Exit Wounds (BD) [Blu-ray]

Old school but amazing

Great movie with excellent actors and good tunes. Had to purchase the DVD so I can watch any time the mood strikes. Which is often!

Very cute

"Exit Wounds" is a fun, well-rounded action flick from 2001 that carries the minor distinction of being considered the last good Steven Seagal vehicle by many mainstream fans. I don't count myself among them, having had a good time with a lot of Seagal's direct-to-video adventures, but I agree that this is a good vehicle, not to mention a pretty unique one for the Buddhist Bonecrusher. While it's arguably Seagal's last hurrah for shining as a leading man in Hollywood, a good police adventure, and one of the better and most prominent film platforms for costar DMX, there are some deficiencies that ground it solidly beneath the five-star range.The story: disciplined for saving the life of the vice president, hardcore cop Orin Boyd (Seagal) is reassigned to a notoriously violent precinct where he is promptly caught up in a dangerous web of drug dealing and police corruption.I have and will probably continue to focus on Steven Seagal in this review, but I don't mean to overlook or downplay the rest of the cast. As far as commercially recognizable stars go, this is the last one of Steven's to feature such a prominent collection: Isaiah Washington as his partner, Jill Hennessy as the precinct captain, Bill Duke as the *other* captain, Michael Jai White as the two-faced lieutenant, goofy Anthony Anderson and Tom Arnold as the comic relief players, and of course DMX the mysterious drug dealer. Just about everyone plays their roles as well as possible, making one of the few complaints I have about the casting be simply that a couple of my favorite characters don't have enough screentime. I'm not entirely sure of DMX's strength as an actor, but hey, as a rapper-turned-thespian, he beats the pants off of Ja Rule in  Half Past Dead . Steven himself is almost unrecognizable: producer Joel Silver bragged in press releases how he had gotten Seagal to lose weight, his ponytail, and his "Navajo blankets," but the real difference-maker here is that the story keeps Steven from indulging in any of the social and political interests that had made his other movies stand out and branded him as a weirdo. He plays a standard tough guy, which a lot of people probably think is a good thing, but personally, I miss the Navajo blankets.The action is an even blend of hand-to-hand combat, gunfighting, car chases, and some explosions. The street race taking place about halfway through the movie is particularly memorable, but like any martial arts fan, I'm in it for the fisticuffs. Hong Kong action wrangler Dion Lam ( The Storm Riders ) was brought in to supply these, but while I give the fights a general passing grade, I think they could have been a lot better. Wires are heavily utilized and sure enough, Seagal is seen flipping and spinning around a lot, which makes for a weird but cool effect. There's less of his trademark aikido and more general martial arts, but there's enough inventive technique to make me really enjoy at least two of the brawls (i.e. the attempted carjacking and the fight in the club). The problem, however, is that these Hong Kong-style matches are shot in a Hollywood manner, which means there's a lot of unnecessary cutting - not just of camera angles, but even to different scenes, at times. This latter tendency becomes a particular nuisance during the much-anticipated showdown between Seagal and fellow martial artist Michael White: even though you have both of them wielding giant paper cutter blades as swords and White doing some slow-motion flipping, the film repeatedly cuts away to a scrap between DMX and David Vadim that is nowhere near as exciting.Though it goes overboard at times, I like the film's sense of humor, in the form of both its intentional comedy bits and the silly plot-related ideas (SPOILER: the drug-soaked t-shirts are the best clothing-related plot point since the exploding pants in  Knock Off ). Additionally, I think the movie's pretty unique for a Hollywood action movie of this period for how relatively gritty its action is: there's the wirework, sure, but next to no noticeable CGI and proper reliance on the stunt team. Behind  Romeo Must Die , I think this is the best feature that director Andrezj Bartkowiak's made, and it's certainly among the better ones of Seagal's filmography - probably the kind of film that a lot of his disenchanted viewers wish he were still making.

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This isn't "Nebraska" or to be confused with the films of David Lean..... it's what my fiancee calls "a boy movie" .. in music it would be Dumb Hard Rock, but heck AC/DC is fun isn't it? Unlike the dozens of direct to video films that have come after , this is a full on widescreen Joel Silver high production value action flick. You can't be too literal when viewing , Seagal's fall from grace is set up by saving the Vice Presidents life for goodness sake if that gives you any indication of the backflips done in the screenplay alone! Seagal was thin, no pony tail and full of classic one liners. This movie also features a really top notch supporting cast and I actually always get a kick out of Tom Arnold as the comic foil. If you liked his first half dozen big time films from Above the Law through Marked for Death , you will enjoy this one and the BR edition looks great , ports over the few bonus features from the DVD and I picked it up on Amazon.com for under 10 bucks... I can't get into a movie theater these days for that price... so while this isn't "Unforgiven" .... for what it is and how it's priced its a solid 5 star value for me.

I really love watching this movie Exit Wounds Steven Seagal and DMX played a good role in this flim Anthony Anderson, Isaach Washington, Jill Hennessey and the rest of the cast were amazing as well and I really like all the action all Thriller in this film. Rate this is one of the best films of 2001. Also one of Steven Seagal's best films

3 of 5 stars for the action movie Exit Wounds. This is a typical Steven Seagal movie with plenty of martial arts fights, car chases, gun fire and stunts. In this movie, Seagal plays a cop who gets assigned to a difficult inner-city precinct. This precinct has plenty of corrupt cops. Eventually Seagal discovers the "bad guys" are trying to document police corruption.As I said, a pretty typical Seagal movie with direct fights where the bad guys get hurt badly. It is a good action movie and fun to watch. Perhaps not Seagal's best movie though.

Un bon film et bon dvd.

Steven seagle.Me gusta mucho este actor tengo casi todas las películas en EN FORMATO WHS, DVD, BLURAY.

Korruption im Polizeiapparat ist leider nicht nur eine Filmhandlung, son dern sehr oft auch in der Realität an der Tagesordung. Der Fil hat mir deshalb sehr gut gefallen, weil die sehr spannende Situation hervorragend aufgearbeitet wird und auch so manche Überraschung zutage kommt. Am DVD Inlet steht geschrieben: Was können zwei Männer gegen eine Bande korrupter Polizisten tun ? Was immer dazu nötig ist ! In einem Feuerwerk aus Action und dazu die Musik von DMX werden alle Register gezogen. Wer diese DVD noch nicht hat - Steven Seagal Freude auf zu Amazon !

Tres bon film rétro. Le meilleur de Steven Seagle ..haha. Version francaise incluse..tres important que les films ont leur version francaise..surtout au Québec...

Great price when bought pre-owned and the seller was fast and reliable as always.I’m a new Seagal fan, and I was very happy to have bought these movies. Out For Justice was definitely my preferred movie over Exit Wounds (probably because DMX’s acting can be annoying), but I did still enjoy both films.After researching the best Seagal films, I realised that there are many fans who have forgotten that Seagal films aren’t there to change your life or to win awards. They’re to chill out to, have an easy watch, and be entertained by the great style of movie making that is cool actions with corny lines and generally simple or obvious story lines. And that’s what Seagal films are all about.So if you’re a happy-go-lucky guy/girl who enjoys watching Seagal do what he does best, and not a pretentious wannabe film critic, then this duo of films will sort you out.