Delve into the Chinese Underworld with Steven Seagal by your side and Michelle Goh's soft voice narrating the story. Provocative and Compelling!
Steven Seagal is archaeologist Robert Burns; renowned in his field and wanted by the Chinese Mafia, the Tong. It seems he's uncovered some very valuable artifacts in the ancient eastern ruins of China and they would like to see them used for more lucrative endeavors.
When Burns is framed for the murder of his assistant, he ends up being used by the American government as the carrot before the nose of the Tong.
His fight to the Emperor of the Tong is quite literally some of the most explosive martial arts assaults on film this year!
With Direction by Michael "Hounddog" Oblowitz, it surely wasn't what I expected. Although his direction of Seagal in "The Foreigner," 2003 and did a very fine job of it, I have otherwise been unimpressed with his talents, until now.
Very Well Done! The storyline is plausible, the backdrop is beautiful and exigent, the sets were very well furnished and added immensely to the atmosphere of the movie, and the casting choices were outstanding.
Seagal just gets better and better. His acting is exemplary; not at all like some of the other so-called martial artist/actors out there. He never misses a beat. Every strike is dead on, every step is in place, and his action sequences are never slow, fake or "hokey."
Sorry people, but I'm NOT a fan of the '70's "Flying Through The Air, Doing Impossible Leaps and Throwing Magick Out Of Our Hands" martial arts flicks. (Movies like THAT are "flicks," not movies.)
Michelle Goh really shines in her performance. I hope to see more of her talents on the big screen.
It gets an 8/10 from...
the Fiend :.
Steven Seagal is archaeologist Robert Burns; renowned in his field and wanted by the Chinese Mafia, the Tong. It seems he's uncovered some very valuable artifacts in the ancient eastern ruins of China and they would like to see them used for more lucrative endeavors.
When Burns is framed for the murder of his assistant, he ends up being used by the American government as the carrot before the nose of the Tong.
His fight to the Emperor of the Tong is quite literally some of the most explosive martial arts assaults on film this year!
With Direction by Michael "Hounddog" Oblowitz, it surely wasn't what I expected. Although his direction of Seagal in "The Foreigner," 2003 and did a very fine job of it, I have otherwise been unimpressed with his talents, until now.
Very Well Done! The storyline is plausible, the backdrop is beautiful and exigent, the sets were very well furnished and added immensely to the atmosphere of the movie, and the casting choices were outstanding.
Seagal just gets better and better. His acting is exemplary; not at all like some of the other so-called martial artist/actors out there. He never misses a beat. Every strike is dead on, every step is in place, and his action sequences are never slow, fake or "hokey."
Sorry people, but I'm NOT a fan of the '70's "Flying Through The Air, Doing Impossible Leaps and Throwing Magick Out Of Our Hands" martial arts flicks. (Movies like THAT are "flicks," not movies.)
Michelle Goh really shines in her performance. I hope to see more of her talents on the big screen.
It gets an 8/10 from...
the Fiend :.