The Keeper (I) (2009)

Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked ... See full summary »

Director:

Keoni Waxman

Writer:

Paul A. Birkett

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Liezl Carstens, Arron Shiver

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	Roland
Liezl Carstens	...	Nikita Wells
Arron Shiver	...	Mason Silver
Johnnie Hector	...	Manuelo (as Johnny Hector)
Steph DuVall	...	Conner Wells (as Stephan Duvall)
Luce Rains	...	Jason Cross
Kevin Wiggins	...	Detective Simon Pacheco
Trine Christensen	...	Regina
Tomas Sanchez	...	Jorge
Rio Alexander	...	Victor
Jessica Williams	...	Nurse
Charlie Brown	...	Captain James
Seri DeYoung	...	Socialite #1
David Manzanares	...	Police Officer #1
Angela Serrano	...	Asian Massage Girl

Storyline

Roland Sallinger is an LA cop who after nearly being killed by his greedy partner, and eventually being forced to retire for medical reasons, flees to San Antonio, Texas, after being asked to work as a bodyguard for the daughter of a wealthy businessman. The businessman had been a colleague of Sallinger years before, when they were both cops. When mobsters kidnap the businessman's daughter, he hunts them down to rescue her and protect her.

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | san antonio texas | texas | bodyguard | old friend | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence throughout, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

3 October 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Sous haute protection

Filming Locations:

Galisteo, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Keeper Movie Productions, Steamroller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second film in which Liezl Carstens co-starred with Steven Seagal. They first acted together in Urban Justice, in which Carstens played Linda, the wife of Simon Ballister's (Steven Seagal) son.

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Goofs

(at around 1 min) Flying Cessna Citation 2 in 180 degree flyby shot is different from jet that lands and is towed into hanger. Different numbers and jet in air has handles with red arrows painted back of cockpit windows and plane on ground doesn't have them.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Out of Reach (2011)

User Reviews

What I miss most- the laughter

So me and my friends have routinely laughed our heads off at the badly awesome collection of Seagal "not quite" classics. The Keeper still has some of those same laugh out loud scenes. But this movie's biggest problem is that it is marginally better than his other straight-to-home movies, but is still a lot worse than movies I enjoyed for their actual appeal. I prefer my Seagal movies to be either better than okay (Under Siege) or laughably terrible, yet entertaining (Killswitch). This movie falls in between to simply bad. One note that has been confirmed by IMDb.com and other reviewers: it was exceptionally odd that his last name suddenly gets switched from Sallinger to Ballinger. I did get a great amount of laughter from that. Also, how he stealthily manages to steal a compact handgun from a woman's purse in the hospital, even though the nurse in the room declared him to be very unconscious to take out someone coming to kill him. Made me have to pause the movie to laugh.