Mystical martial artist/environmental agent takes on a ruthless oil corporation.
Director:
Steven Seagal
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| Steven Seagal | ... | Forrest Taft | |
| Michael Caine | ... | Michael Jennings | |
| Joan Chen | ... | Masu | |
| John C. McGinley | ... | MacGruder | |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Stone | |
| Shari Shattuck | ... | Liles | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Homer Carlton | |
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Richard Hamilton | ... | Hugh Palmer |
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Chief Irvin Brink | ... | Silook |
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Apanguluk Charlie Kairaiuak | ... | Tunrak |
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Elsie Pistolhead | ... | Takanapsaluk |
| John Trudell | ... | Johnny Redfeather | |
| Mike Starr | ... | Big Mike | |
| Sven-Ole Thorsen | ... | Otto (as Swen-Ole Thorsen) | |
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Jules Desjarlais | ... | Drunken Eskimo |
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Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land, just as long as it's making money for him. He even makes commercials that make him look like he cares about the environment. Jennings is almost finished with building his new state-of-the art oil rig: AEGIS-1. The problem is that if he doesn't finish building the rig in thirteen days, the land rights will be returned to the Eskimos and the Alaskan government. When Jennings finds out that Taft's best friend Hugh Palmer has a computer disk that contains information about defective equipment on AEGIS-1, he sends out his goons to murder Palmer. When Taft tries to interfere, Jennings tries to kill Taft. But an Eskimo woman named Masu, who introduces Taft to her father Silook, the chief of her tribe, rescues Taft. With Masu's help, Taft begins a trek through the ... Written by drayj65 <drayj65@hotmail.com>
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18 February 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$12,679,573, 21 February 1994, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$38,590,500Company Credits
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Written by Mark Hudson, Klaus Meine and Scott Fairbairn
Performed by Scorpions
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Special Markets
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When Forrest enters Hugh's cabin, the gun cabinet is briefly visible, with a bolt action rifle on the left, a single barrel shotgun in the middle, and another rifle on the right. When they come down from upstairs, the two rifles have swapped places, and the shotgun is now double-barreled. The two boxes of shells have moved from beside the rifle butt in the bottom right corner, to a shelf near the top of the cabinet. See more »Crazy Credits
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ON DEADLY GROUND is similar to the BILLY JACK films in delivery. The film has a eco friendly action hero who works for a corrupt oil barron. The film meshes eco friendly plot points with action adventure for a film that was hard to swallow for some. There has been much critcism of this film, yet it made money on video. Supposedly the film was a monetary let down in theatrical realese. No matter what the verdict, Seagal delivers his usual formula of martial arts and gunfire to please most of his fans.