Apex Mountain
Under Siege was identified as Seagal’s apex; other cases included Busey, Eleniak, the 1989 Playboy issue, Voodoo Child, and movie cooks.
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- Seagal’s commercial and industry standing clearly declined after this film.
- Busey’s apex was placed around Point Break, Under Siege, and The Firm, with The Buddy Holly Story as an earlier prestige high.
- Erika Eleniak was treated as an apex case.
- The June 1989 Playboy issue was treated as an apex case because Under Siege and Home Alone preserved its fame.
- “Voodoo Child” in Under Siege lost its apex case to its later NWO use.
- Casey Ryback was nominated as the apex movie cook who could also fight.
- Goodfellas’ prison cooking and Clemenza’s meatballs were competing movie-cook cases.
- Chef and Burnt were rejected because their cooks could not fight.