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Seagal in 'Fat Elvis' period?

posted 17 years ago by black_hound_13
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I haven't seen Urban Justice yet and it's encouraging that there are a few good comments apart from the usual fanboi stuff (you could wheel him out in his coffin and some of them would say the action was the best ever!). But perhaps people live in eternal hope that 'this one' finally will be the start of his return from a sad decline in recent years.

Leading up to this film, it seemed that Seagal was definitely in his 'Fat Elvis' period. I don't know what was going on in his personal life but he simply didn't give a stuff. He'd lost it. His movies had become Elvis movies...just pump 'em out for the cash. Don't worry about the script, the acting, the production values, his fan's expectations. Don't worry about staying in shape for the action sequences, just wear a girdle and fake it. It looked like he just turned up on the day, went through the motions, left the set as early as poss, and left the blanks for the director and stuntmen to fill in.

Like Elvis he was still capable of the odd moment of brilliance but was basically a parody of what he once was, and he couldn't even seem to see it or, if he did, even sadder, he simply didn't care.

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[–] Fullhouser 17 years ago

no hes right. Seagal did do those movies with no heart thas for damm sure or then he cant pick movies for him or didnt have any other movies to pick cause the last ones were pure crap. I havent seen urban justice yet but hope it will be better than his last ones.

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[–] porfle 17 years ago

I think Steve's fans will be pleasantly surprised with this one. He still doesn't move around much anymore during his fights, but there's a lot of bone-crunching action and some intense shootouts. I didn't expect much, but ended up enjoying the hell out of it.

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[–] Vigilante_no12003 17 years ago

I agree with the original poster. I mean I want to believe Seagal is back, really I do, but i've been burnt before and I am being careful this time. I will rent it when it's released.

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[–] sociopedro 16 years ago

i didn´t like this movie. it was boring to me and too much slow motion when the bad guys gets killed... and seagal can´t move anymore

[–] lola-hamilton 16 years ago

I love this.He looks so menacing when they slowed it down at the end with him walking away. I knew I'd like it, it's a Seagal movie. No complaints here.

[–] norrisdavid 16 years ago

I agree 100%. I liked Seagal in his early movies, but over the years he has declined, and HE HAS GOTTEN FAT! He has become a parody of himself in recent years and his forays into "pretended wisdom" have been laughable. How can men be paid such huge amounts of money for doing so little?

[–] chrismahon2005 16 years ago

The fights are worse then ever,when he takes on the 4 white guys i nearly pissed myself,as if all 4 would not go for him at once,hes to fat and slow now,it looked crap.

[–] lola-hamilton 16 years ago

Simon,(Steven)obviously knows Martial Arts,right, ergo, he'd have no problem taking care of these racists pigs. H'd do it with one hand tied behind his back kiddo. There were just racist loud-mouthed oafs who tried it on with the wrong man.

[–] porfle 16 years ago

Here's what Steven is up to these days:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&FriendID=49 846218&blogMonth=12&blogDay=2&blogYear=2007

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[–] jbacon_67 16 years ago

hello people he had a stroke in a bit over a year and a half ago so to come back from partial paralysys and speech problems (hence the dubbed over voice in attack force) this was a great movie. BRAVO steven!