Geoff Murphy directed this second and so far final entry in the Steven Seagal "series", which began with Andrew Dawis' Under Siege in 1992. This time terrorists don't hijack ship but train full of passengers including the deadly cook Ryback (Seagal) and his niece Sarah. The terrorists are led by madman who was fired from the government in which he invented a military weapon that is used in space. He and his colleagues want now to avenge his firing and all the wrongs, and they demand huge amount of money in order to maintain the peace; the madman has all the equipment in the train to control his deadly invention above and he definitely is willing to use it if he doesn't get the money and co-operation from the helpless government. But he doesn't know Casey "the cook" Ryback is also on the train, and he is pretty p***ed of because his niece is in danger among all the other passengers.
This film is a routine actioner with the usual "charisma" of Steven Seagal and his fighting abilities. Murphy does his job with talent as a director and there are some great bits of photography, for example the scene where the train is reflected in the lake and there are also some interesting camera angles in the film. The film is also pretty exciting (if not always believable), so I really managed to watch this without any problem, and the fact is that I'm not any fan of Seagal's. Under Siege 2 is very violent and has plenty of gun fights and fist/kicking action and the film is incredibly roughly cut in UK to get the 18 rating. I watched the uncut version and it is raw and violent most of the time, if not as violent as Seagal's most brutal film, Out For Justice.
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is nothing special, but still pretty exciting, greatly directed, photographed and staged action film. There are some stupid comic elements and "funny" and irritating one liners, mostly from the bag boy, so without these stupid and usual flaws, this film would be even more noteworthy little actioner. Now it is among many others and makes the same mistakes in this department as many others have made, too. I give this 5/10 and appreciate Geoff Murphy's direction.
This film is a routine actioner with the usual "charisma" of Steven Seagal and his fighting abilities. Murphy does his job with talent as a director and there are some great bits of photography, for example the scene where the train is reflected in the lake and there are also some interesting camera angles in the film. The film is also pretty exciting (if not always believable), so I really managed to watch this without any problem, and the fact is that I'm not any fan of Seagal's. Under Siege 2 is very violent and has plenty of gun fights and fist/kicking action and the film is incredibly roughly cut in UK to get the 18 rating. I watched the uncut version and it is raw and violent most of the time, if not as violent as Seagal's most brutal film, Out For Justice.
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory is nothing special, but still pretty exciting, greatly directed, photographed and staged action film. There are some stupid comic elements and "funny" and irritating one liners, mostly from the bag boy, so without these stupid and usual flaws, this film would be even more noteworthy little actioner. Now it is among many others and makes the same mistakes in this department as many others have made, too. I give this 5/10 and appreciate Geoff Murphy's direction.