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Fun Fact: Producer and director Steven Seagal filmed almost 40 minutes of footage for the environmental message at the end of this movie, and planned to use it all in the final cut. After pressure from Warner Brothers and a disastrous preview screening, where audience members booed, laughed, and made obscene gestures for the entire sequence, Seagal cut the final scene down to about seven minutes.
surprised he didnt come out and start beating on the audience have you seen how fragile seagals ego is? also the message rings *insultingly hollow* considering who he's best buddies with.
Roger Ebert, for his part, stated the movie was "limited to two basic qualities: it's violent and it's sanctimonious", and opined that while "it doesn't pay to devote close attention to the plot", "if you like to see lots of stuff blowed up real good, then this'll be a movie for you." His opinion on the ending speech was that it was "absurd", stating, "at the end after Seagal kills about 30 people and blowing up the largest oil refinery in the world, what happens? He's invited to the Alaska State Legislature to give a talk about ecology. I'm not sure, but blowing up oil refineries does not make you that popular in Alaska."
Odd thing is. Michael Caine can do a good Southern accent. He played Robert Duvall’s brother in a 2003 movie called Secondhand Lions, and legit sounded like he was from the South.
It must have been difficult beyond words for Michael Caine, an Oscar winning actor, John C. McGinley, a fine actor in his own right and R. Lee Ermey, a Vietnam Veteran and Marine, to say lines that would make them howl with laughter at any other time.
@@kenrickeason Michael Caine on his role in Jaws The Revenge: "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!"
It still shocks me this is the first time the Nostalgia Critic ever reviewed a Steven Seagal movie. Now I want to see him do a month of Steven Seagal movies.
Congratulations on reviewing your first Steven Segal movie. I'm honestly surprised it took this long. And what better way to start than his debut and one of the most so bad it's absolutely hilarious movies ever made.
I'm honestly kind of surprised you been doing the NC for this long now and you've never covered a Steven Seagal movie before because you can honestly get a lot of material out of his movies
there's a catch, if NC would focus solely on Steven Seagal movies a. he wouldn't be able to retire until his mid 70's and b. Seagal movies are so one note that attempting to review them feels like being stuck both in the Twilight zone and Groundhog day at the same time.
Maybe he didn’t find Seagal movies that nostalgic. Everyone grew up with different movies. I grew up with a lot of classic britcoms, but I doubt any of them end up on here. Granted, all of them were great, and it’s hard to poke fun at them. Even the ones from the 70s hold up and are hard to mock, despite the change in styles. But again, if you didn’t grow up with them, they’re not nostalgic for you. Doug has actually done videos on stuff he won’t review for that reason.
My father-in-law, rest his soul, was for some reason a huge Steven Seagal fan. He owned all his movies and you weren't allowed to badmouth any of them or Steven himself in his presence. Though, to give him credit, he did pass away before Seagal hit his straight to video phase.
Steven Seagal is such a bizarre action star. The more you learn about him, the more you wonder how he ever became such a success for as long as he was. All the best action stars, the ones who lasted for decades, like Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Van Damme, were self-aware. They took themselves seriously but also knew when to make fun of themselves, especially when they got older. Seagal honestly feels like he's supposed to be a parody of all the classic Hollywood action stars, like Austin Powers to James Bond, except he's not joking. His egotistical self-seriousness combined with his lack of talent in acting, martial arts, directing, writing, etc., as well as being such a jerk professionally are all reasons he petered out so fast. I guess I can't complain though, since he made himself such an easy target to poke fun at. He made some movies of decent quality like Under Siege, but he made a lot more movies that were hilariously bad like On Deadly Ground, and I'm thankful for that. Hope to see you review more Seagal movies in the near future, Doug. Happy New Years!
Hollywood pushed him as a martial arts star during the era in which Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Michelle Yeoh, etc... were ruling Asian cinemas. **facepalm**
People's understanding of martial arts was different back then. Back in those days people believed you make someone's heart explode if you just him them the right way. Segal had significant martial arts accolades and an impressive, though highly embellished backstory to convince the public he was a true badass. Years later the rise of UFC and mixed martial arts would expose many martial arts (like aikido) as being useless in actual fighting.
@@RumchugMusic Depends on the country. Back in the 80s, the Hong Kong Film Awards established the Best Action Choreography category b/c audiences there in general knew that being a great fighter and being a great martial arts star are two different things. They loved Michelle Yeoh way more than Steven Seagal despite the fact that she was never a legit martial artist.
@@RumchugMusiceven then, Steven’s ex-wife has stated Steven’s accolades are unearned. Apparently the person judging if he got a black belt or not, ended up falling asleep during Steven’s presentation so just awarded him it anyway
@@mrcritical6751 So he could very well have earned it. His test to become a black belt was actually filmed and I've seen it; he is at least competent at his discipline, and he does occasionally use that in his movies, although only occasionally.
Budget, $50 million. Box office, $38.5 million. This Vanity Project was the first and last film directed by Steven Seagal (barring some alleged uncredited work on a few DTV films). This film was part of a series of blows that, along with The Patriot and Fire Down Below, knocked out Seagal's action star career in Hollywood, soon relegating him to the direct-to-DVD shelves.
He kinda had success in the early 2000s with DMX. It was a pretty big movie compared to his recent ones. The biggest one he had In years. It was his last one. He tried it again but this time with Ja Rule and it failed. That was it for Seagal.
Let me mention something I think got skipped over: The floppy disk that had all the dirt on the company in which the old man died for was hidden. When Segal goes to find it at the house, is it in a wall? Is it under a floorboard? After all, Caine's minions destroyed cabinets and even pulled out the dishwasher and couldn't find it. It's in A BACKPACK IN A CLOSET. I was so mad when I saw that. I get these minions are semi-incompetent so we can get R. Lee Ermey and his mercs in there, but to not check a frickin backpack in a closet!?
On Deadly Ground also served as a comfort for dozens of actors who were trying their hands at directing in the 90s. Around the same time, Van Damme released his directorial debut, “The Quest,” which was bad, but compared to On Deadly Ground, it was f’n Unforgiven.
The Quest was just a rehash of the much better Bloodsport. Still, youre right. While The Quest is bad, its a masterpiece compared to ANY Seagal film. Yes, any. Under Siege sucks too.
I can't believe it took until 2024 for the critic to finally cover a Seagal movie! He's been doing this for over a decade and a half! There really are that many bad movies to cover then...
I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, Repo Men, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about more.
I wonder if Doug would review Darkman, Darkman: The Mummy Returns - I mean The Return of Durant, & The *Darkmower* Man - I mean Darkman: Die Darkman Die? Seriously, he'd have so much fun as a guy who's reviewed Sam Raimi movies. But I personally find these underrated superhero movies, whether Darkman was played by Qui Gon Jinn or Imhotep.
I love that you're covering more movies you like/find interesting recently but its fantastic to see another good old fashioned bad movie episode of the Nostalgia Critic! God bless and happy new year!
I can’t believe this movie ends with a scene that the second Naked Gun had already made into a joke, several years earlier (a guy giving a big environmental speech and putting the entire audience to sleep).
Suggestions for Old Vs. New reviews: A Night To Remember 1958 Vs. Titanic 1997. Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command 2000 Vs. Lightyear 2022. Dawn Of The Dead 1978 Vs. 2004. Judge Dredd 1995 Vs. Dredd 2012. Omega Man 1971 Vs. I Am Legend 2007. Watership Down 1978 Vs. 2018. I know some of these have been reviewed before, but I feel these would all make good Old Vs. New videos.
What about Night of the Living Dead (1968) vs. Night of the Living Dead (1990)? Also, speaking of Watership Down and Dune, I hope to see Doug review both the Watership Down 2000s animated show and the Dune Hallmark miniseries/sequel with James McAvoy.
Just what I was thinking. I guess the question "What would a Breen movie be like if he had a big budget" has already been answered. Except, as far as I know, Seagal has never played his own evil twin, or alien Jesus.
This is arguably the best way to promote On Deadly Ground’s 30th anniversary since that film was released on February 18, 1994. It’s arguably among one of the so bad it’s good movies that had to exist next to The Room among others.
The difference is that Nic Cage actually was a major movie star in hollywood. He is an actor and starred in good movies. Szeve Seagal is just a lazy bum with at best 2 good/acceptable movies and a giant pile of utter trash "direct to dvd" sticking to his name. That guy uses doubles whenever there are stairs to climb and since his body doesn't fit mirrors he didn't even notice they got half the weight he does.
@@TDI_CharlieBrownit would make more sense for him to just cover the two films released in theaters as part of one video, kinda like Doug covering the Shrek films, Kung Fu Panda, Bill & Ted, and the Twilight movies
Dammit, Doug! If I had known this was your first go-around in the realm of Segal, I would've told you to review OUT FOR JUSTICE. The pool room sequence alone is priceless. ANYBODY SEEN RICH-IE? ANYBODY KNOW WHY HE DID BOBBY LU-PO? It also features the greatest billiard ball sound effect in film history...😂
Apparently a good rule of thumb when it comes to Steven Seagal movies is that if he "is" something then the movie will be at the very least entertaining. Above the Law and Under Siege come to mind as examples, but there are for sure plenty more of them.
I humbly suggest Exit Wounds for another Seagal action movie. I think it was his last theatrical release before he went the "direct to DVD" route. It has some of the silliest editing/stunt double use in any action movie I've ever seen.
Another Fun Fact: Action scenes were both added and deleted for this film. Originally, the pole fight in the finale of the film was not intended. Warner Brothers pressured Seagal to add more fight scenes to make the film more like the traditional Seagal films. A fight scene in the cave during the dream sequence was cut, a publicity photo of this exists. Numerous magazines from the time period report that even though Seagal's black belt students were on set, they were seldom used until more sequences were added.
This was like an older Nostalgia Critic and it was nice to see. The critic doing a skit and just ripping into a bad movie instead of trying to make a both sides “balanced” breakdown. It seemed like it was more of the classic “Critic” character than we have seen in a while I feel like.
@@supersmashbro596 yeah I heard about his SNL stint, then again I’d never take a studio audience seriously with what they think is funny lol. Like I said I don’t know him very well so that’s why I need to research his material more.
@@SonicandlaytonfanSeagal apparently thought a sketch where he plays a therapist who rapes his client was funny, so I don’t trust what he thinks is funny either honestly
5:23 That reaction was priceless! 🤣 I think the only thing that would make it complete would be if he could have worked in Michael Caine from Austin Powers; Goldmember saying, “This ain’t my first “row-day-oh” cowboy!”
7:00 "How am I taking his role crying over a green sock more seriously?" Because he played Muppet's Christmas Carol as though it were a dramatic stage show with real people instead of muppets. That what makes his character work in that movie. (By contrast, Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island plays it as though he were one of the muppets, which works for *that* movie.)
2;58 this is why you have to watch every single nostalgic critic episode even if you don’t like or have not seen the movie they’re featuring because their comedy is hilarious and the sketches
If you're looking for more Seagal, the one I saw most while growing up was "Hard to Kill", but I also remember "Marked for Death". Most of his movies were titled so the trailers could say "Steven Seagal is... "
Another Fun Fact: When Danish stuntman and actor Sven-Ole Thorsen met producer and director Steven Seagal on the set, Seagal asked Thorsen to kick him, to show what Thorsen was capable of. Thorsen hesitantly kicked Seagal, who caught his leg and threw him to the ground. Seagal asked Thorsen to kick him again, giving it his best shot. Thorsen kicked Seagal as fast and hard as he could, and Seagal fell to the ground. When shooting a scene together a day or two later, Seagal hit Thorsen in the throat, leaving Thorsen unconscious for three or four seconds. It looked so realistic that Seagal decided that Thorsen's character, Otto, had died, and his remaining scenes were cut from this movie.
Ah yes, the time before Seagal became so static that his action scenes consist solely of guys running at him while he stands in place and waves his arms around.
Another Fun Fact: The final scene, when Forrest Taft gives the speech about the oil companies and air pollution, was originally eleven minutes long. Audiences complained that it was overlong and preachy. The scene was re-edited before release.
the funniest part about steven segal is he seems to genuinely buy his own hype i think if you put him in front of a bank taken hostage he would actually try and go in to do that hand twist thing to the criminals expecting them to shit themselves at the sight of him
The fact that a movie about a giant fire-breathing turtle that shoots rockets out of its shell is a better movie with a connection to Segal than this is deprarious
Do you guys ever plan on reviewing the movies made by Dingo Pictures? Yeah, I know there's a lot of other TH-camrs out there that already went over these movies. Like Phelous, SaberSpark, and Caddicarus, but I still want to see your reactions to the worst animated movies ever made. These movies are so awful that it's almost beatiful. Lol
Another Fun Fact: Forrest Taft asks the question, "What does it take to change the essence of a man?" to an oil worker. A similar question is posed and answered in an aftershave commercial by Kelly LeBrock. Steven Seagal and LeBrock were married at that time.
Forrest Taft. His Name makes me laugh until I Choke. Forrest Gump and the Last Name of Hanna Barbera's Former Parent Company. All that's missing is the old 80s "Worldvision" Logo.🤣 th-cam.com/video/ypQmxErr164/w-d-xo.html
The 90s: “We need to show everyone how they don’t understand Native Americans.” Also the 90s: *Casts Chinese to play Native Americans and only has them as side characters the white actor has to save*
No joke. I actually thought to myself before watching this "Despite ripping on Steven Seagal here and there, he's never actually reviewed one of his movies, right"? That being said, I do legit enjoy Under Siege.
Believe it or not, even tough it's one of the countless "Die Hard" copies that came out in the 90s, "Under Siege" (1992) is one of the better Seagal movies that is definitely worth checking out.
Seagal is odd because he has a lot of these sort of basic coming to humanity moments, but doesn’t know how to do them without being a preaching Messiah about it. Famously during one film he was doing he refused to kill a guy who he was supposed to kill in the script because he suddenly decided that killing people is bad so they edited the movie to add in a little thing that showed that the guy didn’t die after spending a while, trying to convince Seagal to pull the trigger
He also rarely if ever takes a punch during his fight scenes. He has the upper hand from the beginning and just annihilates everyone without breaking a sweat like he's on God mode in a video game😂 His ego won't allow it
Man this felt like such an old school nostalgia critic episode. I still watch All of them but hilariously Bad live action movies and dougs jokes about them are still the Essence of NC for me. Very nice!
I know it looks ridiculous (and it is) but that scene where Segal slaps up man and then they just go back to normal after a hug really happens. So many tell of stories like that in small towns.
Can you believe NC hasn't review a Seagal movie?!??!?!?
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Suggestions for Old Vs. New reviews:
A Night To Remember 1958 Vs. Titanic 1997.
Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command 2000 Vs. Lightyear 2022.
Dawn Of The Dead 1978 Vs. 2004.
Judge Dredd 1995 Vs. Dredd 2012.
Omega Man 1971 Vs. I Am Legend 2007.
Watership Down 1978 Vs. 2018.
I know some of these have been reviewed before, but I feel these would all make good Old Vs. New videos.
I can only imagine also 1st nostalgia critic review in 2024 folks!
Pretty please, it is the DAY 94 WAITING FOR THE ,,G-FORCE" MOVIE REVIEW BY THE ,,NOSTALGIA CRITIC" !!
I am legit surprised that this is the first time Doug has done a Steven Seagal movie.
Same here.
Me too, because they are a fucking GOLD MINE of atrocity.
Wasn't this the price for Segal for filming under siege 2 Coz this film was his passion project?
Its a trendy thing to do the past 6 months.
It feels like I’m watching a long lost NC video from forever ago, but no, it came out today.
Fun Fact: Producer and director Steven Seagal filmed almost 40 minutes of footage for the environmental message at the end of this movie, and planned to use it all in the final cut. After pressure from Warner Brothers and a disastrous preview screening, where audience members booed, laughed, and made obscene gestures for the entire sequence, Seagal cut the final scene down to about seven minutes.
surprised he didnt come out and start beating on the audience have you seen how fragile seagals ego is?
also the message rings *insultingly hollow* considering who he's best buddies with.
You know.... 40 minutes... That sounds like a joke, but I oddly have no troubles believing it.
@@IBrowneeI So it's kinda like the SNL sketch where Segal yells "this is what happens when you pollute the planet", but 40 minutes long? My god...
40 minutes? Even Quentin Tarantino can't top that duration 😂😂
@@DerClouder Was that SNL or MAD TV?
Roger Ebert, for his part, stated the movie was "limited to two basic qualities: it's violent and it's sanctimonious", and opined that while "it doesn't pay to devote close attention to the plot", "if you like to see lots of stuff blowed up real good, then this'll be a movie for you." His opinion on the ending speech was that it was "absurd", stating, "at the end after Seagal kills about 30 people and blowing up the largest oil refinery in the world, what happens? He's invited to the Alaska State Legislature to give a talk about ecology. I'm not sure, but blowing up oil refineries does not make you that popular in Alaska."
Roger Ebert is a legend.
Great take.
Movies in the 90s were so goofy yet fun
So, Seagal's way of stopping the bad guy from blowing up an oil refinery, is blowing it up himself?
I remember that review
“How am I taking his role crying over a green sock more seriously?”
It’s because Caine clearly took that role far more seriously.
And the sock is a better actor.
And Brian Henson is a better director
And the writing is a lot better.
Odd thing is. Michael Caine can do a good Southern accent. He played Robert Duvall’s brother in a 2003 movie called Secondhand Lions, and legit sounded like he was from the South.
Love Secondhand Lions
Hub and Garth
Of course! Sir Michael Caine wasn’t going to bring his A-game to a Seagal movie.
On Deadly Ground was released in 1994 which means Michael Caine had a full 9 years to get the accent right.
Michael Caine was definitely phoning it in on this "Money, dear boy" movie.
The idea of Tamara making fun of someone for having not seen an older movie is hilarious. 😂
It must have been difficult beyond words for Michael Caine, an Oscar winning actor, John C. McGinley, a fine actor in his own right and R. Lee Ermey, a Vietnam Veteran and Marine, to say lines that would make them howl with laughter at any other time.
Also probably wasn’t all that good for Ermey to be interacting with a man who’s lied about seeing combat numerous time
Sometimes, a check is a check.. Doesn't matter who writes it as long as it doesn't bounce..
@@kenrickeason Michael Caine on his role in Jaws The Revenge: "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific!"
It still shocks me this is the first time the Nostalgia Critic ever reviewed a Steven Seagal movie. Now I want to see him do a month of Steven Seagal movies.
Congratulations on reviewing your first Steven Segal movie. I'm honestly surprised it took this long. And what better way to start than his debut and one of the most so bad it's absolutely hilarious movies ever made.
You've got that right.
I'm honestly kind of surprised you been doing the NC for this long now and you've never covered a Steven Seagal movie before because you can honestly get a lot of material out of his movies
Same. I was surprised to hear this was his first.
there's a catch, if NC would focus solely on Steven Seagal movies a. he wouldn't be able to retire until his mid 70's and b. Seagal movies are so one note that attempting to review them feels like being stuck both in the Twilight zone and Groundhog day at the same time.
Maybe he didn’t find Seagal movies that nostalgic. Everyone grew up with different movies. I grew up with a lot of classic britcoms, but I doubt any of them end up on here. Granted, all of them were great, and it’s hard to poke fun at them. Even the ones from the 70s hold up and are hard to mock, despite the change in styles. But again, if you didn’t grow up with them, they’re not nostalgic for you. Doug has actually done videos on stuff he won’t review for that reason.
The issue is that he’d then have to watch a Steven seagal movie to review it
Same. Been watching since the the beginning
My father-in-law, rest his soul, was for some reason a huge Steven Seagal fan. He owned all his movies and you weren't allowed to badmouth any of them or Steven himself in his presence. Though, to give him credit, he did pass away before Seagal hit his straight to video phase.
Thank god he was spared. Sorry for your loss
@IStevenSeagal🫥
Steven Seagal is such a bizarre action star. The more you learn about him, the more you wonder how he ever became such a success for as long as he was. All the best action stars, the ones who lasted for decades, like Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Van Damme, were self-aware. They took themselves seriously but also knew when to make fun of themselves, especially when they got older. Seagal honestly feels like he's supposed to be a parody of all the classic Hollywood action stars, like Austin Powers to James Bond, except he's not joking. His egotistical self-seriousness combined with his lack of talent in acting, martial arts, directing, writing, etc., as well as being such a jerk professionally are all reasons he petered out so fast. I guess I can't complain though, since he made himself such an easy target to poke fun at. He made some movies of decent quality like Under Siege, but he made a lot more movies that were hilariously bad like On Deadly Ground, and I'm thankful for that. Hope to see you review more Seagal movies in the near future, Doug. Happy New Years!
Hollywood pushed him as a martial arts star during the era in which Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Michelle Yeoh, etc... were ruling Asian cinemas. **facepalm**
People's understanding of martial arts was different back then. Back in those days people believed you make someone's heart explode if you just him them the right way. Segal had significant martial arts accolades and an impressive, though highly embellished backstory to convince the public he was a true badass. Years later the rise of UFC and mixed martial arts would expose many martial arts (like aikido) as being useless in actual fighting.
@@RumchugMusic Depends on the country. Back in the 80s, the Hong Kong Film Awards established the Best Action Choreography category b/c audiences there in general knew that being a great fighter and being a great martial arts star are two different things. They loved Michelle Yeoh way more than Steven Seagal despite the fact that she was never a legit martial artist.
@@RumchugMusiceven then, Steven’s ex-wife has stated Steven’s accolades are unearned. Apparently the person judging if he got a black belt or not, ended up falling asleep during Steven’s presentation so just awarded him it anyway
@@mrcritical6751 So he could very well have earned it. His test to become a black belt was actually filmed and I've seen it; he is at least competent at his discipline, and he does occasionally use that in his movies, although only occasionally.
Budget, $50 million. Box office, $38.5 million. This Vanity Project was the first and last film directed by Steven Seagal (barring some alleged uncredited work on a few DTV films). This film was part of a series of blows that, along with The Patriot and Fire Down Below, knocked out Seagal's action star career in Hollywood, soon relegating him to the direct-to-DVD shelves.
I believe him backstabbing his agent plus the shit he pulled on The Glimmer Man also probably didn’t help
He kinda had success in the early 2000s with DMX. It was a pretty big movie compared to his recent ones. The biggest one he had In years. It was his last one. He tried it again but this time with Ja Rule and it failed. That was it for Seagal.
@@javi__...Well, technically he was in Machete so there's that, but yeah, Half Past Dead was the last theatrical movie he ever did
More like Direct to Dumpster.
@@ThePartyPrimate Half Past Dead sounds like a fake action movie you’d see in a cartoon
Let me mention something I think got skipped over: The floppy disk that had all the dirt on the company in which the old man died for was hidden. When Segal goes to find it at the house, is it in a wall? Is it under a floorboard? After all, Caine's minions destroyed cabinets and even pulled out the dishwasher and couldn't find it. It's in A BACKPACK IN A CLOSET. I was so mad when I saw that. I get these minions are semi-incompetent so we can get R. Lee Ermey and his mercs in there, but to not check a frickin backpack in a closet!?
On Deadly Ground also served as a comfort for dozens of actors who were trying their hands at directing in the 90s. Around the same time, Van Damme released his directorial debut, “The Quest,” which was bad, but compared to On Deadly Ground, it was f’n Unforgiven.
The Quest was just a rehash of the much better Bloodsport. Still, youre right. While The Quest is bad, its a masterpiece compared to ANY Seagal film. Yes, any. Under Siege sucks too.
Goddammit! I was drinking water when you did the “Chuck Nor-Steven Segal!” And it made me choke hahaha 😂
I can't believe it took until 2024 for the critic to finally cover a Seagal movie! He's been doing this for over a decade and a half! There really are that many bad movies to cover then...
I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, Repo Men, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about more.
A Man Month?
Don't forget Blankman.
@@xerothedarkstar The Batman Arkham subreddit: _heavy breathing_
I wonder if Doug would review Darkman, Darkman: The Mummy Returns - I mean The Return of Durant, & The *Darkmower* Man - I mean Darkman: Die Darkman Die?
Seriously, he'd have so much fun as a guy who's reviewed Sam Raimi movies. But I personally find these underrated superhero movies, whether Darkman was played by Qui Gon Jinn or Imhotep.
Not gonna lie, I really like the Postman. The book was way better, though, of course.
As a Texan, I can honestly say I knew exactly what accent Michael Caine was trying to do. Mostly because of the way he was dressed.
Even Dan Akroyd can do a Good Texas Draw.
Cheap Bola Tie was a dead giveaway 😂
Michael Caine played another texan in Secondhand lions. A highly underrated movie.
Michael Caine is a legend
And his Texan accent is absolutely spot on in lions, so I don't know what the hell happened here.
Even after all these years, I’ve still never seen a single Steven Seagal movie
Don’t bother, all of his movies are awful (Executive Decision is the only good one because he, not kidding, dies in the first minutes)
Keep it that way
if you like action movies from the 80' and 90's, I would recommend his early movies before he got fat and became a joke.
I saw him as the villain in Machete and he was incomprehensible.
@@ninjanibba4259Sounds like a good plan
I love that you're covering more movies you like/find interesting recently but its fantastic to see another good old fashioned bad movie episode of the Nostalgia Critic! God bless and happy new year!
The Chuck Norris meme but for Steven Seagal? Man, that takes me back haha
Yep, it has so much Nostalgia. 😉
I can’t believe this movie ends with a scene that the second Naked Gun had already made into a joke, several years earlier (a guy giving a big environmental speech and putting the entire audience to sleep).
on deadly ground also came out the same year as naked gun 33⅓: the final insult, 1994.
Suggestions for Old Vs. New reviews:
A Night To Remember 1958 Vs. Titanic 1997.
Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command 2000 Vs. Lightyear 2022.
Dawn Of The Dead 1978 Vs. 2004.
Judge Dredd 1995 Vs. Dredd 2012.
Omega Man 1971 Vs. I Am Legend 2007.
Watership Down 1978 Vs. 2018.
I know some of these have been reviewed before, but I feel these would all make good Old Vs. New videos.
Dune 1984 vs Dune 2021/2024.
What about Night of the Living Dead (1968) vs. Night of the Living Dead (1990)?
Also, speaking of Watership Down and Dune, I hope to see Doug review both the Watership Down 2000s animated show and the Dune Hallmark miniseries/sequel with James McAvoy.
To me, it sounded like Kaine kept accidentally dipping back into his usual British accent by accident. And I agree, it is GLORIOUS.
I always love it when Doug is dumbfounded by the strange public domain video clips in the ad sections.
Perfect way to start the year, reviewing a movie about the actor who never broke character
He's such a good method actor, he's maintained character even when he's physically incapable of doing so!
Good one dude, made me laugh out loud 😄👌
Supposedly, on the set of Executive Decision, Seagal body-slammed John Leguizamo for not respecting his pretend military rank.
He finally did Steven Seagal, now we need him to review Velocipastor and a Neil Breen Movie
I've only seen Space Ice review Neil Breen. I'm not sure I could keep my sanity watching his movies.
@@edwarddore7617 Neil is a special kind of bad, he definitely has his moments of wtf
@@edwarddore7617 Cinema Snob did several, because Doug doesn't do no-budget nothing movies, he does bad Hollywood movies, with only rare exceptions.
GOD I hope there’s a first viewing of this.. I wanna see Rob and Doug’s first reactions to the Seagal Cliches at their most hammy.
you know what I just realized that this movie is like a prototype for every Neil Breen movie ever made, just with actual money and production
Breen is the Wish version of Seagal
Yup. Absolutely....even down to the political podium speech to beat the message home.
It would not surprise me if On Deadly Ground was the only mover Breen ever saw. The ending to Fateful Findings is pretty similar.
Just what I was thinking. I guess the question "What would a Breen movie be like if he had a big budget" has already been answered. Except, as far as I know, Seagal has never played his own evil twin, or alien Jesus.
Neal B. Is above 'big budgets' he wins all he needs playing blackjack and spends it on tuna in the can and fake army medals..
Can’t believe there are so many Steven Segal movies, yet NC has NEVER reviewed any of them. You’d think there’d be a theme month for them by now
No better way to start of the new year with good old Segul.
This is arguably the best way to promote On Deadly Ground’s 30th anniversary since that film was released on February 18, 1994. It’s arguably among one of the so bad it’s good movies that had to exist next to The Room among others.
The fact that this is Doug’s first Seagal movie is amazing. You would think he’d get the same treatment as Nicolas Cage.
The difference is that Nic Cage actually was a major movie star in hollywood. He is an actor and starred in good movies.
Szeve Seagal is just a lazy bum with at best 2 good/acceptable movies and a giant pile of utter trash "direct to dvd" sticking to his name. That guy uses doubles whenever there are stairs to climb and since his body doesn't fit mirrors he didn't even notice they got half the weight he does.
@@uncle-bin1750 Seagal is gold for reviews. Some of the most entertaining trash of all time 😂
“ Szeve Seagal is just a lazy bum with at best 2 good/acceptable movies ”
With those 2 being above the law and marked for death
I would love to see a VeggieTales Month where Doug reviews the 2 theatrical movies, the 2 Christmas movies, & the Easter movie.
They're harmless and you can't get a lot out of then
Wait, there were more VeggieTales movies other than the 2 theatrical films?
@@TDI_CharlieBrownit would make more sense for him to just cover the two films released in theaters as part of one video, kinda like Doug covering the Shrek films, Kung Fu Panda, Bill & Ted, and the Twilight movies
Agreed! I think he'd really appreciate the Larryboy ones, for obvious reasons, but VT is amazing! I love my lips!
And, for added flavor, include the "Clum Babies" episode of "Drawn Together."
Dammit, Doug! If I had known this was your first go-around in the realm of Segal, I would've told you to review OUT FOR JUSTICE.
The pool room sequence alone is priceless.
ANYBODY SEEN RICH-IE?
ANYBODY KNOW WHY HE DID BOBBY LU-PO?
It also features the greatest billiard ball sound effect in film history...😂
Apparently a good rule of thumb when it comes to Steven Seagal movies is that if he "is" something then the movie will be at the very least entertaining. Above the Law and Under Siege come to mind as examples, but there are for sure plenty more of them.
I humbly suggest Exit Wounds for another Seagal action movie. I think it was his last theatrical release before he went the "direct to DVD" route. It has some of the silliest editing/stunt double use in any action movie I've ever seen.
Happy New Year Nostalgia Critic and I can't wait for more new reviews you have in the future ❤
Year 18 begins with something that frankly could’ve happened even in those initial five years
9:36 Wait, Irvin Kershner had nothing to do w/ Dreamcatcher. Are you confusing him w/ Lawrence Kasdan?
Wow, finally Seagal gets the critic treatment!! 10 years In the making!
You've unlocked a treasure trove of cringe with Seagal movies. You need to do more 😂
Thanks to Space Ice, I have found out about a lot of his gems. This movie is a masterpiece compared to them.
Cringe and fringe.
@@edwarddore7617On Deadly Ground a masterpiece (comparatively)? How bad are his films? Ive only seen under siege 1 and 2
Man, this felt like an older critic episode! Please do more Seagal movies! Do a Seagal month or something!
Another Fun Fact: Action scenes were both added and deleted for this film. Originally, the pole fight in the finale of the film was not intended. Warner Brothers pressured Seagal to add more fight scenes to make the film more like the traditional Seagal films. A fight scene in the cave during the dream sequence was cut, a publicity photo of this exists. Numerous magazines from the time period report that even though Seagal's black belt students were on set, they were seldom used until more sequences were added.
this was, as kid, my favorite Seagal movie. i watched it tons of times, till this kid was growing up, and was "the hell am I watching??"
I really hope you do more Seagal reviews in the future because his movies are some of the most insane things ever made
Maybe we'll get a Steven Segal month
That would be cool
He needs to do Glimmer Man and Hard to Kill.
he's also a sack of garbage COMPLETELY deserving of the hate he gets.
As long as they're theatrical releases.
A seagal classic.
Glad your back buddy.
Hope your feeling much better than before.
This was like an older Nostalgia Critic and it was nice to see. The critic doing a skit and just ripping into a bad movie instead of trying to make a both sides “balanced” breakdown. It seemed like it was more of the classic “Critic” character than we have seen in a while I feel like.
I’ve not seen hardly any of his films yet but I do know he can be intentionally funny.
His Mountain Dew ad is a good example.
he can?
then explain his run on snl.
@@supersmashbro596 sorry I don’t normally watch that. Lol 😅
@@Sonicandlaytonfan well he's infamous as the worst host snl ever had.
so bad that yes, he's only directed two shows before going on the banlist.
@@supersmashbro596 yeah I heard about his SNL stint, then again I’d never take a studio audience seriously with what they think is funny lol. Like I said I don’t know him very well so that’s why I need to research his material more.
@@SonicandlaytonfanSeagal apparently thought a sketch where he plays a therapist who rapes his client was funny, so I don’t trust what he thinks is funny either honestly
2:48 that bit was funny and some of Tamera’s best moments 😂❤
5:23
That reaction was priceless!
🤣
I think the only thing that would make it complete would be if he could have worked in Michael Caine from Austin Powers; Goldmember saying, “This ain’t my first “row-day-oh” cowboy!”
This is the kind of Nostalgia Critic episode I love: making fun of terrible movies I've never heard of 😂
It’s about time you reviewed a Steven Seagal movie! You should review The Onion Movie, back when The Onion was relevant!
I'd love to see a remake of this film in animated form!
....with Benedict Cumberbatch doing the voice of Forrest.
7:00 "How am I taking his role crying over a green sock more seriously?"
Because he played Muppet's Christmas Carol as though it were a dramatic stage show with real people instead of muppets. That what makes his character work in that movie.
(By contrast, Tim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island plays it as though he were one of the muppets, which works for *that* movie.)
Around 10:45 there's some weird editing, like a clip was cut out and Doug reacts to the scene that wasn't there with a 'He's got you there.'
Thanks Critic for giving me my first belly laugh of the year
Please do a Steven Seagal month!
2;58 this is why you have to watch every single nostalgic critic episode even if you don’t like
or have not seen the movie they’re featuring because their comedy is hilarious and the sketches
How racist was Seagal that he thought Asians and Native Americans were the same?
On another note, Seagal is basically the dog from Bolt
What a incredible way to start the new year off by
Its been way too long since we've had a good Chuck Norris joke
If you're looking for more Seagal, the one I saw most while growing up was "Hard to Kill", but I also remember "Marked for Death". Most of his movies were titled so the trailers could say "Steven Seagal is... "
"Jim Belushi microwaving into Elvis." 😂
Another Fun Fact: When Danish stuntman and actor Sven-Ole Thorsen met producer and director Steven Seagal on the set, Seagal asked Thorsen to kick him, to show what Thorsen was capable of. Thorsen hesitantly kicked Seagal, who caught his leg and threw him to the ground. Seagal asked Thorsen to kick him again, giving it his best shot. Thorsen kicked Seagal as fast and hard as he could, and Seagal fell to the ground. When shooting a scene together a day or two later, Seagal hit Thorsen in the throat, leaving Thorsen unconscious for three or four seconds. It looked so realistic that Seagal decided that Thorsen's character, Otto, had died, and his remaining scenes were cut from this movie.
Poor guy, he's had a good career. Who doesn't love Thalgrim being beside himself with grief over Conan killing his pet snake?
this was such a fun and refreshing nostalgia critic episode
I like that part on Family Guy where Joe watches Seagal moves in bed and can't keep stay quiet.
Ah yes, the time before Seagal became so static that his action scenes consist solely of guys running at him while he stands in place and waves his arms around.
Keep it up would be great to see you review more of his bad movies
100% agree
Another Fun Fact: The final scene, when Forrest Taft gives the speech about the oil companies and air pollution, was originally eleven minutes long. Audiences complained that it was overlong and preachy. The scene was re-edited before release.
Funny how Taft is supposed to be the hero when I think he killed as much people as _Michael Myers_
6:32 ... I am SHOOK. Ain't that a throwback?
You never forget your First Seagal Movie 🤭
the funniest part about steven segal is he seems to genuinely buy his own hype i think if you put him in front of a bank taken hostage he would actually try and go in to do that hand twist thing to the criminals expecting them to shit themselves at the sight of him
He broke Sean Connery's wrist as the stunt coordinator during the filming of Never Say Never Again
Forrest actually killed Jennings because that's what his lady friend asked him to do. She wanted to avenge her father.
The fact that a movie about a giant fire-breathing turtle that shoots rockets out of its shell is a better movie with a connection to Segal than this is deprarious
Do you guys ever plan on reviewing the movies made by Dingo Pictures? Yeah, I know there's a lot of other TH-camrs out there that already went over these movies. Like Phelous, SaberSpark, and Caddicarus, but I still want to see your reactions to the worst animated movies ever made. These movies are so awful that it's almost beatiful. Lol
"Mr. Miyagi, is this an atom bomb?"
"Hai."
"But why do you have an atom bomb?!"
"It helps with... negotiations."
Do Under Siege, a legit great film. Also the last time Tommy Lee Jones looked like he was having fun playing a role.
My dad loved Seagal's movies.
It was a simpler time.
Another Fun Fact: Forrest Taft asks the question, "What does it take to change the essence of a man?" to an oil worker. A similar question is posed and answered in an aftershave commercial by Kelly LeBrock. Steven Seagal and LeBrock were married at that time.
Forrest Taft. His Name makes me laugh until I Choke. Forrest Gump and the Last Name of Hanna Barbera's Former Parent Company. All that's missing is the old 80s "Worldvision" Logo.🤣 th-cam.com/video/ypQmxErr164/w-d-xo.html
2024, the year where we all were shocked NC has never covered a Seagal film before. Hopefully this isnt the last!
Ah, the Pauly Shore of action films!
I wish you can do a STEVEN SEAGAL MONTH!
This was a fantastic review, very funny! Please review more Steven Seagal movies!
The 90s: “We need to show everyone how they don’t understand Native Americans.”
Also the 90s: *Casts Chinese to play Native Americans and only has them as side characters the white actor has to save*
Jon Tron made a great mini doc about Seagal and all his 'accomplishments'.
Okay, PLEASE do a Segal Month.
I'd love to see Hard To Kill (he's still young and fit) and Exit Wounds (2000's and obvious decline)
He did it, He Finally reviews a Steven Seagal movie, man this 2024 will be banging for sure.
No joke. I actually thought to myself before watching this "Despite ripping on Steven Seagal here and there, he's never actually reviewed one of his movies, right"? That being said, I do legit enjoy Under Siege.
Believe it or not, even tough it's one of the countless "Die Hard" copies that came out in the 90s, "Under Siege" (1992) is one of the better Seagal movies that is definitely worth checking out.
The Nostalgia Critic’s had many firsts. Reviewing a Steven Seagal movie just became one of them. 😎👍🏻
The day before my birthday and Nostalgia Critic drops an episode thanks guys.
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Seagal is odd because he has a lot of these sort of basic coming to humanity moments, but doesn’t know how to do them without being a preaching Messiah about it. Famously during one film he was doing he refused to kill a guy who he was supposed to kill in the script because he suddenly decided that killing people is bad so they edited the movie to add in a little thing that showed that the guy didn’t die after spending a while, trying to convince Seagal to pull the trigger
He also rarely if ever takes a punch during his fight scenes. He has the upper hand from the beginning and just annihilates everyone without breaking a sweat like he's on God mode in a video game😂 His ego won't allow it
Man this felt like such an old school nostalgia critic episode. I still watch All of them but hilariously Bad live action movies and dougs jokes about them are still the Essence of NC for me. Very nice!
I know it looks ridiculous (and it is) but that scene where Segal slaps up man and then they just go back to normal after a hug really happens.
So many tell of stories like that in small towns.