Out for Justice | | Cast : | Steven Seagal, William Forsythe | | Director : | John Flynn | | Studio : | Warner Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 12, 1991 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | May 24, 2005 | | Summary | Considering it's a Seagal movie..... | Content
 | Not long ago I reviewed BELLY OF THE BEAST (in which I offered an alternative title of BEAST WITH THE BIG BELLY, referring to Seagal). In it I was fairly mean, but not funny. I just read several of the reviews for OUT FOR JUSTICE and these folks had me cracking up.
Now here's a thought: the reviews for OUT FOR JUSTICE was better than the movie BELLY OF THE BEAST.
Enough forepley. OUT FOR JUSTICE is my favorite of all his movies. With any Steven Seagal flick you pretty much know these days what you're getting before you even hit "play". Lately, you know you're getting a "straight to video" ripoff from a man who is wayyyy past his prime and any pride in his work.
This did not seem to be the case in the earlier days. Yes, he has always played the same character. Yes, his acting (or whatever you want to call it) has always consisted of the same monotone. The fact he uses this same monotone no matter what language he is speaking should not have come as a surprise, but there ya go! On the other hand, I did think he did a bit better, acting-wise, in this and UNDER SIEGE. The UNDER SIEGE Elvis impression alone... Nevermind, I digress. Yes, he is always the hero doing incredibly illegal things in his fight for justice. In fact, he generally seems to be doing a lot more illegal things than the folks he chases, but maybe that's just me.
The best things about any of the OLDER Seagal film are the fight scenes. He used to be damn good. Never much in the body department (Hey, do YOU want to see him shirtless? I didn't think so.) but very, very quick. His ego aside, at one time this man was one of the best in the world at martial arts and it showed in his movies. No matter how bad the movie itself, just watching him do what he did best was worth the pain of the plot.
In OUT FOR JUSTICE somehow we managed to also get some great actors in this one. (Nah, I'm not talking about Seagal you silly person, although I thought for him he didn't do as bad as usual) William Forsythe is wonderful as Richie. Then we also have the late Jerry Orbach as a fellow cop. Gina Gershon, who must have cringed at her lines -- I know I did, was great. And several other top notch performers. I liked the subplots, I liked the story (more or less), I loved the acting and the fight scenes.
You have Gino the cop verses Richie the thug. The thug finds out Bobby the Bad Cop is boinking the thugs girlfriend. The thug retaliates by killing the girlfriend and Bobby. (Oh, at the scene where the wife comes out of the store to find Bobby take a look at her knees.) Although Gino eventually realizes Bobby was on the take, he still feels obligated to do something about it. In Seagal fashion that of course means he is going to beat the crap out of a dozen or so folks and perform several extremely illegal acts on his way to the grand finale. You know the Gina Gershon character has a good lawyer and in the real world the police department would have been sued for millions. Ignoring the stupid name for the pup, there are some subplots with it and his wife, Vic, that are nice touches. With the whores he even shows a bit of animation in his acting.
Once upon a time if I saw Seagals name on the movie cover I'd rent or buy it. They were worth the money. OUT FOR JUSTICE is one of those. Sadly, they are a thing of the past.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 05, 2005 | | Summary | I know I'm not a fan of Steven Seagull | Content
| But I'm getting there. I've seen Exit Wounds, Marked For Death, and now this, and there's probably more. My boyfriend happens to be the biggest Steven Seagull fan, having all his DVDs, being able to quote from EVERY film, until even I know what film they're from, and an action figure to boot. I'll have to admit Steven wasn't that bad in this movie - apart from his outfit. What, were his wardrobe people blind or something? When he first appears on screen he looks like something out of the Village People, although thankfully, he has the sense to put a jacket on later in the film.
And the headgear?! It was practically a flat cap he was wearing, yet it never appears to fall off. Note: people with ponytails (particularly people who still wear their hair like girls) do not suit those caps. They can only just about get away with a baseball cap.
Steven also speaks Italian in this, in a passionless, monotone voice. Italian is not supposed to be spoken like this, but obviously he was never told this fact. It's supposed to be spoken with PASSION!!!
Once again, the action scenes are done with less & less energy input from Steven. Beware though, as you'll never look at a meat cleaver the same way again. And the snooker (pool) ball in some kind of material - ouch.
For once it's actually a decent enough storyline, although starts off rather fast for my liking, you're thrown into the action straight away.
Overall it wasn't a bad movie, watchable, but not rewatchable. Can we quit it with the Steven Seagull movies now? |
| Rating | | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | about the movie out of Justice....... | Content
| This title is another win for Seagal movie/film which is recommended to those whom are interested in the Genre of movie. Don't forget to look out for out of justice 2,3,4,5,6 and 7 if any....
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| Rating | | | Date | March 03, 2005 | | Summary | This is the perfect Steven Seagal movie....... | Content
| With this entry Steven Seagal and director John Flynn delivered one of the most enjoyable action thrillers from the past 15 years. Out For Justice also show cases one of the best martial arts bar room brawl fight scenes ever put to film. Seagal in his day was hugely popular simply because his movies were violent and he was enjoyable to watch as he snapped arms, legs and anything else that came his way. Under Siege, one year later was Seagals biggest box office success however Out For Justice beats it hands down for extreme Seagal action. Seagal really seems to enjoy himself in these earlier movies like this one, Above The Law, Hard To Kill and Marked For Death but after Under Siege his new found world popularity seemed to go to his head and he was never again able to deliver a movie as solid as anything he made prior to Under Siege. In this one he is the hard as nails Steven Seagal that made him an action star in the first place. His martial arts capabilities are on full display in this movie with excellent and numerous aikido scenes against multiple opponents. William Forsythe plays Seagals adversary Richie Madano as a crazy, annoying wannabe gangster and you get right behind Seagal as he anilities Richie and his gang at the end. This is a full on over the top violent adult thriller that does not hold back any punches in its depiction of violent scenes. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys violent action thrillers and a must own for any Steven Seagal fan. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 27, 2005 | | Summary | Possibly The Greatest Cinematic Experience Ever | Content
| 'Out For Justice' is amazing. Its about a beret-wearing cop(Lord Steven doing the worst Italian accent ever) who's hunting down a psychotic drug addict gangster who killed Stevie's best friend. Lord Steven searches for this psycho because, obviously, killing is wrong. But along the way Seagal manages to maim, murder, and generally kick the crap out of just about everyone that gets any sort of screentime.
He literally pounds everyone for nearly the entire film. The cursing is fast, furious, and usually pointless. Stereotypes are the norm in this world. The bodies pile up quickly and Lord Steven stomps so much rectum that I think his foot needed an enema after filming.
'Out For Justice' is one of those films that you wonder why it was made but when you see it, you thank god that it was. Beautiful. Hopefully a 8-disc special edition will be released in the near future. |
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