Born to Raise Hell (2010)

A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his ... See full summary »

Director:

Lauro Chartrand

Writer:

Steven Seagal

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Dan Badarau, Darren Shahlavi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	Robert 'Bobby' Samuels
Dan Badarau	...	Dimitri
Darren Shahlavi	...	Costel
D. Neil Mark	...	Steve
George Remes	...	Ronnie
Claudiu Bleont	...	Sorin
Madalina Mariescu	...	Tami
Calin Puia	...	Christian
Cosmina Pasarin	...	Nina
Alexandra Coman	...	Dorina
Oana Jidoveanu	...	Tatia
Izabela Onicioiu	...	Rachel
Karl Baker	...	Adrian
Stefan Iancu	...	Dimitri's Son
Constantin Barbulescu	...	Gall

Storyline

A hard core Interpol Agent is assigned to an Eastern European task force to target gun trafficking and dope running throughout the Balkans. While investigating a Russian gun dealer, his team is caught in a bloody street war between a Gypsy gang and the Russians, leaving one task force member dead. Fueled with vengeance, he leads us on an action packed thrill ride while avenging his friend's death.

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Plot Keywords:

russian | interpol | european | eastern europe | hit on the head | 

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Taglines:

A duty to protect. A hunt for vengeance.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Voltage Pictures [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Romanian Russian

Release Date:

11 December 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Chinmoku no fukushû

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Steamroller Productions, Voltage Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the end of the movie inside the bar, the two bad guys that come in from the parking lot empty two automatic weapons at the bar and couch. They show some glasses exploding but there are no bullet holes in anything, walls couch and so on.

User Reviews

Average for the Old Seagal (certainly could have been worse)

Seagal in Born to Raise Hell seems almost identical to Seagal as himself in his reality series. In some ways this might be a good thing. It means that the film acknowledges that there is no point in asking him to play act stereotypes anymore, like he did in his last film A Dangerous Man. Here he's just being himself. Something else which makes that a positive is the simple fact that the movie isn't really about him. It's more about a drug war between cops and Eastern European mafia. Seagal is just one cop out of a handful. As a screenwriter, Seagal chooses to write him self out rather than in, and subsequently we spend more time with the mafia.

The fight scenes come with a crunchy sound mix, and they allow us to see more Seagal than Stunt man, but they reek of bad editing. the people who direct movies like Born to Raise Hell are not qualified for anything except music videos. this movie implements a very miscalculated Goddardian style of cutting, and a severe overuse of slow motion. We don't need to see a guy ripping a bedroom apart for jewels at five frames per second.

The last scene is kind of touching (at least for a Seagal movie). It was around that part when I realized that the movie is not really about Seagal. That and the fact that we only here his name about five times. I don't wanna mislead anyone however. Born to Raise Hell will probably do the job for whatever fan base the old man has left. He's done better, but he's also done way worse.