Mercenary for Justice (2006)

A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most wellguarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.

Director:

Don E. FauntLeRoy

Writer:

Steven Collins

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	John Seeger
Jacqueline Lord	...	Maxine Barnol
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Anthony Chapel
Luke Goss	...	John Dresham
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Samuel Kay
Adrian Galley	...	Bulldog
Langley Kirkwood	...	Kruger (as Langley Jack Kirkwood)
Vivian Bieldt	...	Dekerk
Verity Price	...	Female Assistant
Bruce Young	...	Malik - Chief of Police
Peter Butler	...	Ahmet Dasan
Farouk Valley-Omar	...	Elder Butler (as Fahruq Valley-Omar)
Tumi Mogoje	...	Eddie Jones
Faye Peters	...	Shondra Jones
Zaa Nkweta	...	Radio Jones (as Zaa Nikweta)

Storyline

Mercenary John Seeger is one of the best in the business. John and his crew are battling some French soldiers on the French-controlled Galmoral Island in Southern Africa as they're trying to rescue the French Ambassador -- there's a coup going on. John gets angry when some of his soldiers unload their machine guns into the Ambassador and his family, blowing the mission and getting his best friend Radio Jones killed. John goes back to the U.S.A. and goes to the home of Radio's wife Shondra, tells her the news, and then promises her that he'll take care of her and her son Eddie. But shortly after he makes that vow, Shondra and Eddie get kidnapped. They were kidnapped by a CIA faction led by CIA dirty deeds man John Dresham and his boss, CIA Black Ops producer Anthony Chapel, who want to force John into doing a mission for them. Kamal Dasan, the son of prominent gun runner Ahmet Dasan, has been arrested and thrown into the Randveld Prison outside of Cape Town, South Africa, and Chapel ...

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Plot Keywords:

mercenary | rescue | cape town south africa | prison | gun | 

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Taglines:

One man. One war.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steven Seagal and Michael K Williams became close on set, but had a falling out because Steven Seagal wouldn't stop incessantly talking about Jason Statham.

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Goofs

They're in South Africa where traffic drives on the left side of the road. Yet Maxine is standing on right side of the street while waiting to be picked up for dinner, and while Bulldog is driving John and Maxine to the restaurant it's clear they're driving on a street with two-way traffic using the right side of the road.

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Quotes

John Seeger: You know, Bulldog, you never did say where you're from. But let me guess, don't tell me. Detroit.
Bulldog: Detroit, Michigan. How'd you guess?
John Seeger: You know what? I'm from detroit. Highland Park. Two Motor City boys, just like that.

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Mercenary for Justice (2011)

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Soundtracks

Royal Waltz
Composed by Novi Novog
Published by Engine Co 35 (ASCAP)
Courtesy of 5 Alarm Music

User Reviews

Average

Steven Seagal might be getting old and he also might not have the same shape he had 20 years ago but he certainly still can make a movie great just by being in it.

Actually, this movie itself is pretty good. A lot of money has been spent on making it realistic and entertaining. Reminds you of the good old days when Van Damme and Seagal were backed by big budgets.

Mercenary for Justice is a colorful film filled with explosive action scenes, great dialogues and one-liners, fight scenes in which Seagal actually takes part. It had been a while since I really saw him perform anything close to his Aikido moves. The balance between realism and utter irrealism is just perfect.

You got to remind yourself that action movies are a genre in themselves. Lots of folks try to bring them down for various reasons...they just don't get the point. Just like romantic comedies and politic thrillers all follow some basic rules, action movies are also lead by a set of pre-requisites that you just expect to be there. Villains you can hate, a hero you can love, a beautiful girl, guns roaring...

The production is good. Direction sometimes reminded me of "24 esquire" hand held camera. Little part of scenes are sometime fast-forwarded to get a feeling of speed. Well... this still is a direct to video release, I guess they have to include some cheesy stuff.

The only downside to this picture is the story. It's pretty hard to follow but it does keep the characters on the move.

Details

Country:

Aruba USA South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Repentance

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Luminosity Media, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1