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Steven Seagal

Also referred to as Seagal

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Episodes featuring their films
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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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Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

Apex Mountain

Seagal, Erika Eleniak, and the June 1989 Playboy issue: yes

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:37Read transcript
  • Seagal’s commercial and industry standing clearly declined after this film. — Bill Simmons
  • Busey’s apex was placed around Point Break, Under Siege, and The Firm, with The Buddy Holly Story as an earlier prestige high. — Kyle Brandt
  • Erika Eleniak was treated as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
  • The June 1989 Playboy issue was treated as an apex case because Under Siege and Home Alone preserved its fame. — Bill Simmons
  • “Voodoo Child” in Under Siege lost its apex case to its later NWO use. — Kyle Brandt
  • Casey Ryback was nominated as the apex movie cook who could also fight. — Kyle Brandt
  • Goodfellas’ prison cooking and Clemenza’s meatballs were competing movie-cook cases. — Kyle Brandt
  • Chef and Burnt were rejected because their cooks could not fight. — Bill Simmons
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

Half-Assed Internet Research

Erika Eleniak’s E.T. appearance, Alabama shooting locations, budget-saving rewrites, Seagal’s Pearl Harbor idea, and the film persuading Harrison Ford to make The Fugitive

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:35Read transcript
  • Eleniak’s first feature role was the girl Elliott kissed in E.T. — Bill Simmons
  • USS Alabama stood in for USS Missouri. — Bill Simmons
  • Mobile-area locations and framing made the limited water appear to be open ocean. — Bill Simmons
  • The script was reduced from an estimated $100 million version to a roughly $30 million production. — Bill Simmons
  • Seagal proposed incorporating the Pearl Harbor memorial and gathered ships. — Bill Simmons
  • Harrison Ford reportedly joined The Fugitive after seeing an Under Siege rough cut. — Bill Simmons
  • The production used a blackout barge and visual blocking to conceal the Alabama’s surroundings. — Bill Simmons
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

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

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:53Read transcript
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

What’s Aged the Worst?

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

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:48Read transcript
  • Seagal’s real-world conduct and the forced-feeling final kiss have aged poorly. — Bill Simmons
  • The era’s gratuitous action-movie nudity has aged poorly. — Bill Simmons
  • Casey Ryback sounds more like a sideline reporter than a Navy SEAL chef. — Bill Simmons
  • The captain visibly breathing and blinking as a corpse was criticized. — Bill Simmons
  • High-ranking officials smoking indoors during crisis meetings looked dated. — Bill Simmons
  • The obvious Tommy Lee Jones body double in the final fight was cited. — Kyle Brandt
  • Busey’s later public image was contrasted with his charismatic Lethal Weapon and Point Break era. — Kyle Brandt
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Split: Jordan’s rapid competence; Seagal disappearing into the refrigerator

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:12:51Read transcript
  • Jordan’s transition from sedated cake performer to effective counter-coup participant strains plausibility. — Kyle Brandt
  • Seagal’s long absence from the action was argued as the larger rewatchability weakness. — Kyle Brandt
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

What’s Aged the Best?

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

In the discussion (15)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:27Read transcript
  • Ryback received a strong character entrance. — Bill Simmons
  • Strannix received a strong helicopter entrance. — Kyle Brandt
  • Jordan’s arrival established her failed-actress backstory efficiently. — Bill Simmons
  • Seagal’s non-jokes remain funny. — Bill Simmons
  • Seagal’s waving-hand fight technique remains visually distinctive. — Bill Simmons
  • The cheering war-room convention still works. — Bill Simmons
  • The villains’ decision to drown the trapped crew made them genuinely cruel. — Bill Simmons
  • The USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor, and Desert Storm details gave the action plot military-history texture. — Bill Simmons
  • “Wake up the president” was praised as enduring action-movie dialogue. — Bill Simmons
  • Busey’s “psychological evaluation” exchange was praised. — Bill Simmons
  • Bernie Casey’s presence and verbal exchanges with Strannix were praised. — Bill Simmons
  • Ryback’s improvised blowtorch outfit and DIY problem-solving were praised. — Bill Simmons
  • The hijackers’ food, booze, music, and visible enjoyment distinguished them from dour action villains. — Kyle Brandt
  • The Navy dress whites were praised as unusually flattering costuming. — Kyle Brandt
  • Wikipedia’s dry description of Under Siege II as “not as well received” amused the panel. — Bill Simmons
Under Siege The Rewatchables
Under Siege

Most Rewatchable Scene

The missile-launch hug; final kiss; Ryback and Tommy Lee Jones action passages

In the discussion (16)
Approx. transcript time · 00:33:02Read transcript
  • Ryback moving through the ship while the crew hangs on his every word was an opening candidate. — Bill Simmons
  • The galley confrontation and Seagal’s improvised Cajun affect were nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Busey spitting into the bouillabaisse was nominated as a ruthlessly effective villain beat. — Bill Simmons
  • The hijackers’ first shootout, with Busey in drag and Strannix killing the ranking officer, was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Ryback escaping through the ceiling and immediately dispatching guards was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Ryback covering the captain’s body and attempting a quiet acting beat was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Strannix’s “welcome to the revolution” speech and the war-room reaction were nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The microwave bomb and its invented five-second countdown were nominated. — Kyle Brandt
  • The reveal of Ryback’s elite SEAL history was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Ryback organizing an instant counterattack with the makeshift crew was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Ryback building a bomb from a grenade, condom, wire, oil, recorder, and knapsack was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The missile strike and awkward full-body celebratory hug were nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The final Ryback–Strannix knife fight and their mutual-recognition exchange were nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The joking deck finale, especially the infirmary and breakfast lines, was nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The final forced-looking kiss was dissected as bizarrely rewatchable. — Kyle Brandt
  • One final choice was the missile-launch hug; another was the last-five-seconds kiss. — Bill Simmons
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Films in the archive

Hard to Kill

1990

Out for Justice

1991

Under Siege

1992