Under Siege (1992)
A disgruntled ex-CIA operative, his assistant and their assembled group of terrorists seize a battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback—an error that could be fatal.
- Andrew Davis
- Thomas J. Mack
- David Kelley
- Dru Anne Carlson
- Conrad E. Palmisano
- J.F. Lawton
Rating: 6.3/10 by 1529 users
Alternative Title:
Dreadnought - US
Under Siege - US
Under Siege 01 Under Siege - US
A Força em Alerta - BR
Přepadení v Pacifiku - CZ
Alarmstufe Rot (Under Siege) - DE
Alarmstufe Rot - DE
Country:
France
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 42 minutes
Budget: $35,000,000
Revenue: $156,563,139
Plot Keyword: martial arts, war ship, mercenary, nuclear missile, u.s. navy, hostage-taking, terrorism, one against many, battleship, action hero, good versus evil
The fun kind of dumb, _Under Siege_ is probably Segal's best work, and in my opinion the only reason people ever mention him in the same breath as the likes of Stallone, Schwarzenegger or Willis. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time_.
"Krill" (Gary Busey) is the rather narked XO on the battleship USS Missouri who sees the captain's impending birthday party as an opportunity to team up with "Strannix" (Tommy Lee Jones), seize the ship and extort a fortune from the American government. The girl (the very annoying "Jordan" - Erika Eleniak) coming from the cake he expected, the fact that the ship's cook is a former SEAL he did not - especially when this knife-wielding sailor starts to make his presence felt and a battle royal hots up. The scenario is pretty far-fetched, but to be fair to Steven Seagal as the chef with attitude, this is a fair action adventure film with plenty of combat, kitchen devil action and pyrotechnics to compensate for the pretty woeful dialogue and acting - especially from Busey - that only really works when the enthusiastic TLJ is letting loose the dogs of war. There's no jeopardy to speak of, the ending is never really in doubt - but I still find this, periodically, an enjoyable bit of machismo escapism that passes the time ok.
