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Out for Justice

The Tom Cruise Award for Most Valiant Attempt to Emulate a Normal Human

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Seagal pretending to know how to play catch wins.

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 00:23:40Read transcript
  • Craig selects Seagal's attempt to look like he knows how to play catch with his son. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The way Seagal holds the glove and inventories the bat and ball is treated as visibly inauthentic.
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Most Rewatchable Scene

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The pool-hall fight wins over the opening, murder scene, dog chase, and deli fight.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:35:22Read transcript
  • The opening pimp confrontation and title-card freeze frame are praised as an immediately rewatchable introduction.
  • Gino's unrestricted response to Bobby's death and the police force's deference are treated as part of the film's appeal.
  • The Arthur Miller epigraph is contrasted with the violence that follows seconds later.
  • The puppy rescue and car chase are nominated while the panel questions the dog's safety.
  • The Italian-store fight is discussed as another rewatchable action sequence.
  • The pool-hall confrontation is selected as the movie's best scene and Seagal's best fight.
  • Gina Gershon and Shannon Whirry's information-giving scenes are praised for their colorful dialogue and supporting performances.
  • Richie's bar rampage and the final shootout are the remaining scene candidates.
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Out for Justice

Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

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The Gene LeBell story about choking Seagal unconscious is discussed with uncertainty around its most notorious detail.

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  • The story begins with Seagal allegedly claiming that his martial-arts training made him impossible to choke unconscious.
  • Stunt coordinator Gene LeBell is reported to have accepted the challenge and choked Seagal unconscious.
  • The story further claims Seagal lost bladder and bowel control, a detail that Seagal denied and LeBell did not directly confirm.
  • Another stunt performer reportedly confirmed a confrontation and described LeBell sweeping Seagal after Seagal struck toward his groin.
  • The panel repeatedly distinguishes the likely confrontation from the unverified defecation claim and ultimately chooses to believe the story.
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Out for Justice

What’s Aged the Best?

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Margulies, the supporting cast, Orbach's career, and the director's blunt Seagal assessment have aged best.

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  • Julianna Margulies is praised for conveying fear and talent in an early film role.
  • Director John Flynn's blunt account of Seagal's lateness and production delays is quoted as durable production context.
  • The supporting cast, including Jerry Orbach and the actors around the mob family, is praised as unusually strong for the vehicle.
  • Orbach's run across Dirty Dancing, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Someone to Watch Over Me, and Last Exit to Brooklyn is discussed as career context.
  • Orbach's move from Out for Justice and Toy Soldiers into Law & Order and Beauty and the Beast is credited as evidence of his standing.
  • The line describing Richie as killing people as if it were free is praised as a memorable piece of dialogue.
  • Gino's warm access to mob boss Don Vittorio is praised as an entertaining relationship.
  • Seagal and the actress playing Vicky giving flat reactions to Bobby's murder are cited as inadvertently durable comedy.
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