Strong and Moving!

Just perfect...

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Steven Seagal wears a jacket for most of the film so that you can't see the bulge of his fat sticking out and getting in the way of the lack of credibility in this film. It's a comedy to watch Steven try to pretend like the cameras will hide his lack of quickness while everyone with guns watches him make his way to do his "moves" in slow motion.Even if you're fan of this no talent clown you will want to skip this on cable and on DVD, that is unless you want to mock the man for how seriously he takes himself. It's hard to believe he was ever anything of worth at all in the martial arts and I wonder how much was actually true and how much was fabricated legend like most of his career and alleged dealings with the mob.This is really a horrendous film.

thought this was a good Seagal film for a few reasons, first off it is back to basics, with immediate no questions asked action by the man, in scenes when he is even remotely threatened. That is classic SS and a throwback to the early days like in Marked For Death etc, so from that perspective, fans should not feel disappointed. Also thought the inclusion of the guy who was in quite a few films in the early 90's the character Blue was a good one. He was in some real good films like King of New York and Sea of Love and it was good to see him in this film, he comes over pretty well as some kind of mobster who clearly does not respect Seagal or even his Boss. Also thought the scene where Seagal tackles his ass in the house was good to watch, always like seeing SS do fight choreography with actors who are not in the business for that reason. Storyline is OK, perfectly acceptable to call in a debt from a lethal family man to knock off a few wide boys. All in all this is probably one of Seagals best 10 movies.

Although "Pistol Whipped" is mostly shot in broad daylight - in opposite to some of Seagal's recent "stumble around in the dark" flicks like "Attack Force" - it has much in common with a 1940s film noir. Seagal portrays a totally broken hero - losing lots of money when gambling, divorced from the mother of his daughter, fired from the police, drinking too much, and he can't even keep promises he gives his daughter. But the world around him is not easy to divide into good guys and bad guys. His former police colleagues are corrupt, he doesn't trust his new employer at all, and even his new girlfriend has something to hide. Many dark shades of gray, thus the story was better than I expected, definitely a good progress from Seagal's previous couple of movies.Nevertheless, "Pistol Whipped" couldn't avoid the ridiculous moments typical for a Seagal flick, for example when he observes somebody secretly in a bar, trying not to be noticed. Yeah, right, 10 feet tall and staring at the other bloke all the time, nobody will notice him. Ah, but wouldn't it be less fun without things like that?

I must have watched a different film to everyone else who reviewed this. This film was a bore from start to finish. This was Steven Seagal indulging himself. How on earth anyone put up the money for this is a mystery! The plot was poor, the acting pathetic, the music (if that was what it was supposed to be be) annoying, the action scenes like something out of Bugs Bunny, the slo-mo shots were just killing time - they should have killed the movie. How many shots of cars reversing do we need to see in one movie? I reckon the priest would have slashed his wrists if he watched the film. The final shoot-out was dreadful.I kept waiting for the film to get better, but it didn't.I have always enjoyed Steven Seagal's films but this was awful. Please - don't waste your time watching it. Sorry to everyone who thought it was good.I feel like the little boy who called out, "The King hasn't got any clothes on!"