Under Siege

19921992
RR
1h 43min

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

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Action Thriller

An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.An ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only person who can stop a group of terrorists when they seize control of a U.S. battleship.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Under Siege

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

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Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

Steven Seagal in Under Siege (1992)

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5.8

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The battleship Missouri is about to be decomissioned. Casey Ryback is Captain Adam's personal cook. And Ryback is always butting heads with the ship's XO Commander Krill but the Captain always intercedes. One day, after the President visits the Missouri, which is also the Captain's birthday, the Captain learns that a helicopter has been cleared to land on the ship by Commander Krill, which he was not informed of. When questioned Krill tells the Captain that it's a surprise for his birthday, the Captain then allows it. Later after another one of their scuffles, Krill has Ryback locked in the freezer. During the party, the rock band reveals themselves to be mercenaries, led by William Stranix, a CIA operative, who is in league with Krill to unload all of the ship's nuclear warheads. They lock up all of the crew and make preparations to remove the warheads. And Krill remembers Ryback, Stranix sends two of his men to take care of Ryback, only thing is that Ryback took care of them. Upon discovering their bodies, Stranix deduces that Ryback is more than a cook. He then sends Krill to check on him, and Krill discovers that Ryback's a NAVY SEAL, who got busted down to a cook after an incident in Panama. And Ryback continues to create trouble for them, so Stranix tries to hunt him down. Along the way, Ryback meets Jordan, a former playmate, who was supposed to entertain at the party but was also forgotten. —<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

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Taglines
- It's not a job...It's an Adventure!
Genres
- Action
- Thriller
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence, and for language and brief nudity
Parents guide

Trivia
Steven Seagal doesn't have his signature ponytail in the film. The Navy doesn't allow hair to be longer than four inches.

Goofs
When the private informs Ryback there is a fire, Ryback tells him to "take my pies out of the oven." The private is then shown lifting pies out of the oven, but the burners are those of a propane stove. The U.S. Navy does not use propane/natural gas ovens, to carry that gas on a ship in war would be deadly. All cooking in the galley is done on electric appliances.

Quotes
Jordan Tate: So who are you? Are you-you, like, some special forces guy or something?
Casey Ryback: Nah. I'm just a cook.
Jordan Tate: A cook?
Casey Ryback: [whispering] Just a lowly, lowly cook.
Jordan Tate: Oh, my God, we're gonna die.

Crazy credits
At the close of the credits: USS Missouri BB63 was decommissioned March 31, 1992 and is now moored at Bremerton Naval Yard, awaiting her next call to service.

Alternate versions
As of 2012, all UK home video versions are cut for violence, although the video is slightly more edited than the DVD. The workshop fight loses Ryback slashing a thug's thigh, causing it bleed heavily, before Ryback stabs him in the armpit. The death of the thug who dies in the band-saw is re-edited after Ryback pushed the thug onto the work surface. Ryback kneeing the villain in the groin and the blade cutting into his shoulder has been edited, so the thug now appears to fall onto the band-saw and die off-screen. In the DVD, some of the kneeing action is restored. Ryback ripping out a man's larynx is also removed entirely, and the final confrontation removes the shot of Strannix's bloody eye socket after Ryback gouges it.

Connections
Edited into Homeland: The Choice (2012)

Soundtracks
Whiskey Fever
Written by Method Man (as Clifford Smith), James A Hughes (as James Hughes), Johnny Barnes, Rob Bird (as Robert Bird), Randy Tumbleweed Smith (as Randy Smith) and Mark Aceves
Performed by The Regulators
Courtesy of Left Bank Records / Polydor, by arrangement with Polygram Special Markets

Top review

8/10

'Welcome to the revolution!'

When terrorists decide they need nuclear Tomahawk cruise missiles 'to sell like hot cakes,' they turn to the U.S.S. Missouri, the fastest and most powerful naval force ever to sail the seas... (The Missouri fired the first shots of the Gulf War... Her powerful 16' guns destroyed Iraqi bunkers... Her Tomahawk missiles rocketed deep into the heart of Baghdad.)

As luck would have it, Chief Ryback (Steven Seagal) happens to be on board working as 'head cook.' Ryback is seen by all as a 'sorry-looking sailor' but his true identity as an ex-SEAL expert in martial arts, explosives, weapons, and tactics, is the Captain's best kept secret...

There's supposed to be a 'surprise' birthday party for the Captain (Patrick O'Neal) but he is shot before he can even show up to the fiesta...

The terrorists, a group of professional killers, under the guise of entertainers and musicians, get access to the U.S. battleship by a helicopter cleared to land on the vessel's last voyage by a heavy turncoat officer...

Tommy Lee Jones is fabulous as the lunatic Hippie, a former CIA undercover operative, who is for a railing system to offload the missiles onto a submarine they will rendez-vous with...

Gary Busey is (Krill) the commander graciously ready to give a 'surprise' to his captain... He is absolutely perfect as the maniac everyone loves to knock him down...

Erika Eleniak is the beautiful Playboy centerfold who will knock you off your feet... Erika is hired to jump out topless of the cake and dance...

If you like to see your favorite celebrity shooting an evil bad guy in the back, don't miss Andrew Davis' 'Under Siege,' a good entertaining movie, well directed, and very exciting...

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Nov 23, 2003

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Release date
- October 9, 1992 (United States)
Countries of origin
- France
- United States
Languages
- English
- Italian
Also known as
- Dreadnought
Filming locations
- USS Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $83,563,139
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,760,003
- Oct 12, 1992
Gross worldwide
- $156,563,139

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Runtime
- 1h 43min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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