Friday, September 14, 2012

Pistol Whipped (2008)

Matt, formerly an elite cop, is a lovable alcoholic with a preteen daughter who he neglects due to his excessive drinking problem.  When her step dad brings her over for the weekend, Matt often refuses to take her because he's too drunk.  Matt gets along well with the step dad who tries to protect the girl from her fathers alcoholism.

Matt also has a gambling problem, which a mystery man offers to clear for him if he'll help with some unfinished business which turns out to be killing the biggest scumbags in town.

Seagals films are so hit and miss nowadays, that it's nice to see one that is actually like a real movie.  There's a story to it, and although it's convoluted and contrived, it's still more of a story than many of his recent films.

Seagal has never been known for being subtle, but when it's revealed that the awesome step dad may not be so awesome, it's so heavy handed that they may as well have showed him lighting babies on fire as we couldn't hate him more.

There are continuity issues where Seagal is wearing sunglasses, then they're gone, then repeat.  Or maybe that was in the last Seagal film we watched right before this one.  Either way, there is a Seagal stand in who is obviously not Seagal in the shots from behind.

Lance Henricksen elevates the cast to a higher level because he's awesome.  And get a load of that excessively photoshopped face of Seagals on the cover. Yikes!

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