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Steven Seagal

Also referred to as Seagal

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3

Rewatchables episodes featuring Steven Seagal’s films

Under Siege

1992 film

Bill Simmons · Kyle Brandt

Aired December 25, 2023

Hard to Kill

1990 film

Bill Simmons · Kyle Brandt

Aired June 16, 2022

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Out for Justice The Rewatchables
Out for Justice

Steven Seagal Hard to Kill Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Intimacy Coordinator?

The Polaroids and Seagal's earlier screen behavior produce another yes.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:08Read transcript
  • The posed Polaroids prompt questions about who took them and whether a camera timer was used. — Bill Simmons
  • The scene with the nude dead dancer is said to warrant an intimacy coordinator because of concern about Seagal's conduct. — Bill Simmons
  • A prior Hard to Kill scene in which Seagal appeared to improvise intimate contact is given as the reason for that concern. — Kyle Brandt
Out for Justice The Rewatchables
Out for Justice

What’s Aged the Best?

Margulies, the supporting cast, Orbach's career, and the director's blunt Seagal assessment

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:07:50Read transcript
  • Julianna Margulies is praised for conveying fear and talent in an early film role. — Bill Simmons
  • Director John Flynn's blunt account of Seagal's lateness and production delays is quoted as durable production context. — Bill Simmons
  • The supporting cast, including Jerry Orbach and the actors around the mob family, is praised as unusually strong for the vehicle. — Bill Simmons
  • Orbach's run across Dirty Dancing, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Someone to Watch Over Me, and Last Exit to Brooklyn is discussed as career context. — Bill Simmons
  • 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. — Bill Simmons
  • The line describing Richie as killing people as if it were free is praised as a memorable piece of dialogue. — Bill Simmons
  • Gino's warm access to mob boss Don Vittorio is praised as an entertaining relationship. — Bill Simmons
  • Seagal and the actress playing Vicky giving flat reactions to Bobby's murder are cited as inadvertently durable comedy. — Bill Simmons
Out for Justice The Rewatchables
Out for Justice

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

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

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:43Read transcript
  • The story begins with Seagal allegedly claiming that his martial-arts training made him impossible to choke unconscious. — Bill Simmons
  • Stunt coordinator Gene LeBell is reported to have accepted the challenge and choked Seagal unconscious. — Bill Simmons
  • The story further claims Seagal lost bladder and bowel control, a detail that Seagal denied and LeBell did not directly confirm. — Bill Simmons
  • Another stunt performer reportedly confirmed a confrontation and described LeBell sweeping Seagal after Seagal struck toward his groin. — Bill Simmons
  • The panel repeatedly distinguishes the likely confrontation from the unverified defecation claim and ultimately chooses to believe the story.
Out for Justice The Rewatchables
Out for Justice

Most Rewatchable Scene

The pool-hall fight

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 00:35:22Read transcript
  • The opening pimp confrontation and title-card freeze frame are praised as an immediately rewatchable introduction. — Bill Simmons
  • Gino's unrestricted response to Bobby's death and the police force's deference are treated as part of the film's appeal. — Bill Simmons
  • The Arthur Miller epigraph is contrasted with the violence that follows seconds later. — Kyle Brandt
  • The puppy rescue and car chase are nominated while the panel questions the dog's safety. — Bill Simmons
  • The Italian-store fight is discussed as another rewatchable action sequence. — Bill Simmons
  • 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. — Bill Simmons
  • Richie's bar rampage and the final shootout are the remaining scene candidates. — Kyle Brandt
Out for Justice The Rewatchables
Out for Justice

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

Seagal pretending to know how to play catch

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:23:40Read transcript
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Films in the archive

Hard to Kill

1990

Out for Justice

1991

Under Siege

1992