Under Siege

The hosts chose different comic-action peaks: the missile-launch hug, the final kiss, and the broader Ryback/Tommy Lee Jones action passages.

Entrances, Seagal’s accidental comedy and hand technique, the supporting character design, war-room celebrations, ruthless villains, and the Navy look were praised.

The emotional final salute was the choice.

The panel split between Jordan’s implausible rapid competence and Seagal disappearing into the refrigerator for too much of the movie.

Seagal’s conduct and final kiss, gratuitous nudity, Casey Ryback’s name, a visibly living dead captain, indoor smoking, body doubles, and Busey’s later public image were discussed.

Under Siege remained preferable to the proposed marketing title The Last to Surrender.

Two takes were preserved: Seagal would improve The Fugitive as Richard Kimble, and Tommy Lee Jones gives essentially the same performance in both movies.

Gary Busey was the decisive choice.

Dwayne Davis, remembered as Alvin Mack from The Program, was selected from a deep field.

The unnamed war-room officer who calmly describes Honolulu reaching 10,000 degrees was the accepted choice.

Under Siege was identified as Seagal’s apex; other cases included Busey, Eleniak, the 1989 Playboy issue, Voodoo Child, and movie cooks.

A prestige-series remake was rejected.

Philip Baker Hall as the captain was the favored addition.

Tommy Lee Jones was the immediate choice.

The Ryback menu and Tommy Lee Jones’s aviators/leather jacket were the choices.

“Don’t underestimate the cook” was the lesson.

Tommy Lee Jones won for carrying the film into The Fugitive and an enduring career.