Out of Reach (2004) (V)

Director:

Po-Chih Leong

Writer:

Trevor Miller (written by)
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Release Date:

5 November 2004 (Romania)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

It's a split second between hit or miss.

Plot:

Billy Ray Lansing, a former covert agent turned survivalist, discovers that the foster program he is using to help a young girl is actually a human trafficking network. Lancing heads overseas to find the girl and shut down the operation.

Plot Keywords:

Letter | Pen Pal | Orphanage | Thrown Out A Window | Sword

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	William Lansing
Ida Nowakowska	...	Irena Morawska
Agnieszka Wagner	...	Kasia Lato
Matt Schulze	...	Faisal
Krzysztof Pieczynski	...	Ibo
Robbie Gee	...	Lewis Morton
Murat Yilmaz	...	Azimi
Nick Brimble	...	Mister Elgin
Jan Plazalski	...	Nikki
Shawn Lawrence	...	Agent Shepherd
Hanna Dunowska	...	Rosie
Ola Hamkalo	...	Katya
Frank Hildebrandt	...	Postmaster (as Frank Hildebrand)
Klaudia Jakacka	...	Petra
Jan Janga-Tomaszewski	...	Uncle Pawel
Maria Maj	...	Mrs. Donata
Katarzyna Loska	...	UNA Clerk
Jacek Samojlowicz	...	Polish Customs
Bogdan Szczesiak	...	Russian Consul (as Bogdan Szczesniak)
Pawel Szczesny	...	Wladek Machowski
Katarzyna Walter	...	Madame Konya
Anna Wendzikowska	...	Soraya
Witold Wielinski	...	Weiss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksandra Hamkalo	...	Katia

Directed by
Po-Chih Leong

Writing credits
Trevor Miller		(written by)
James Townsend		uncredited

Produced by
Erik Anderson	....	co-producer
Binh Dang	....	associate producer
Adam Greenman	....	executive producer
Frank Hildebrand	....	producer
James A. Holt	....	producer
Kazimierz Kowalski	....	executive producer (as Kajetan Kowalski)
Jeanna Polley	....	producer
Elie Samaha	....	producer
Jacek Samojlowicz	....	executive producer
Steven Seagal	....	executive producer
Andrew Stevens	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Alex Heffes

Cinematography by
Richard Crudo

Film Editing by
Chris Blunden

Production Design by
Andrzej Halinski

Costume Design by
Françoise Meyer
Katarzyna Srutka

Production Management
Helen de Winter	....	post-production supervisor
Urszula Wolska	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marek Brodzki	....	second assistant director
Marcin Lomnicki	....	third assistant director
Andrzej Szajna	....	first assistant director: second unit
Franklin A. Vallette	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Peter Crooks	....	sound editor
Tony Currie	....	adr & foley editor
Colette Dahanne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Caoimhe Doyle	....	foley artist
Samir Foco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Samir Foco	....	supervising sound editor
Srdjan Kurpjel	....	sound effects editor
Zeljko Lopicic-Lepierre	....	sound designer
Pawel Luczyc-Wyhowski	....	sound mixer
Jamie Roden	....	foley mixer
Burak Topalakci	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Michael Clifford	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Sally Clayton	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Dian Hristov	....	stunt double: lead
Ryszard Janikowski	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Janusz Gauer	....	director of photography: second unit
Andrzej Glacel	....	camera operator
Tomasz Malinowski	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Jerzy Gudejko	....	casting: Poland
Patrick Sobieski	....	casting assistant
Jeremy Zimmermann	....	casting: UK (as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Editorial Department
William Blunden	....	assistant editor
Steve Harrow	....	post-production consultant
Steve Maguire	....	assistant editor
Richard Rowntree	....	assistant to post-production consultant (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael Lloyd	....	music supervisor
Andy Richards	....	score mixer

Other crew
David Ducar	....	business & legal affairs (2004)
Sze-Wing Leong	....	producer: second unit
Agata Rzepka	....	production coordinator
George Sweney	....	production accountant
David E. Van Houten	....	publicist
Ian Watermeier	....	production executive

Production Companies

• Franchise Pictures
• Epsilon Motion Pictures

Distributors

• GAGA (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Mediafilm (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2004) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Europa Filmes (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2004) (Romania) (all media)
• Screen Gems (2004) (USA)
• Veronica (2005) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• London Editing Machines Ltd.  editing equipment
• Roundabout Entertainment  adr stage
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Zound  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA | Poland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | Germany:18 | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Old Town, Sródmiescie, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

During pre-production, this film was originally known as "The Rescue" and "The Package".

Goofs:

Factual errors: The postal code of "52 Bay Street" would start with M5J not M6O.

Quotes:

William Lancing:...And this is a secret passageway.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Bad Movie Beatdown: The Marksman (#4.16)" (2012)

A big improvement considering his recent previous features!

After the last two Seagal movies I saw, "Out to Kill" and the God-Awful "The Foreigner": I was pleasantly surprised by this offering. It seems that director Michael Oblowitz out of the way, (at least for now) Seagal movies may improve.

Of course, this is still a bad straight to video affair; in which the plot again is odd! William Lancing (Seagal) a former covert agent who now lives in some forest in the United States; looking after animals. He seems alone and his only form of friendship is (very disturbingly) his Pen Pal "friend"; a young girl through a Polish orphanage.

However, it becomes apparent that the foster orphanage is not what it seems. When the girl is taken out of the orphanage; the "pen pal" letter communication is intervened. Suspecting something is wrong and head to Poland to investigate! What follows from that plot; is actually return of Seagal's "best moves". I haven't seen Belly of the Beast fully yet; but after the two Oblowitz movies in 2003; this really seems as a "phase" on the correct track. Whether, it will bring Seagal back into the big screen and return to his glory "Warner Bros." days is doubtful. He still comes off as a sick old guy that has stunt doubles doing his work for him. But who knows?!

7/10 – A BIG IMPROVEMENT CONSIDERING HIS RECENT PREVIOUS FEATURES!