
And Fyre festival
Under Siege was written by JF Lawton, who also wrote Pretty Woman.
Andrew Davis knew the proper formula for a good Seagal movie: keep him offscreen as much as possible, and only have him do "action stuff" when he has to be onscreen. Also cast colorful character actors for the supporting roles. He did the same thing for Above The Law, and that one and Under Siege are considered two of Seagal's best movies. Davis did the same thing for the Chuck Norris movie Code Of Silence too, probably Norris' best.
This takes place on the USS Missouri but was mostly shot on the USS Alabama. The Oscars it was nominated for were all in the sound categories; not surprising since the audio and audio effects in this movie are really good. The sound in the scene where the ship drops anchor? * Chef's kiss *
The Mad Magazine parody of Under Siege was pretty good. At the end, the stripper is asked what it's like to kiss Seagal and she said "It was like sticking my face into a bowl of mashed potatoes."
These are amazing movie facts.
Lol that mad magazine quote is killing me. That's hilarious
Cue ball in the house! Go cue ball go cue ball go! Go cue ball go cue ball go!
@@deanjustdean7818 like sticking your face in a cold bowl of mash potatoes.
@@deanjustdean7818 lol
Pretty Woman was the movie Steven Seagal wanted to be in
"It's not a job! It's an adventure!" was a Navy recruitment slogan, probably shoe-horned in since they helped fund the film and provide sets etc. And the head movements as he delivers it....probably his most passionate line delivery ever. XD
Also, how does anyone think this is a Die Hard knockoff? Did they forget the 1 Man Army trope has existed for quite some time because they both only share the same superficial aspects of that, beyond that they're almost completely different.
The similarity is that the villain pretends to be a terrorist while in fact he just wants to steal some stuff
You forgot to highlight the best part of all these type of movies, "The File Pull" I love it when their file gets pulled and it bulls them up, like oh shit who we messing with, ex Navy Seal, Green Beret, weapons expert, hand go hand combat specialist, bomb disposal expert, medal of honour etc etc love it
That is/was a trope and it’s still being used today. The Foreigner with Jackie Chan used it a couple years ago. That is a good movie and it was used well.
Just like hacking into the computers mainframe
Gotta love how movies like this and Patriot Steven always finds a way to make his character some kind of superhero. Patriot he's a doctor but was once a CIA assassin and in this he's a cook that was once a SEAL. Even Mark Wahlberg has more variety to his roles.
Kevin Costner's sports films are far worse.
Most people forget that Erika Eleniak's first apperance was not Baywatch or Playboy. It was a little known SCI FI movie directed by some Spielberg guy and was titled E.T.
She wasn't in et. That was drew Barrymore. Erika would have been 14 when et was made, she was born in 1969.
@@carlosspeicywiener7018 I've never said that she played the role of Gertie. Drew and Erika played two different roles in that movie. She played the girl who sits by the window during the frog dissection. Also you can play a child at any age if you are cast in the role. Martin Short played a ten year old boy in Clifford when he was forty.
She was the girl Elliot kissed when he got drunk.
So he was a career SEAL, lost his clearance, and became a Mess Serviceman and is instantly the BEST COOK IN THE NAVY. Also, he's a little young to be wearing a RVN Cross of Gallantry. Come on Directors - quit letting Steven choose his own awards and hire a mil tech advisor for a day!
It's pretty clear they had a military advisor for a few basic things, like the appearance of US Navy uniforms and such, but the plot isn't the most realistic otherwise. Best advice is either just exercise a willing suspension of disbelief when it comes to the supposed military backgrounds of fictional characters. I did find myself wondering why a Navy Seal that lost his clearance would choose to continue serving in the Navy, or why he'd be allowed to serve even if he was so willing but... this is just a dumb action movie, not a documentary of the life of an actual Navy Seal, so I was willing to give that a pass. This movie twists logic in many more ways than that.
They had a well respected military technical advisor playing a character - Captain Garza played by Dale Dye.
Any movie with Dale Dye gets an automatic +5 to its IMDB score, no matter how bad it is. He is just THAT good. God bless you, Mr. Dye.
This movie has a pretty cool cast.
We got Tommy Lee Jones & Gary Busey as the 2 main bad guys, O'brien from Star Trek Next Generation & DS9 as another bad guy, Erika Eleniak of Baywatch and Playboy fame and frikin' Miklo from Blood In , Blood Out! (''Give me some chon chon!!'')
The real star of this film are the two ships they filmed it on. An actual chance for us to see what a Battleship was truly like. Although that wasn't a 16" gun firing. There's no way you could stand on deck, that close to the turret as it fires and the only consequence being a mild hairdry.... you'd he fricasseed... that's why sailors wear anti flash gear when they fire them!.
Anyway, it's fascinating to see an actual battleship.
They key to any "die hard in an X" is "have a good X" even when they made Die Hard it could only be made because Fox had a golden opportunity to film at their own skyscraper that they had just finished building and wasn't ready to be used yet.
Lies again? UEFA SW
Awesome film, Seagal in his prime. Gary Busey phlegm in the soup. Lush helicopter explosion. Another Jason Voorhees cameo. Knife to the armpit. Torn-out voice-box. Best cake boobs ever. What’s not to like?
You basically summed up my own thoughts perfectly.
Jason Voorhees cameo AND Murdoch from MacGyver cameo!
You didn't mention the Ship! She was my favorite character.
It's all downhill from here, baby!
"OK, while Gary is at the doctor. let´s catch up with the plot". That made me laugh real hard 🤣. Great review!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love Tommy Lee Jones in this movie. I think he's been spending time with Brad Dourif.
Haha he is all over the place right now
Or showing off his Apocalypse now Dennis Hooper impression!😆
I met Erika Eleniak at WonderCon. I told her my favorite part of the movie was when she came out of the giant cake. She just looked at me with a blank expression. 🙂 I walked away, turned around to look back at her and gave her a thumbs up 👍 and went on my way. 😄
I met her at the bear enclosure in the Calgary Zoo in 2006. Our eyes met and she smiled at me :)
Tommy Lee Jones reads Ryback’s file, which was in the Captains private cabinet, “Ryback is an ex-SEAL.
The goddamn cook's a SEAL?
Shut up and listen.
"Expert in martial arts...
...explosives, weapons, tactics.
Silver Star. Navy Cross.
Purple Heart with cluster.
Security revoked after Panama.
So he could only rate as a Yeoman...
...or a cook. How little did I know.”
Hey. Gary Busey was very likeable in Point Break.
And likable in Silver Bullet.
I love moments like at 6:30, the flagrant almost purposeful attempt at firing your weapons to make it MORE difficult to hit your target is a hallmark of Seagal. Why the hell not cross them over each arm to fire in a V-pattern at each wall in a tight hallway? Is he ricocheting rounds off each side to get style points? Probably yes.
Come on, the weapons wrangler in this film must have been drunk for the whole film. Who in their right mind would bring a machine pistol with a 1200 rpm firing rate onto a ship? I suppose ricochetting is a valid idea. 25 rounds a second. So a 32 round mag is gone in 1.28 seconds. That bag he had better hold every magazine on earth to keep up this firefight.
“I forgot this movie sorta had a plot...” Truer words have never been spoken! Edit; and your knife fight got me to literally laugh out loud.
Haha. So glad you enjoyed it. Oh his knife fights get even more ridiculous as the series goes on
@@RedEyeReviews Almost as silly as his run!
@@losttribe3001 Did no one teach him?! His run is amazing
Yo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was crying lol
It also had a pretty descent supporting cast. Gary Busey before he went completely insane. And of course Tommy Lee Jones.
There were so many things that make this movie such a great movie. The cast was definitely great. I think it had the most tasteful nudity of the entire 1990s. And if you ever go to pearl Harbor you can walk around on that very ship. If you don't see it for yourself it's impossible to imagine the size of that ship and those guns.
According to Ericka, she was 16 or 17 when making this movie. Steven apparently pulled her aside to give her a "theraputic massage" or her chest region and invited her back to his trailer. When she explained to him that she was only 16 or 17, Steven replied, "In some countries, that is old enough to be married." That is when Ericka screamed for her Mother and her Mother never let her out of her sight for the rest of the filming of the movie.
*UPDATE* This is incorrect. It wasn't this movie or this actress. It was actually Katherine Heigl on Under Siege 2 that made this claim against Seagal.
Holy hell. That makes all of her scenes WAY uncomfortable.
@@RedEyeReviews I think I got her confused with the young lady in undersiege 2.
I like how the correction isn't that he didn't do it.
I've always gotten that vibe from his onscreen interactions with his female costars.
@@justindunlap1235 He apparently has a litany of sexual assault accusations filed against him and numerous actresses said it was a thing that he would need to have sex with them for them to get the part.
Good movie and good review.
The village people song had me chuckling
Thank you so much! It's all I could think of while watching this movie. I had to get it out of my system
You remember that time when uh, Andre and Boudreau went hunting down on the bayou? Where the guns? Where the guns jooleah?
this movie came out in '92 and Busey was dressing in drag. it was like 20 years ahead of its time.
Combat Engineers watch The Hurt Locker, Armored watches Fury, Medics watch Hacksaw Ridge, and Navy Cooks watch Under Siege!
Haha he is just a lowly lowly cook
Interesting little fact: the playboy playmate month and year they refer to for Eleniak's character is the actual time when she was a playmate in real life.
Play what you know I guess. She does a more realistic portrayal of a Playboy bunny than many characters do of members of the Navy.
LMFAO!@@troodon1096
I loved the little inserts during the knife fight. I don't think even Chuck Norris would end a knife fight by literally biting his opponent's blade out of his hand. Epic.
Haha thank you!
Yeah biting it is a baller play
Then as if gouging his eye out wasn't enough, he stabs him through the head, then proceeds to slam his head through a computer screen! Keep the faith Strannix!
You know who else was a Navy Seal? One Thomas Magnum Private Investigator.
This film was my life in 6th grade circa 1993. It's the only Segal film Certified fresh on RT. The villains always upstage Segal but that's more evident here than ever. Strannix and Commander Krill are so awesome.
The guy is fun
@@YuTuboTuTubas I'm a Michael Bolton FAN
Love this movie. Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones stole the show.
That knife work was pretty impressive when we were kids and knew no better. Now, it is pure comedy.
The knife fight! Iconic. 😂
I was a young teenager when I first watched this movie and didn't know shit, but even then I could tell he was just fancy flicking his arms in a futile attempt to look skilled and cool. Worst knife fight in movie history!
Somehow I got the feeling in a real life knife fight Tommy Lee Jones would have wrecked Seagal.
I know it’s been 2 years, but I cannot resist, probably because I use them daily. At 5:53 that is a cutting torch. An actual arc welder fuses metal together, a torch melts it and the handle is concentrated air to blow the melted metal out of the area which simulates the “cutting”. Now you can weld with a torch, but that would be called “braze welding” which I guarantee that is not what he was “doing”.
I’m pretty sure you probably won’t see this comment so this was probably a waste of time typing this out but I love your channel, it brings me laughter when I need it most, so thanks
Gary Busey calls it an arc welder in the movie. Blame him.
I watched this for the first time a few months ago really wanting to love it, but as a Marine, I could not handle not just the military inaccuracies, but the deeply insulting portrayal of how absolutely useless and incapable an entire SHIP of sailors and Marines are against a few random civilian ‘mercenaries’ hipfiring at everyone.
I feel like Seagal almost directed this with a deep feeling of little man syndrome since he never actually served, so went out of the way to talk down to/belittle all the military members throughout the movie
The mercs had fully automatic weapons and the sailors and marines had no firearms of any sort (the corrupt officers saw to that). What can anyone do against that?
It is ridiculous that Seagal's character could take on so many of them but unarmed people being no match for machine guns is surely accurate.
RIP Donny, Lonnie, Ronnie, and Johnny 😥😥😥
RIP indeed
Love this flick,Tommy Lee Jones rocks,but Gary Busy stole it
Totally agree! I've always loved Gary Buseys roles and each one makes him more fun to me.
I saw this in 199...4? I was in the army at the time and we were in the field for gunnery training. This was playing in the barracks and there were a bunch of us sitting around watching it.
During the scene where Segal stabs Tommy Lee in the head with a knife, the guy next to me says, dedpan, "That would not happen".
I say "What?"
"That wouldn't happen, the knife would bend."
"Okay...how do you know?"
"I've stabbed a guy in the top of the head once."
"wut?"
"Yeah, i stabbed my wife's brother in the head."
"WUT?"
"Yeah, we had an argument and he got in his car to drive away but I wasn't done so I pulled out my knife and stabbed him in the head and the knife bent."
"WUT THA FUCK?"
"Yeah, the knife bend so I straightened it out on my arm, I had my arm around his neck and he was trying to drive away. He dragged me down the street a little way and I straightened it out on my arm and kept stabbing him."
"oO"
"Yeah, he crashed the car and lost a lot of blood and I went to jail but my wife waited for me to get out and never cheated on me. That's how I knew she was the one for me and we got married when I got out."
"Whu...why...IN THE HEAD?"
"Yep."
Tommy Lee Jones borrowed some of Gary Bussey’s cocaine before filming this movie. That’s just it. It’s the only time he’s ever done drugs. Never again
Without a doubt. He is so weird and jumpy. I could buy this
He actually does this energetic acting more in his movies. One is The Executioner's Song if I remember correctly.
I've been watching your Steven Seagal series backwards, starting with the Chunky Steven era back to his one 'good' film. Something that amazes me, even when he was young and in his prime and in a legitimate movie, he still seemed to have an obsession with brutally torturing then killing his enemies.
Lol great way to watch it. But yeah. He loves being brutal. I would say even more so in his earlier movies.
Even the salute at the end is jacked haha. Nice video!
The pinnacle of Erika Eleniak´s acting career.
I don't know. According to IMDB she was "Pretty Girl" in E.T. That's gotta be up there haha.
@@RedEyeReviews and the start of Glenn Morshower's underrated one
The only good aspects about Erika Eleniak in this film are on her chest.
Did Seagal sexually harass Erika too?
@@adrianchannelle8651 Well, according to Pamela Anderson Pamela auditioned for the role and Steven Seagal told her she would get the part if she would have sex with him. When Pamela told Steven " No. " he said the next actress who came through the door would not hesitate to have sex with him to get the part. As we all know Erika Eleniak got the part and Pamela Anderson has gone on record that Erika had to grant Steven Seagal sexual favors throughout the shooting of UNDER SIEGE. According to Erika Eleniak nothing like that happened and Pamela Anderson made it all up because she was jealous that Erika Eleniak got the part and Pamela Anderson didn´t. So it´s Pamela´s word against Erika´s word. But there is the fact that several of Steven Seagal´s female co - stars have gone on record that he sexually harrassed and raped them.
So, I don't know which rumor about Gary Busey on this film I like better. It's either:
A. Gary Busey didn't know they were making a movie and just happened to be wearing a Navy uniform.
B. All of Gary Busey's scenes kept in the final film were actually outtakes when he dialed up the crazy to 900!
5:21 Just came here to be that guy who points out an MP5 is an SMG not an assault rifle. I feel like that's something a Seal should know lol.
Seagal learned to shoot machine guns crossed-arms like that back in Japan maybe like 35-40 years ago, perfecting it ever since.
I noticed that overall audio levels of your videos are inconsistent in parts with your comments/voiceover. For example, I watched your Half Past Dead review just now, and that one is way louder than this one. Not complaining, just to let you know, perhaps it's something that needs to be looked into and fixed. Keep up the awesome work, been enjoying your content very much 👍
oh absolutely! I figured out my audio much better later on in the channel. but thank you so much!
The knife fight montage of waiting is why I'm subscribing
5:26….”you’re not a cook”…..”I also cook” this is the best line in this movie
Tommy Lee off kilter 😂 battling a Seagal who’s acting for an Oscar. Epic.
Everyone knows the only reason Under Siege holds up is because one of the supporting actors stole the show... and that was MIGHTY MO'...
The microwave bomb scene is hilarious.
Love how in the beginning you just see him slap Damian “Miklo” from Blood in Blood Out 😆
I had never noticed the Mustache family. Hilarious!
So many of them
Steven Sugal, I think, had 3 good movies, and this was one of them. This movie is what put him on the map! Nobody knew what a jerk he was back then.
But, lets face it: 90% of hollywood is full of those.
@@YuTuboTuTubas not like this, this one is monumental and shall remain in the annals of jerkdom forever.
He’s going to give her an “assault rifle” (uggh, that made up term 🙄) and says it’s an “MP5”….. an MP5 that shoots a 9mm handgun cartridge… which means it is NOT a “rifle”…
FYI: the H&K MP5 is a “SMG”, as in Sub Machine Gun.
If Seagall had that much of a hand in making this movie and is supposed to be a firearms “expert”, why did he screw that line up so bad?! Wow…
We all know the answer to that question :)
Talking about Tommy Lee Jones energy... Check out his awesome role in Natural Born Killers
Another great one, thanks!
So glad you enjoyed it! The support really means a lot to me :)
I saw this Thanksgiving Night on a double-bill with Passenger 57. Isn't there a reference in this movie to the bad guys making stock trades based on what they're doing-because every Andrew Davis movie has at least a reference to Chicago if it's not set in Chicago? Is there any chance of your reviewing Davis' The Package?
The Package is a brilliant film! You know here in the UK we have a top costume drama writer called Andrew Davies!
.... so basically it was already a small red flag when Seagal insisted to have Erika Eleniak character written in the movie too.....
Yeah... who knew that was the start of his creepy downfall
Here Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones make the mistake of staging a mutiny and heist on a Navy ship with a graduate of the Cordon Bleu School Of Kicking Ass In Movies on board, Steven Seagal. Finally an action movie with a subordinate somewhere who isn't a bumbling incompetent.
The only thing scarier than Gary Busey is Gary Busey in drag. Legit nightmare fuel right there. Haven't been that creeped out since Michael Caine in "Dressed to Kill." (which, strangely, sounds like a potential Seagal movie, where maybe he infiltrates the dangerous world of New York's fashion scene. Who can forget his iconic line "I'm just a tailor.")
The USS Missouri was indeed decommissioned in 1992, and its last voyage was to Ford Island in Hawaii (it's very close the the Arizona Memorial), where it has since been a permanent museum exhibit. Why it would be carrying nuclear weapons on its last voyage to be decommissioned, er... not sure how plausible that would be.
I remember watching this at the appropriate age of 10. For some reason I found the violence in his movies so goddamn overboard and cruel, that it's somehow hilarious. When Steven Seagal for example kicks that dude in the nuts / throws the guy into a running bandsaw? Totally necessary. When Gary Busey spits dramatically in his soup, and that sourpuss face on Seagal? Priceless and got me crying laughing as a kid.
Great job man!!
Thank you!
Gary was very likable as Uncle Red in “Silver Bullet”.
Still crazy, but likeable.
Thats my second favorite werewolf film behind American Werewolf in London.
1:42 he was the coolest uncle and hero in Silver Bullet.
"I'm gonna give you an assault rifle. Its an MP5"
An MP5 is a Submachine Gun, not an assault rifle. I thought Steven Segal was a master marksman?
I think this is the point in Seagal's career in which he still had the potential to expand his acting skills and diversify the roles he was playing. Had he remained humble, and smart he could have avoided becoming the clown he eventually became by the early 2000s
agreed. he should have shown some humility and tried to expand his craft, instead of assuming he was perfect already
The funniest movie line is also an irony:
Gary Buesy accusing someone of being a psychopath. If this ironic joke was intentional, bravo.
It's too bad that Seagal got a goatee. He actually has a good look without it. Having said that, I always feel bad for the women in these movies. Only just hotties without any plot relevance.
I am glad you made it clear you LIKE seagull early on.
We have nothing in common.
Best of luck with your channel.
Lol I like him for all the wrong reasons.
@@RedEyeReviews He beats women... I couldn't see admitting to liking him lest people think I approve.
"Ima gonna giv yoo this assolt reyfel its an MP5....." the Heckler and Koch MP5 is not an assault rifle, it is a subachine gun using a closed bolt system chambered in 9mm. Seagal really makes almost every iota of his movies complete comedy.
Pretty much his last hit. Decent cast.
I swear Gary Busey was crazier BEFORE his accident.
Also, This movie solidified my boyhood crush on Erika Elenyak
Lol he had screws loose for sure
One of my most favorite movies starring two of my favorite crazy people 💕
i grew up watching all these Seagal movies. I am not necessarily proud of it, but they kept me entertained xD
Movie was made on the USS Alabama BB60 in the Mobile Bay, Mobile, AL, and the USS Drum submarine.
Absolutely Awesome! Got to love that Tommy Lee Jones kill!
Haha Seagal loves his over the top deaths. Glad you enjoyed it!
love it!! you the best
The knife fight at the end was pure class.
Gary was OK in predator 2
I heard somewhere Tommy Lee was in drugs during the filming. So maybe that is the "Energy" :)
Agreed. Cocaine had to have played a part.
From 17.20 it’s pure comedic inspiration. I heard it like 5 times 😂
Bimbo pops out of a cake and by the end of the movie is a weapons expert.
5:50 that is a cutting torch not an arc welder
I was looking for this comment, haha.
What helps the movie is the cast. If you have an action hero, you better have the perfect match. Under Siege is the proof.
In Silver Bullet, Busey plays a good guy. Everett McGill, from Under Siege 2, is the villain. It's under siege vs under siege 2 in that movie.
I saw the shooting of this film in Mobile, Alabama on USS ALABAMA. Gary B. came out one night to talk to the spectators.
Under Siege turns 30!
Made $157 million worldwide and got nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Sound (it lost to The Last of the Mohicans) and Best Sound Editing (which it lost to Bram Stoker's Dracula)
Sold lots of VHS copies too
Stinks it's not on Amazon prime video even though it says it's for free on that streaming platform
From the same writer who did 'Pretty Woman'
Steven Seagal, Erika Elianik, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gary Busey
Basically 'Die Hard' on a ship but it became the first film of the 90s to financially utilize the formula successfully
Seagal isn't a very good actor but he has his expert fight choreography to make up for it and the villains are entertaining
Plus Elianik gets to show she's intelligent than rather be dumb eye candy (she actually was a real playmate in real life)
The climax feels a bit rushed and some depth is missing from the script along with subplots that make no sense
However it has fun action, good atmosphere making the viewer feel just as trapped, terrific cinematography, good sense of scale, and a decent time killer despite its formulaic structure
Good for macho man streamers looking for testosterone fueled thrills
Seagal's only movie not B rated. Thanks to Jones, Busey, n a couple others. This was before his martial arts went to David Carradine speed.
Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busy ensured Segal got a good movie.
Nice comedy, nice cuts, really funny, great
Closest thing to likeable Gary Busey roles are Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story and Pappas in Point Break I guess.
01:14 Before the Masterchef that was Walter White, there was the up'n'coming chef Tuco Salamanca.
I was seven when this came out, and I was obsessed.
I always wondered who or what exactly is under siege in Under Siege... Is it Seagall? The boat? Are the bad guys under siege by the Seals?
Many pause buttons on VHS players were worn out thanks to Erika Eleniak.
I think this is the movie that relaunched Tommy Lee Jones' career.
Also, I'd say it's sort of like Chuck Norris' movie "The Delta Force" because it had known actors in it.
TLJ has loads of energy in movies. You need to watch more of his films
Only God knows if the Playboy model was Jerry-rigged into the movie just for the casting couch experience, or not.