A Dangerous Man (2010)

One of my all time favorites.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I had no intention of watching this movie, except my newborn wouldn't let me sleep and this was on TV at two in the morning. Now I will never forget this movie. It was my second son's first movie. Actually deserves a 6.5 or 7, but I gave it a 10 since it means so much more now and I was in a zombie-like state with a heavy fog rolling through my aging brain. Actually has storyline ideas from a variety of other movies. A little Transporter here and No Country For Old Men there with women in trunks of cars and transponders planted in money bags. Still, not a waste of time if you have time to waste or your newborn won't let you sleep.

I love martial arts action so I gave this a shot. It served its purpose, but wouldn't watch again. You get to see Steven Seagal do his thing, although not that many times, and there are plenty of OK gun fights. Don't expect much from the plot, but it's enough to provide content. There was one scene of exceeding violence that deviated from the martial arts spirit, I didn't enjoy it and don't recommend it for sensitive viewers. Overall, this is probably one of the best from the recent flops from Seagal, still far from say, Exit Wounds, though.I don't mind that Seagal has gotten older, but it's a bit disappointing he didn't seem to have made the effort to spend a few hours in the gym to look fit for an action role. In the end it didn't matter much, although the camera seems to wander off a bit in some of the few fights, suggesting that the fight choreography wasn't that great either. I'd say one would have to be a bit of fan of Seagal's fighting style to enjoy this movie. If you're up for some low grade action flick, it's watchable.

Saying that in the most recent years something terribly wrong has happened with Seagal's shape is as innovative as stating that the amount of the unemployment allowance is like a gloomy joke. Famous in the days of yore actor in his fattest aptly named years was gleaming with his brawn and gelled hair, combed in a ponytail, sprightly breaking enemies' bones in a very spectacular way, at least for the audience.What's left from the aforesaid magic of Steven is merely a foggy recollection and the man who had significant contribution in propagating Aikido all over the world is currently nothing but a (considerably huge) shell of himself in terms of the appearance as well as regarding his cinematic achievements.The flick called "A Dangerous Man" is a perfect fit in the trend sustained by the most current pictures - lowbrow action cinema, filmed with a strictly limited budget (partly from the pocket of very Steven himself), with deplorable montage, artificially accelerated motions, the excessive presence of a double and run-of-the-mill scenario.Obviously, Steven once again repeats his role of a killing machine able to break one's neck with the slightest move of his finger, the character so typical of his films. Some Shane Daniels (Seagal) is sentenced to prison for a murder he didn't commit. After 6 years of doing his time in the penitentiary, new evidence is taken into account and Daniels is made up for his hardship with a sum of $300k. Unfortunately, Shane's wife didn't manage to be faithful to her beloved for so long; therefore Seagal, pardon, Daniels, is all on his ownsome. Less than 24h without the handcuffs pass and he is once again mingled in a crime, witnessing a murder committed by two Chinese. The murderers attempt to finish off both the inconvenient witness and Sergey, who was also present at the crime scene. After a short shootout, Daniels saves the boy and finds out that there is a kidnapped girl in the trunk of Chinese's car. All three of them decide to combine their strength to face both the Chinese mob and the corrupt police officers collaborating with the latter ones...Surprisingly, the sheer beginning of "A Dangerous Man" gives hope for a movie somewhat better than the previous disasters with Seagal. The fighting scene on a parking lot is filmed without the annoying acceleration of movements, whose aim is to conceal the deficiencies; moreover, hand motion of 'stoutly built' Seagal is clearly visible (albeit reminding of Aussie salute performed to get rid of an obtrusive tsetse fly...).Unfortunately, the further you go, the worse. That the script is filled with well-worn motives would still be acceptable; cheesy lines could also be overlooked. However, the whole movie is simply destroyed by a pile of pathetic C-class-like ideas, employed together with tragic Seagal's performance and extremely bad execution of bare-hands fighting scenes. How could anyone take seriously Steven who is almost stammering every line like he was reading them from the stickers glued to the table? How could anyone not be about to laugh when god-like Seagal is having a sexual intercourse with his naked wife wearing leather jacket and grinning like an innocent chubby boy? The schemes mentioned above comprise not solely the loutish scenario with easily predictable plot twists, filled with tacky dialogues, but also the very sequences of melee (which by the way are in the minority in comparison with the shootout scenes, the latter ones not requiring too much mobility). Relentlessly, the audience watches the sped up montage; moreover, every malefactor dutifully destroys at least one furniture/object/window glass with his bulk Isn't this peculiar predilection of Seagal's characters towards smashing the room equipment too close to some kind of a deviation? One could assume that the executive producers of „A Dangerous Man" have an agreement with IKEA regarding the supply of devastated furniture...Other clichés, so typical of other flicks from the same genre as „A Dangerous Man", can't be overlooked as well due to the simple fact that they are ladled in bluntly lackluster manner. The sequence when Seagal triggers off a bomb, walking as steady as a rock towards the camera with the explosion behind his back is just one of a few examples. An obligatory mug (even more than one) thrown through the window and smashing the glass to the shatters is yet another one.Bare-hands fighting sequences suffer from bad montage execution, they usually present only sheer hands (seldom legs) of the main protagonist. Rarely Seagal bends one of the unfortunate fellow with a wrist lock, in the majority of the scenes however he simply restrains himself to throwing people at tables/chairs/TVs or other equipment from the IKEA offer.Albeit I've poured some smears at present Seagal, I'm far from condemning his overall achievements. Steven from the era of „Above the Law" or „Out for Justice" is the one we would like to see on a TV screen. Not the obese, chubby bear-like character, relentlessly wearing the same coat/jacket (horror of horrors, declining to take them off even in the bedroom scenes) and definitely not Steven overusing stunts. The only hope lies in the return of Seagal to his greatest shape, dropping the doubles playing the majority of scenes instead of himself and cooperation with some decent director who avoids cheap flicks, having solid cinema on his account.To conclude: „A Dangerous Man" is not even watchable as an unintentional parody of the whole genre. It's too rotten, excessively packed up with clichés reminding of „straight-to-DVD" films (which, by the way, the reviewed movie is) and simply boring as hell, lacking decent action/shooting/car-chase sequences. The worst of Seagal's – avoid at all cost.The telegraphic shortcut: Seagal combating his excessive weight rather than the enemies; pathetically accelerated takes in few action scenes make the reception of the flick even worse; poor script together with Seagal's bad performance greatly contribute to the picture of a cinematic disaster.

Basically Steven Seagal is the baddest person on the planet taking on 3 separate groups aligned to kill him and the woman he is protecting.This is like a Mack Bolan book turned into a film. High body count, gore, Asian and Russian gangsters, a corrupt police force, with judo and 'street' fighting skills used heavily as in all Steven Seagal movies. I don't know about you but I never get tired of people getting bones snapped.Don't look too deep into the plot because it's just a killer action flick. If you're looking for a fun action flick with cool characters and plenty of gunfire and broken limbs. Look no further. If you're looking for some kind of developed plot besides 'almost everybody dies' then you might want to look elsewhere. You should know by now what you are getting yourself into with Seagal's movies. If you like pure action - check it out.Steven Seagal should be the next internet meme. He is much more meme worthy then that sellout Chuck Norris. Who does Steven Seagal love ? Nobody. He killed them ALL.