Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Sometimes I like to torture myself with a terrible film, but this came close to the limit for me.The premise of the biological warfare data is fairly standard, and who would've expected that the good guy's daughter would be kidnapped. It's all standard bad, but the whole attitude of Segal is terrible.So, someone's kidnapped his daughter, and over the course of the film he has three opportunities to get her back pretty easily, and just wanders away from each one of them without seeming to care much.He's in a high speed car chase trying to get her back. He's knocked out the other cars chasing him, and there is the cab ahead of them. The other agent in the car says 'Let's go to the safe house'. 'OK' he says, and drives off, abandoning the pursuit.Secondly, when he's in the police station, and the woman he knows had kidnapped the kid walks in, he just sits there and lets her walk out. He only overpowers the cops when they tell him they're not going to let him go.Finally, when he finally teams up with the woman (surprise!), they could go collect his daughter from her friend, but instead they go to the safe house again, in the same city, and spend the night there. They could easily have driven to where she was, but nope, safe house.The whole film is about a deadly agent mildly interested in rescuing his daughter.

"Shadow Man" is another one of Steven Seagal's direct-to-DVD action movies this time from 2006 where he was manufacturing these quickies with a worrying inconsistency. The director is Michael Keusch and he's worked with Seagal on this film, the previously reviewed "Flight of Fury," and the entirely voice-doubled "Attack Force" (a film which I haven't seen). It's a perfect title because Big Stevie is shot in the shadows again because he's frigging cool, or they're desperately trying to cover his ever-expanding waistline.This forgettable entry begins with an intelligence operative who is followed by some card-board baddies. It's at the point where we start to experience endless choppy editing which is worse than "Out for a Kill." Seagal again plays a retired CIA agent (Oh, my God.) operating a school where he teaches students the lazily-named fighting tactic "Touch of Death." This opening segment is just an excuse for him to viciously beat up students despite the fact Seagal is over 200 pounds. A planned vacation in Romania takes a slight detour when his daughter (the bland Skye Bennett) is kidnapped and has to get her back with the help of a female cab driver (the lovely Eva Pope). To make this movie more confusing, Seagal and Pope have fight their way through Russian officials, a guy suffering from Syphilis, Granny with a machine gun and boring action scenes.The action is especially dull even by Seagal standards. He doesn't put any effort in this film both visually and vocally. Every time Seagal is not seen it's his body double which might have something to do with his weight. That p—s-yellow suede jacket and black leather trench coat isn't going to hide it. I swear, he is one mile away from a cardiac arrest. Don't tell me Seagal is too lazy to re-record his dialog in post-production. Worse is the over-reliance on computer generated effects especially with the superimposed helicopter explosion.We all know Seagal isn't known for his acting talent, but who watches his older movies for the performances. At least they have the likes of Caine, Busey, and Kristopherson as the baddies. In "Shadow Man," he is totally phoning it in without a trace of emotion and looks about disinterested. The only positive is Eva Pope who looks great and gives a confident performance even with the limited amount of material she's given. As for Imelda Staunton, I don't want to talk her.Overall, "Shadow Man" is straight-up horrible from beginning to end. This is a film with more body doubles than Brian De Palma's movie of the same name. It makes "Flight of Fury" look like "Fargo." It makes "Out for a Kill" look like "Taxi Driver." One star for Eva and the hot chick in Seagal's house.

Well, another of Seagal's Direct-to-DVD movies down the hatch. This one actually wasn't too bad.Once again the the big dude plays a former operative with a colorful past which is hinted at but never explained. Once again he has a daughter that's kidnapped and he breaks some bones to get the guilty party.The script, in fact, is somewhat confusing now and then and the paper thin story seems more complicated than it actually is. Old Steve does OK here, he's not dubbed (I think) and he seems to be doing most of his fighting himself. Oddly enough, fairly many shots show him (and leading lady Eva Pope) continually below face level so just about anyone could be doing the running there.Spoiler A particularly curious scene involves Seagal and Pope fleeing the safe house due to a helicopter chasing them. Their faces are never shown while running, neither in the car as they get to the woods and only a close-up of Steve with a gun while he shoots the chopper down. Very strange scene - might even have been put in after the fact. Very cheesy CGI in the scene by the way.End of Spoiler "Shadow Man" is average entertainment all the way. If you're in the mood for Steve, this is an OK choice. Decent fighting scenes and shoot-outs but it's mostly pretty forgettable.

I'll repeat this again: I like Seagal. But he's not trying anymore. You got the photoshopped head on the covers, retitles every two seconds, and the big man once again shows he's not going to World Gym. I have a Steven Seagal DTV addiction. I need to go to S.S.A. {Steven Seagal Anonymous} This time around: Jack Foster (You know the guy I'm talking about) is an ex-cop on a mission to save his daughter from terrorists. Same old, same old.When Steve was making films with Warner Bros. in the mid 80's-90's, all of his films were professionally made. Now since 2001- and present day, his films look terrible. They are shot in Romania or Bucharest or some foreign country with tax breaks. The green screen during the chase scene is horrendous. On the plus side, it looks like Seagal lay low on the stunt doubles this time around, and the climax is unintentionally funny.It's better than "Attack Force" but not as good as his DTV peak "Belly Of The Beast".One more thing: You can make some lame jokes at his expense with the title: He's a "Shadow" of his former self, or he casts a big "Shadow". Your choice.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com