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

Solid but Unspectacular DTV with one really bizarre error

"The Keeper" is better than most Steven Seagal Direct to Video films (but not as good as any of his theatrical films from back in the day, of course). I mean, anyone who says this is a downturn in quality obviously never saw "Kill Switch" or "Out for a Kill," "Today You Die," or any of the other Seagal DTVs that were so re-dubbed, re-edited, and filled with stock action sequences cut-and-pasted from other films that they were totally incomprehensible. At least "The Keeper" had a basic story you could follow and made sense overall. It's almost at the level of lower tier action flicks like Charles Bronson's "Evil Men Do," or Burt Reynold's "Malone" (and about at the level of Van Damme's "Border Patrol"). Serviceable vehicles for aging action stars. And the film has a tiny bit of Seagal-dubbing at the opening, a few lame supporting performances, and some minor continuity and plot hole problems--the usual for super low budget action flicks. But the leading lady is pretty good--delivers her lines well and is sexy in that gangly, puppet-ish Scarlette Johanssen way). And the guy that plays her dad is channeling Levon Helm, so that's OK. The film's opening, where cop Seagal is shot and then has to train his way back to fighting health, is pretty good, but seems to be from a different movie; none of the characters it introduces appear later on in the movie (in fact, the opening incident isn't even mentioned later on). I suspect that the best parts of two not-that-great screenplays were melded together.

But the really WEIRD error in this otherwise workmanlike flick is that Seagal's character's name, Rolland Sallinger, changes halfway through to Rolland BALLINGER! Just out of nowhere, one of the other actors start calling him "Ballinger" instead of "Sallinger"! This is both the kind of thing you'd expect in a Seagal DTV, given that they are often slapdash, but also exactly what you wouldn't expect! I mean, Seagal's DTVs are notorious for the re-dubbing of dialog and the makers of The Keeper opted not to re-dubb dialog in a case where it actually would have made sense to do so!

All in all, though, this is a passable 90 minutes entertainment for fans of the giant, middle-aged, whispering bada$$ we all secretly love.