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| Exit Wounds (2001) | ||
Shawn JB Shawn: I was apprehensive to go to this one, and was mocking the ones who were excited to see it. I thought it was going to suck and after the mandatory beginning action scene I was almost positive it was going to suck. The first five minutes isn't very impressive, but don't let that throw you. Exit Wounds has a decent story, where Seagal is transferred to a police precinct in the bad part of town, and he works with a few do-gooders to clean up the corrupt police force. Good collection of characters and the movie spreads out the movie time evenly between them. Tom Arnold is brought in for comic relief and is a welcome addition. The real treat of this movie though is the action sequences. Some really cool stuff, although some of it is laugh-worthy (like the Seagal jumping over speeding car with what looks like a pillow stuffed in his shirt). Good action, good laughs, Seagal's best alongside Under Siege. JB: REVIEWERS NOTE: For those of you wondering, he was mocking me (and my mother) for the choice of movie. By his review, you can once again see that no one knocks on my mom's taste... except me. After being Cinematographer Extraordinare, Bartkowiak once again steps into directors' shoes and directs a fine action film. His sense of action stylings and pacing is adept, and his fight scene choreography exceeds most other action films in recent memory. He does seem to have some weakness in plot development and maintenance, but hey, no one's going to the movies for that. Other than that, DMX and Seagal decide to step up the action and put forth fine performances. Anthony Anderson (who I feel outshines Tom Arnold) provides effective side humor, and Seagal gets his chops in as well (in more ways than one). Look for production by Joel Silver, who just loves to break things and blow stuff up. Watch for the same cast in the next 3 Bartkowiak films. |
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