Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | |
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 |
Forrest Taft (Steven Seagal) is an environmental Agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt C.E.O., Michael Jennings (Sir Michael Caine), 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 (Richard Hamilton) 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 (Joan Chen), who introduces Taft to her father Silook (Chief Irvin Brink), ... Written by drayj65 <drayj65@hotmail.com>
This movie is not for the faint of heart. The professional martial arts sequences are perfectly choreographed, and as a former DOD, CIA and NSA operative, I can confirm they're authenticity and am very impressed.
More importantly, if an environmentally conscious individual and hero such as Seagal believes that explosions and property destruction do not harm the environment at all, I've decided that I will no longer continue to recycle.