52 reviews
- mattressman_pdl
- Nov 7, 2012
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The plot is customary, but tensions and thrills are there and shooting/fighting has some kind of meaning, not just for (viewers) fun. Inclusion of Steve Austin and Michael Pare provides also additional value: Seagal does not dominate on screen and - after reaching 60 years - does not have to kick butt or give factitious remarks all the time. The ending is guessable, of course, and there are trivial scenes containing kitchen utensils and hot steam, for example, but they do not seem ridiculous or dull. And due to the existence of inmates-intruders-defender, confrontation obtains extra dimensions.
In other words, Maximum Conviction is okay entertainment, a must for Seagal's fans and a killing-time for those not hating him and/or fond of military operation movies.
In other words, Maximum Conviction is okay entertainment, a must for Seagal's fans and a killing-time for those not hating him and/or fond of military operation movies.
I had even expectations for this film. On one hand, this was not only one of the rare filmic team-ups between Steven Seagal and a fellow action hero of similar caliber, but it was also the longest time the former had taken to make a movie in almost ten years - something I hoped was the result of more effort being made in the production. On the other hand, it was directed by Keoni Waxman, the filmmaker who's now officially worked with Steven Seagal more times than any other but whose vehicles are among my least favorite of Seagal's filmography. Then again, I liked Waxman's outing with Steve Austin well enough, so I considered that perhaps MAXIMUM CONVICTION here could achieve some kind of acceptable balance. I was right: the movie is acceptable, but far from great. It doesn't make all it could have of the collaboration between Seagal and Austin, but is still an okay-enough DTV action outing.
The story: two private security contractors (Seagal and Austin) are caught up in a deadly situation when the two prisoners they had delivered to a secret prison are targeted by a lethal team of mercenaries led by an ex-CIA mastermind (Michael Pare).
It needs to be said: however good they may look on paper, Steven Seagal and Steve Austin do not make very exciting partners. Of course, one factor is the limited screen time they share, but even when they're both in the same scene, they seem relatively apathetic to each other and don't display any discernible chemistry. On their own, they do alright, with Austin as definitely the more charismatic of the two but Seagal getting more fight scenes. They have equal amounts of screen time. The co-stars do fine but are sort of wasted: B-movie staple performer Michael Pare clomps his way through a boring role, and even though Steph Song - one of the aforementioned prisoners - has a good deal of award nominations to her name, she's given no strong acting scenes and her role could've been played by most anybody. The script by TRUE JUSTICE-regular Richard Beattie is pretty passive, highlighted only by a couple particularly mean-spirited deaths and the occasional funny line by Austin.
The action is predominantly composed of shootouts, but there's nothing special to these. Seagal's stunt doubles are hidden relatively well, but at the expense of the editing, which is once again pretty choppy during his fight scenes - not as much as it has been in the past, but it's still pretty annoying. With that said, Seagal still gets the occasional cool move in, and the final brawl - though painfully one-sided - is fun to watch in a guilty way. Steve Austin only has one real fight, but prior to this he gets entertainingly innovative in the prison kitchen, turning a gas tank into a missile and attacking a mercenary with a pot of boiling water. The best fight in the movie doesn't belong to either of them, though: despite being stifled by the same editing present in Seagal's fights, Bren Foster brings an energy to his single brawl that the other encounters were sorely lacking. Overall, I deem the action content on the low side of passable.
That also counts as my synopsis for the movie in general. Amateurish post-production inserts can be found here and there but are otherwise restrained, and Steven Seagal is doing his own voiceovers again, but these plus points are deflated a bit by the lackluster story and ho-hum pacing of the film. While it's a good deal better than the previous BORN TO RAISE HELL and therefore a general step up for Seagal (I'm not as well-versed in Austin's output, so I can't speak for him), it's not nearly all I was hoping for during the year-and-a-half spent waiting for it. Consider it a rental.
The story: two private security contractors (Seagal and Austin) are caught up in a deadly situation when the two prisoners they had delivered to a secret prison are targeted by a lethal team of mercenaries led by an ex-CIA mastermind (Michael Pare).
It needs to be said: however good they may look on paper, Steven Seagal and Steve Austin do not make very exciting partners. Of course, one factor is the limited screen time they share, but even when they're both in the same scene, they seem relatively apathetic to each other and don't display any discernible chemistry. On their own, they do alright, with Austin as definitely the more charismatic of the two but Seagal getting more fight scenes. They have equal amounts of screen time. The co-stars do fine but are sort of wasted: B-movie staple performer Michael Pare clomps his way through a boring role, and even though Steph Song - one of the aforementioned prisoners - has a good deal of award nominations to her name, she's given no strong acting scenes and her role could've been played by most anybody. The script by TRUE JUSTICE-regular Richard Beattie is pretty passive, highlighted only by a couple particularly mean-spirited deaths and the occasional funny line by Austin.
The action is predominantly composed of shootouts, but there's nothing special to these. Seagal's stunt doubles are hidden relatively well, but at the expense of the editing, which is once again pretty choppy during his fight scenes - not as much as it has been in the past, but it's still pretty annoying. With that said, Seagal still gets the occasional cool move in, and the final brawl - though painfully one-sided - is fun to watch in a guilty way. Steve Austin only has one real fight, but prior to this he gets entertainingly innovative in the prison kitchen, turning a gas tank into a missile and attacking a mercenary with a pot of boiling water. The best fight in the movie doesn't belong to either of them, though: despite being stifled by the same editing present in Seagal's fights, Bren Foster brings an energy to his single brawl that the other encounters were sorely lacking. Overall, I deem the action content on the low side of passable.
That also counts as my synopsis for the movie in general. Amateurish post-production inserts can be found here and there but are otherwise restrained, and Steven Seagal is doing his own voiceovers again, but these plus points are deflated a bit by the lackluster story and ho-hum pacing of the film. While it's a good deal better than the previous BORN TO RAISE HELL and therefore a general step up for Seagal (I'm not as well-versed in Austin's output, so I can't speak for him), it's not nearly all I was hoping for during the year-and-a-half spent waiting for it. Consider it a rental.
- The_Phantom_Projectionist
- May 8, 2015
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In general, this movie is not so good. But I can't say it's bad. I think that Steven Seagal has the same character in all his movies. In this movie he was like a bull in a china store destroying everything around him like a bulldozer.
As usual Seagal's movies are full of bone breaking and blood. But fight scenes are so exaggerated. We can notice that Seagal hasn't been hit all through this movie. And I think that the plot is somehow silly. On the other hand the director was good and some shots are so excellent. In conclusion, I didn't regret watching this movie, but Seagal can be better.
As usual Seagal's movies are full of bone breaking and blood. But fight scenes are so exaggerated. We can notice that Seagal hasn't been hit all through this movie. And I think that the plot is somehow silly. On the other hand the director was good and some shots are so excellent. In conclusion, I didn't regret watching this movie, but Seagal can be better.
- sballish85
- Dec 31, 2012
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Cross (Steven Seagal) and Manning (Steve Austin) are some kind of black ops personnel who have been sent to decommission an old prison. It is holding two mysterious women who some mercenaries led by Michael Pare have been sent in to extract.
It is up to Cross and Manning and their small team to save the base and protect the women and find out what is so valuable about them.
What we get is a dimly lit, poorly edited, turgid film where the only villain is Pare out acts both the main leads.
Seagal is fat and out of shape. Austin fares better, he gets to crack a few jokes and strangely both stars only appear in a few scenes together. The action scenes are flat with no imagination or even decent fights.
It looks like a quickly made and cheap action movie made for the direct to TV market.
It is up to Cross and Manning and their small team to save the base and protect the women and find out what is so valuable about them.
What we get is a dimly lit, poorly edited, turgid film where the only villain is Pare out acts both the main leads.
Seagal is fat and out of shape. Austin fares better, he gets to crack a few jokes and strangely both stars only appear in a few scenes together. The action scenes are flat with no imagination or even decent fights.
It looks like a quickly made and cheap action movie made for the direct to TV market.
- Prismark10
- Jun 11, 2016
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... than those actors were during the shoot of this. First time I wrote my review I figured I did something wrong, forgot to press the button, but there seems to be a conspiracy here. All kidding aside and in seriousness, I do hope this will be saved. Because it's almost like watching the movie again and again when reviewing it over and over (and no I didn't copy and paste any of this from my previous "tries").
Love him or hate, Seagal has a very loyal fan-base. It's the same with other action stars from the past, which is why Expandables was such a success. But that was a pretty good movie, which of course had to do a bit with the budget. But even with a small budget you can do quite good things. This right here is neither completely bad nor any good though.
Steve Austin has some fine scenes (which make you wonder, why he isn't the real lead here, because that would've made sense) and the director managed to make Seagal look sort of good. It appears as if he is actually lifting his foot! I kid you not, all done through the magic of editing of course. The flash cuts do not serve the story, but are a good excuse to blur action scenes and/or change scenery.
The story/internal logic has so many flaws, it'll be better you shut off you brain for the entire running time. Again not talking about "real" logic, but movie logic as in, what is happening within the realm of what you get. Some Action scenes are pretty decent and there is one guy in particular (besides Stone Cold), who's a very good fighter, but only gets to shine once (almost at the end of the movie).
You're better off watching or doing something else than getting this. I'm pretty sure the trailer will have the "best" scenes in it!
Love him or hate, Seagal has a very loyal fan-base. It's the same with other action stars from the past, which is why Expandables was such a success. But that was a pretty good movie, which of course had to do a bit with the budget. But even with a small budget you can do quite good things. This right here is neither completely bad nor any good though.
Steve Austin has some fine scenes (which make you wonder, why he isn't the real lead here, because that would've made sense) and the director managed to make Seagal look sort of good. It appears as if he is actually lifting his foot! I kid you not, all done through the magic of editing of course. The flash cuts do not serve the story, but are a good excuse to blur action scenes and/or change scenery.
The story/internal logic has so many flaws, it'll be better you shut off you brain for the entire running time. Again not talking about "real" logic, but movie logic as in, what is happening within the realm of what you get. Some Action scenes are pretty decent and there is one guy in particular (besides Stone Cold), who's a very good fighter, but only gets to shine once (almost at the end of the movie).
You're better off watching or doing something else than getting this. I'm pretty sure the trailer will have the "best" scenes in it!
I would have given this one also a 7 1/2 rating as well. It is good to see Seagal getting back into action in a decent B-action movie. Especially after all the crap he's been making over the last couple of years. But it is hard not to see that the years of good living, eating and drinking have taken their toll on Seagal, he really looks old and out of shape, and no matter what they try to do with long and wide clothes, it is pretty clear the guy is fat.
None the less this movie is exactly delivering what you're expecting, action, funny one-liners and huge amount of martial arts scenes, and some decent hand to hand combat scenes from Austin, and even a new upcoming guy is allowed to show off his kicks and punches. Bren Foster actually reminded me of the protégé of Van Damme , named Scott Adkins, and I hope we will get some movies off this guy coming out soon.
So if you like this kind of movie, you wanna see some decent action sequences and you don't mind the gaps in the script, then is a must see for you, otherwise, stay away from it.
None the less this movie is exactly delivering what you're expecting, action, funny one-liners and huge amount of martial arts scenes, and some decent hand to hand combat scenes from Austin, and even a new upcoming guy is allowed to show off his kicks and punches. Bren Foster actually reminded me of the protégé of Van Damme , named Scott Adkins, and I hope we will get some movies off this guy coming out soon.
So if you like this kind of movie, you wanna see some decent action sequences and you don't mind the gaps in the script, then is a must see for you, otherwise, stay away from it.
- herbatienen
- Sep 11, 2013
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- Deliberate_Stranger
- Oct 28, 2012
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- callanvass
- Dec 2, 2013
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When Cross (Steven Seagal) and Manning (Steve Austin) are tasked with the routine decommissioning of a top secret C.I.A prison facility, everything initially goes smoothly until the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners who are to be moved on the next day. However, when the prison comes under attack from a group of mercenaries, led by the brutal Blake (Michael Pare), who demand the handover of the new arrivals, only Cross and Manning can stop them.
It's fair to say that the premise of Maximum Conviction is absolutely nothing new. Borrowing heavily from the plots of Die Hard, Assault on Precinct 13 and Seagal's own Half Past Dead, originality is certainly not on the menu. What is on the menu for viewers however, is a fast paced, brutal and highly enjoyable 98 minutes of mayhem.
Seagal's fight sequences are the best he's delivered in a number of years. He's certainly beginning to show his age, but the choreography is spare, violent, simple and snappily edited, giving Seagal a chance to shine. From what I can make out, the use of stunt doubles is minimal. Steve Austin casts his considerable frame over proceedings, with his fight scenes being especially brutal. Whatever opinions people have of Austin's admittedly limited acting range, he is a heavyweight screen presence, a presence utilised to great effect here. A small criticism is that the pair don't nearly share enough screen time together.
Michael Pare, an actor seemingly always more effective as the villain of the piece, is also on top form. Refreshingly, he plays his role not for villainous laughs, as happens so often in these kind of movies, but instead portrays callousness and sheer nastiness.
It's worth noting that Seagal, after working with director Keoni Waxman in this movie and also the preceding The Keeper and A Dangerous Man, has continued to work with him for two more movies. Waxman, while not the greatest director, seems to be helping Seagal achieve some of the best work he has done in a long time, going a long way to exorcising the memory of some of Seagal's truly execrable misfires of the mid 2000's, such as Shadow Man, Attack Force and Flight of Fury. Waxman's style is direct, straightforward, free of flashy gimmicks and all about the action. Scenes featuring simply dialogue are somewhat rushed, but you forget that when the action is as entertaining and exciting as on offer here. The fights are well choreographed, plus the shootouts are tense, imaginative and highly effective. The movie barely pauses for breath thanks to it's simple and straightforward set up.
Admittedly, Maximum Conviction is unlikely to win Steven Seagal (or indeed Steve Austin) many new fans, mostly due to the movie's unimaginative plot and bone crunching brutality. However, the high quality of action on display may go a long way to bringing some of Seagal's lapsed fans back to enjoying his movies again. As for loyal, existing fans of the two big guys, Maximum Conviction is absolutely essential viewing.
It's fair to say that the premise of Maximum Conviction is absolutely nothing new. Borrowing heavily from the plots of Die Hard, Assault on Precinct 13 and Seagal's own Half Past Dead, originality is certainly not on the menu. What is on the menu for viewers however, is a fast paced, brutal and highly enjoyable 98 minutes of mayhem.
Seagal's fight sequences are the best he's delivered in a number of years. He's certainly beginning to show his age, but the choreography is spare, violent, simple and snappily edited, giving Seagal a chance to shine. From what I can make out, the use of stunt doubles is minimal. Steve Austin casts his considerable frame over proceedings, with his fight scenes being especially brutal. Whatever opinions people have of Austin's admittedly limited acting range, he is a heavyweight screen presence, a presence utilised to great effect here. A small criticism is that the pair don't nearly share enough screen time together.
Michael Pare, an actor seemingly always more effective as the villain of the piece, is also on top form. Refreshingly, he plays his role not for villainous laughs, as happens so often in these kind of movies, but instead portrays callousness and sheer nastiness.
It's worth noting that Seagal, after working with director Keoni Waxman in this movie and also the preceding The Keeper and A Dangerous Man, has continued to work with him for two more movies. Waxman, while not the greatest director, seems to be helping Seagal achieve some of the best work he has done in a long time, going a long way to exorcising the memory of some of Seagal's truly execrable misfires of the mid 2000's, such as Shadow Man, Attack Force and Flight of Fury. Waxman's style is direct, straightforward, free of flashy gimmicks and all about the action. Scenes featuring simply dialogue are somewhat rushed, but you forget that when the action is as entertaining and exciting as on offer here. The fights are well choreographed, plus the shootouts are tense, imaginative and highly effective. The movie barely pauses for breath thanks to it's simple and straightforward set up.
Admittedly, Maximum Conviction is unlikely to win Steven Seagal (or indeed Steve Austin) many new fans, mostly due to the movie's unimaginative plot and bone crunching brutality. However, the high quality of action on display may go a long way to bringing some of Seagal's lapsed fans back to enjoying his movies again. As for loyal, existing fans of the two big guys, Maximum Conviction is absolutely essential viewing.
- aforandromeda
- Aug 31, 2014
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Steven Seagal & Steve Austin - Together = Bad-Ass Entertainment! 'Maximum Conviction' is hard-core, fast-paced entertainment!
The Plot is simple: The Bad-Guys mess up, our Heroes come to clean up.
The Screenplay is fast-paced. Direction Wise, fair. The Action-Sequences are fantastic. Cinematography, Editing & Art Design, are proper.
Seagal & Austin are in top-form. Seagal is the eternal Bad-Ass & Austin is just getting there. I truly enjoyed watching them both kicking-butt & delivering with such energy.
On the whole, 'Maximum Conviction' worked for me. I Enjoyed!
The Plot is simple: The Bad-Guys mess up, our Heroes come to clean up.
The Screenplay is fast-paced. Direction Wise, fair. The Action-Sequences are fantastic. Cinematography, Editing & Art Design, are proper.
Seagal & Austin are in top-form. Seagal is the eternal Bad-Ass & Austin is just getting there. I truly enjoyed watching them both kicking-butt & delivering with such energy.
On the whole, 'Maximum Conviction' worked for me. I Enjoyed!
Review: Finally a decent movie from Seagal! I quite enjoyed this intense, action packed, movie about a prison which has been taken over by an elite force because they want to get a highly valuable chip which has been implanted into one of the inmates. They thought that it was going to be an easy task, but when they come up against Stone Cold Steve Austin and the fast hitting Steven Seagal, there task becomes a steep hill to climb. I really liked the intensity throughout the movie and I liked the chemistry between Austin and Seagal. The military action scenes, seemed quite real along with the acting which wasn't that bad. You can tell that the director didn't have a massive budget to play with but they done a good job with what they had. I must admit, it is the quietest prison that I have ever seen and I don't understand why Seagal didn't call for some help to take down the intruders but thats just me being picky. Anyway, it's full of mindless action with a half decent storyline so I can honestly say that it's worth a watch. Watchable!
Round-Up: I hope they make more movies with Seagal and Austin because they really worked well together. There wasn't that many scenes with them together in this movie but there raw action skills and non-trash talking styles, compliment each other. It still makes me laugh how these characters try there best to get close to Seagal in the action scenes and he ends up taking them down with one severe blow, no matter how much weight he has put on. His acting isn't that great and he isn't the best person to show true emotion but I like his cool style which makes all of the baddies in his movies seem stupid. Although his movies, along with Austins movies, don't make that much money, you'll always no what to expect from there films and this one doesn't disappoint.
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action movies about an elite force who try to take over a prison to get a highly valuable chip which has been implanted into an inmate. 5/10
Round-Up: I hope they make more movies with Seagal and Austin because they really worked well together. There wasn't that many scenes with them together in this movie but there raw action skills and non-trash talking styles, compliment each other. It still makes me laugh how these characters try there best to get close to Seagal in the action scenes and he ends up taking them down with one severe blow, no matter how much weight he has put on. His acting isn't that great and he isn't the best person to show true emotion but I like his cool style which makes all of the baddies in his movies seem stupid. Although his movies, along with Austins movies, don't make that much money, you'll always no what to expect from there films and this one doesn't disappoint.
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action movies about an elite force who try to take over a prison to get a highly valuable chip which has been implanted into an inmate. 5/10
- leonblackwood
- May 15, 2015
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"If you listen to me and do what I say I'll kill them before they kill you." Former black-ops agents Tom Steele (Segal) and Manning (Austin) are assigned to decommission an old prison, as well as deal with the arrival of two new female prisoners. When a team of mercenaries decides to crash the party and the identities of the women come out it becomes much bigger of a job then expected. This is pretty much what you would expect from a movie like this. Steven Segal and Steve Austin in the same movie. There is a lot of action, but Segal is a little older now so the fighting scenes aren't as exciting as they could be, but the gun fighting scenes are still worth watching. Steve Austin is pretty decent but he isn't in this as much as Segal is (in case your wondering). To be fair this isn't really my kind of movie. I know a ton of people will be all over this but I just have never really been a fan of Steven Segal so read this review with that in your head. I will admit this is one of his better movies though. Overall, if you are a fan of Segal and Austin this you will love this movie. I am not. I give it a C-.
- cosmo_tiger
- Nov 1, 2012
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- FlashCallahan
- Mar 2, 2013
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- tarbosh22000
- Nov 29, 2014
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Several years ago I essentially stopped watching Steven Seagal's new movies, because they had become unbelievably bad. However, this new film of his intrigued me because he was being paired up with Steve Austin, so I decided to give it a look. After watching it, I swear once again I will not rent any future Steven Seagal movies. Austin is not a great actor, but he does seem to be trying - certainly a lot better than Seagal, who is awful. Seagal has gained so much weight that he waddles instead of walks, and his martial art sequences are so rapidly edited that it's clear he can't pull off multiple moves like he did with his earlier films. Though plenty of blame has to fall on the shoulders of director Keoni Waxman, who films the action sequences (both martial art and gun battles) in the dullest way possible, and lenses everything in unattractive and murky colors. By the way, though the DVD box seems to suggest that Seagal and Austin fight side by side, in actual fact their characters have almost no time together.
MAXIMUM CONVICTION is a prison-assault thriller featuring everyone's favourite once-was-great, Steven Seagal, as a former special ops agent who must do battle with a gang of criminals in a disused prison. The film was directed by Keoni Waxman, who has previous when it comes to dodgy DTV movies, and for added value also features former wrestler turned action star Steve Austin as the second hero.
And it's a good job Austin is around, because Seagal is barely in this one. He's doubled for much of the fighting, as usual, and he shows up to waddle around for a little while and beat up a bunch of bad guys like he always does. His role is really extraneous and Austin does much better as a star, injecting a little humour here and there.
Unfortunately, while the film's plot is workable - criminals vs. good guys in a big prison, with hulking cons and gun battles to contend with - the execution is workmanlike and the fight scenes are invariably disappointing. The acting is pretty bad too, particularly from the female stars, although it was good to see the long forgotten Michael Pare putting in some good work as the nasty villain. Expect a little violence, lots of cheesy dialogue, and shadows. Lots of shadows.
And it's a good job Austin is around, because Seagal is barely in this one. He's doubled for much of the fighting, as usual, and he shows up to waddle around for a little while and beat up a bunch of bad guys like he always does. His role is really extraneous and Austin does much better as a star, injecting a little humour here and there.
Unfortunately, while the film's plot is workable - criminals vs. good guys in a big prison, with hulking cons and gun battles to contend with - the execution is workmanlike and the fight scenes are invariably disappointing. The acting is pretty bad too, particularly from the female stars, although it was good to see the long forgotten Michael Pare putting in some good work as the nasty villain. Expect a little violence, lots of cheesy dialogue, and shadows. Lots of shadows.
- Leofwine_draca
- Oct 8, 2014
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The only reason to watch a movie of this genre is so that you can actually SEE the fighting scenes. The director's weak attempt to make the fighting scenes exciting by using closeups and a shaky camera makes it impossible to see what is going on in the fighting scenes. Camera shakes, close up of face, closeup of hand, close up of blood, guy on ground?!? Is that actually supposed to be more exciting than backing up the camera and seeing what Steven Segal is actually doing. Might as well have used stop motion with dummies or even clay-mation. I have seen better fight scenes on you tube. This movie is a total waste of time.
- ericcolona
- Dec 29, 2012
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Two ex-black op soldiers, Manning & Cross (Steve Austin and Steven Seagal respectively) are assigned to a decommissioned maximum security military jail for 'people of interest' when all hell brakes loose somehow tied to the newest two prisons that Cross & Manning recently brought in.
Director Waxman knows how to shoot the best sides of Stone Cold and Steven Seagal, as well he should based on the films he's done with each in the past (albiet separately as this marks the first team-up of the two) and the action scenes are pretty good which makes up for a fairly generic, heavily cliché riddled script. Die Hard in a prison with two John McClains, if you will.
Director Waxman knows how to shoot the best sides of Stone Cold and Steven Seagal, as well he should based on the films he's done with each in the past (albiet separately as this marks the first team-up of the two) and the action scenes are pretty good which makes up for a fairly generic, heavily cliché riddled script. Die Hard in a prison with two John McClains, if you will.
- movieman_kev
- Nov 12, 2012
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Well, given the fact that this movie stars Steven Seagal and Steve Austin, then you know exactly what you are in for. And true enough, the movie is exactly that, a mindless but entertaining enough action movie.
"Maximum Conviction" follows the same recipe that Seagal has used for the past 20 odd years. Steven Seagal is an ex-something-something facing formidable forces that must be overcome. And as usual, he emerges fully unscathed and in mint pristine condition. Yep, same old same old from the teddy bear of action movies.
Don't expect to be blown away in any way, especially not by any theatrical thespian performances.
A very predictable movie that will have some appeal if you, like me, grew up watching Seagal action movies. If you have seen a single Seagal movie, then you have essentially seen this movie already.
There is some good enough fighting and action sequences in "Maximum Conviction", and there is the obligatory broken arm injury, of course. And of course Seagal is superior to everyone he stands face to face with, be it by hand, knife or firearm.
Nothing outstanding in "Maximum Convinction". This is a generic, mediocre and typical Seagal movie by all means. It is worth a watch a single time if you need some very mindless action, say if you are nurturing a hangover, for example.
"Maximum Conviction" follows the same recipe that Seagal has used for the past 20 odd years. Steven Seagal is an ex-something-something facing formidable forces that must be overcome. And as usual, he emerges fully unscathed and in mint pristine condition. Yep, same old same old from the teddy bear of action movies.
Don't expect to be blown away in any way, especially not by any theatrical thespian performances.
A very predictable movie that will have some appeal if you, like me, grew up watching Seagal action movies. If you have seen a single Seagal movie, then you have essentially seen this movie already.
There is some good enough fighting and action sequences in "Maximum Conviction", and there is the obligatory broken arm injury, of course. And of course Seagal is superior to everyone he stands face to face with, be it by hand, knife or firearm.
Nothing outstanding in "Maximum Convinction". This is a generic, mediocre and typical Seagal movie by all means. It is worth a watch a single time if you need some very mindless action, say if you are nurturing a hangover, for example.
- paul_haakonsen
- Dec 31, 2015
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My type of movie. Was so like Die Hard with Michael Pare character and his men taking over the prison with innocent people killed and heroes like Seagal and Austin being the only ones to save the day. Austin's quote "No pain, no gain" was a repeat of catchphrases that heroes like Arnold Schwarzenegger used upon defeating an opponent.
Seagal just like in all his movies never takes a beating, but that's Steven Seagal for ya.
This film is just what Die Hard influenced just like other films in 90s onwards like Under Siege, Sudden Death, Air Force One, Speed, Lockout etc. Especially with the limit of locations. It does show action films have become more brutal over the years especially with the Warden having his finger cut off by Blake.
Seagal just like in all his movies never takes a beating, but that's Steven Seagal for ya.
This film is just what Die Hard influenced just like other films in 90s onwards like Under Siege, Sudden Death, Air Force One, Speed, Lockout etc. Especially with the limit of locations. It does show action films have become more brutal over the years especially with the Warden having his finger cut off by Blake.
- joemon_2009
- Feb 27, 2014
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Steven Seagal's final line in this Movie is..."it's not over till we're dead". Possibly a shout-out to his relentless critics that endlessly tell him to retire or at the very least to lose some weight. In this Movie he seems to be trying to end the laziness. He is not dubbed here and manages to find just enough breath to make his lines understandable. He is not doubled here and actually does his own Martial Arts scenes.
So that is the upside. Steve Austin on the other hand makes the other Steve look like a thoroughbred Thespian. Seriously, does this guy have ANY expressions or changes of tone to his voice. He has got be the worst Action Hero Actor ever, bar none. But hey, he is an imposing physical presence and that is the minimum requirement to convince.
This is a darkly lit, endless trek down corridors and around corners. Stiff and long scenes in front of consoles and computer keyboards. It jumps and pulls the frame once in a while to try a bit of styling but no go. Anyway there is quite a bit of gunfire and a goodly amount of hand to hand and enough Characters to allow for a large body count, so if this is for you, have at it, and for the curious to see if maybe Segal is on a self-imposed comeback.
So that is the upside. Steve Austin on the other hand makes the other Steve look like a thoroughbred Thespian. Seriously, does this guy have ANY expressions or changes of tone to his voice. He has got be the worst Action Hero Actor ever, bar none. But hey, he is an imposing physical presence and that is the minimum requirement to convince.
This is a darkly lit, endless trek down corridors and around corners. Stiff and long scenes in front of consoles and computer keyboards. It jumps and pulls the frame once in a while to try a bit of styling but no go. Anyway there is quite a bit of gunfire and a goodly amount of hand to hand and enough Characters to allow for a large body count, so if this is for you, have at it, and for the curious to see if maybe Segal is on a self-imposed comeback.
- LeonLouisRicci
- Apr 19, 2013
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This is simply a one hour shootout between five expert special agents including Seagal and about fifteen amateur guys with guns.
Its just shootings throughout the whole film , totally predictable with no story and little acting as its just shooting at each other.
Thank goodness for fast forward.
A child could make a better film its that poor. I like Steven Seagal and loved many of his films.
In this one he is simply another shooter.
Its like going into a amusement arcade watching children put money in to shoot at moving targets. Thats the whole film.
Its just shootings throughout the whole film , totally predictable with no story and little acting as its just shooting at each other.
Thank goodness for fast forward.
A child could make a better film its that poor. I like Steven Seagal and loved many of his films.
In this one he is simply another shooter.
Its like going into a amusement arcade watching children put money in to shoot at moving targets. Thats the whole film.
- alanflow-595-891565
- Jan 29, 2013
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