Hilariously awful movie about some spiritual guy named Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) taking on an evil oil corporation and its head (Michael Caine!)
Another example where an actor was given free reign by a studio to direct, write and star in a movie that meant so much to him. There's nothing wrong with doing a movie for environmental protection (I'm all for it myself) but this movie is just so monumentally stupid! Everything is painted in black and white--Seagal is the good, spiritually pure guy who beats up and kills people but hey! He's protecting the environment so that makes it OK (?????). Caine (at an all time career low) plays a completely evil person so completely over the top it's actually pretty laughable. My guess is Caine signed on before he read the script. When he realized what an abomination he was doing he decided to overplay it as much as possible in an attempt to save the movie. Sadly, it doesn't work.
I had the "pleasure" of seeing this in a theatre back in 1994. It was just so incredibly TERRIBLE. I wanted to leave but I just couldn't stop watching! People were walking out in great numbers after the first hour and the few that were left by the end made a bolt to the exits when Seagal started giving an environmental speech at the end! Seagal has made one good movie ("Under Siege") and a large number of mediocre and bad ones but none of them are quite as terrible as this. A truly jaw-dropping picture.
Another example where an actor was given free reign by a studio to direct, write and star in a movie that meant so much to him. There's nothing wrong with doing a movie for environmental protection (I'm all for it myself) but this movie is just so monumentally stupid! Everything is painted in black and white--Seagal is the good, spiritually pure guy who beats up and kills people but hey! He's protecting the environment so that makes it OK (?????). Caine (at an all time career low) plays a completely evil person so completely over the top it's actually pretty laughable. My guess is Caine signed on before he read the script. When he realized what an abomination he was doing he decided to overplay it as much as possible in an attempt to save the movie. Sadly, it doesn't work.
I had the "pleasure" of seeing this in a theatre back in 1994. It was just so incredibly TERRIBLE. I wanted to leave but I just couldn't stop watching! People were walking out in great numbers after the first hour and the few that were left by the end made a bolt to the exits when Seagal started giving an environmental speech at the end! Seagal has made one good movie ("Under Siege") and a large number of mediocre and bad ones but none of them are quite as terrible as this. A truly jaw-dropping picture.