On Deadly Ground (1994)


Above the Law (1988), Marked for Death (1990), Hard to Kill (1990), Out for Justice (1991), & Under Siege (1992) are classic Seagal flicks from his early days as a rising action star. I call them classics as I grew up with them in my teenage years collecting every action film I could find. But, they're also bad films mainly because of Steven's lack of emotion, playing the same character, and his bad acting. Fast forward to 1994, when Steven decided to direct a movie of his own which became On Deadly Ground. This was the beginning of Steven Seagal's dismal box office and what I call Steven Seagal's environmental disaster. There isn't much action in On Deadly Ground and that's a little disappointing as I went into this film expecting a lot of action. What I got instead was Seagal preaching about the environment. Knowing the script was bad, Michael Caine did his absolute best as the villain of the film. When one watches On Deadly Ground, just be prepared to watch Seagal preach to you about the oil industry and a lot of what he says in the film speaks true of what we are going through in Canada. I consider On Deadly Ground to be a cheesy bad film laced with messaging. Just think about it, If Seagal didn't do this film, we wouldn't have gotten Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.

On Deadly Ground is not just deadly... it's terrible.

2/5

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