peak-era Steven Seagal poll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr_Lah_7sew

I'm not gonna rewatch it to find out, but I kinda remember liking the second US.

Special Oscar to Michael Caine for his wig/hair dye in On Deadly Ground.

Never saw, but I remember Siskel and Ebert's review being funny.

both Under Sieges are great but he's already passing his peak at that point. the real undiluted essence of Seagal is in those early movies, i'd vote for Hard to Kill or Marked for Death, a blur of OTT violence and self-aggrandisement

the first Under Siege is maybe the best movie Seagal was involved in, it being arguably the best of the Die Hard ripoff flicks. but it's probably not the best Seagal movie, i agree w/your two picks but i think Above the Law and Out for Justice are kinda in the running. in particular Above the Law is a worthy contender, a supremely good late '80s b-movie.

Above the Law - Nico Toscani
Hard to Kill - Mason Storm
Steven Seagal IS...Marked for Death
Steven Seagal IS...Out for Justice
Steven Seagal IS...Under Siege
Steven Seagal IS...On Deadly Ground
Steven Seagal IS...Under Siege Too, In Dark Territory
Steven Seagal IS making... an Executive Decision
Steven Seagal IS...The Glimmer Man
Steven Seagal IS suffering from... the Fire Down Below
Steven Seagal IS suffering from...Exit Wounds
Steven Seagal IS...Half Past Dead

oh and also

Steven Seagal IS...Above the Law
Steven Seagal IS...Hard to Kill

oh sure, those first 4 are all great in their horribleness, i probably can't remember what bits happen in each tbh

lot of clumsy racism too iirc, which one has the Rasta gang in it?

It's between out for justice hard to kill marked for death above the law but real talk

fuck knowing which is which

also one of those is called "nico" in the uk

the Under Sieges are "better" movies cos they have better villains amongst other things, the early films are really just Seagal going ham Streets of Rage style. i've always said that in a Seagal movie he never feels in peril, you end up feeling sorry for the schmucks he's ploughing his way thru

Seagal is basically Godzilla - wake him up, watch him smash shit, wait for him to go back to sleep of his own accord

calm him with some sweet blues licks

lol yes

Seagal shd've had the van Damme role in Hard Target, could've been the best movie ever made

the only Seagal movie worth half a damn since his first few is EXIT WOUNDS, which however is docked points for Tom Arnold and Anthony Anderson at their most annoying, so much so even Jill Hennessy as a tough police captain doesn't compensate for their presence.

under siege but id love to be single and watch all of these this weekend

Is it Air Force One where he leads a commando team that get killed without doing anything? I assume there must be some offscreen story why.

I think that's Executive Decision? but I could be wrong - it's definitely supposed to be a "surprise! we offed the star before you expected it" moment

Is it Air Force One where he leads a commando team that get killed without doing anything? I assume there must be some offscreen story why.

it was an... executive decision

remember being genuinely surprised that they killed off seagal, he featured heavily in the trailer. of course they killed him in the most aggrandising way possible

spoilers but hey he's an American Hero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU1VZld8kUs

from his Wiki entry, verbatim, re Out for Justice: "Gene LeBell, the film's stunt coordinator, claimed to have choken Seagal unconscious on the production set."

further research:

It has been alleged that at some point Gene LeBell (who was a stunt coordinator for the movie) heard about the claim, and gave Seagal the opportunity to prove it. LeBell is said to have placed his arms around Seagal's neck, and once Seagal said "go", proceeded to choke him unconscious.[3] After refusing to comment for many years, LeBell confirmed the story in 2012 and said that after Seagal fell unconscious, he proceeded to defecate and urinate himself.[4] Whenever Seagal has been asked about the incident, he has constantly denied the allegations.[5]

https://static.squarespace.com/static/51efa630e4b0d3a23d01fb83/52028976e4b045343d44f805/52028976e4b045343d44f817/1375897974472/1000w/

Fish in a barrel but still, from the avclub review of his newest one:

Seagal, in his triangular Bela-Lugosi-in-Dracula toupee and his clothes picked straight from a big-and-tall outlet store and his orange prescription Oakleys, walks stiffly and very slowly. It is possible that he never once bends at the waist. Most of the movie, he spends sitting down or walking (again, slowly) up and down flights of stairs. There is a love scene—and, Jesus, what a love scene. His fully dressed body is lowered over a naked woman like a drawbridge. He doesn’t take off his glasses. He never takes off his glasses. Also, he doesn’t drive, which is a shame, because it is a well-documented fact that Seagal is the worst fake driver in Hollywood; this might be the first time that green screen—really awful green screen—has been used to make it look like an actor is just sitting in a parked car. Overall, he gives the kind of performance traditionally associated with stars who died during filming.

Under Siege was a legendary VHS for me as a kid so i'm voting that. it's basically Die Hard on a boat.

Out for Justice may have the most lolz (unintentionally obv). My vote.

Here are just a few awards that Steven has been honoured with over the years;

First Annual Environmental Media Awards September 30, 1991

PETA Humanitarian Award in 1999

Sashi 2001 Humanitarian Award

Honoured as the first private citizen to destroy a Nuclear Device

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Anybody seen Richie? Anybody know why Richie did Bobby Lupo?

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fair result i feel

a friend in the 80s used to wish ardently for a Seagal movie called Killing for Pleasure in which the niceties of plot were scuttled in favor of, well, you know

I was an editor on a tv series starring Seagal. A-hole is an understatement.

im interested to know if you can credit him with ahole tbh

i wouldnt call a cushion or an idk a sea anomone an ahole.

some things dont have sufficient whatever to be aholes

Under Siege 2 is great fun, one of my tweenage faves

I was just checking out Seagal's imdb, and it seems like there's a "Steven Seagal Title Generator" at work and not trying very hard naming all the direct to DVD stuff he's churning out these days:

Contract to Kill
End of A Gun
The Perfect Weapon
The Asian Connection
Killing Salazar
Gutshot Straight
Force of Execution
Maximum Conviction
Born To Raise Hell

How long before Trump bestows that position Stallone turned down on this dude?

Trivia: (January 5, 2014) According to The Washington Times, Steven Seagal announced that he is considering running for the governorship of Arizona.

Out for Justice - Det. Gino Felino 3
Under Siege - Casey Ryback 3
I don't think these would perform well in John Flynn / Andrew Davis polls.

Not too long ago I saw a latter-day (and probably DTV) Seagal movie on TV, and it had some of the most bizarre, over-the-top editing I've ever witnessed. At one point, Seagal (or rather, a pretty obvious stunt-double) punches a guy out a window, and he falls out no less than TWELVE TIMES!

https://youtu.be/ypMTI6FwCUU

Ha ha, that's the one! The punch-ups were amazing too

This is quite the read: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/14/i-had-dinner-with-steven-seagal-and-im-not-surprised-by-the-latest-accusations

Nathan Rabin is doing a whole big Seagal thing over at his site right now. The entry on his book, in particular, is nuts.

Anybody seen Richie? Anybody know why Richie did Bobby Lupo?

Steven Seagal, bored out of his mind, lazily DESTROYS a couple of guys pic.twitter.com/7wX00JRuQz

— Vic Berger IV (@VicBergerIV) February 26, 2019

still in his peak era

Overall, he gives the kind of performance traditionally associated with stars who died during filming.

This, from AV Club, made me laugh until I hiccupped.

the term “destroys” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that description.

reminds me of this kung-fu "master" video that's been going around here in Vietnam, quite a few people thought it was real: https://youtu.be/RIVXrZgysxs?t=28