Steven Seagal used to take a lot of heat for films like this back in the day, the critics would pan his flicks unmercifully. His fans of course thought they were the best thing going, and the positive reviews on this forum bear that out. When Seagal's early films first came out, I would catch every one of them, impressed with his no holds barred form of Aikido street fighting pared down to the minimum amount of lethal force needed to take down the bad guy. Unrealistic though when no one else in a room full of hoods ever gets to lay a hand, bottle or club over his skull to provide a momentary equalizer. But hey, he was the hero.
With "Out For Justice" I had to wince a few times, not over the violence, but whenever I heard Seagal's over-enunciated bada bing way of speaking - 'Anybody see Richieeeee'. Speech like that is usually left for one of the stunad wise guys so it seemed a little embarrassing.
But I did get a kick out of dope dealer Richie Madano (William Forsythe) - man, what a whack job! Taken outside the context of the film, you have to wonder how he ever survived long enough to reach adulthood. This guy didn't seem capable of making a reasoned decision throughout the picture. Like he really needed to kill the woman in the car because she honked her horn at him, yeah, that seemed fitting. None of his cronies ever thought that might have been excessive either, let's just get away from Gino.
So even with all that nonsense going on, here's what I really don't get. When Gino takes the abandoned German Shepherd pup into the grocery store, where does he find the pet food section? It's right there between the bottled salad dressing and the fresh produce stand - now there's a marketing decision I defy anyone to explain.
With "Out For Justice" I had to wince a few times, not over the violence, but whenever I heard Seagal's over-enunciated bada bing way of speaking - 'Anybody see Richieeeee'. Speech like that is usually left for one of the stunad wise guys so it seemed a little embarrassing.
But I did get a kick out of dope dealer Richie Madano (William Forsythe) - man, what a whack job! Taken outside the context of the film, you have to wonder how he ever survived long enough to reach adulthood. This guy didn't seem capable of making a reasoned decision throughout the picture. Like he really needed to kill the woman in the car because she honked her horn at him, yeah, that seemed fitting. None of his cronies ever thought that might have been excessive either, let's just get away from Gino.
So even with all that nonsense going on, here's what I really don't get. When Gino takes the abandoned German Shepherd pup into the grocery store, where does he find the pet food section? It's right there between the bottled salad dressing and the fresh produce stand - now there's a marketing decision I defy anyone to explain.